Why does every aftermarket wheel suck on the S650?

[needforspeedirl]

My take: you have a few options. Since you can’t find what you want and you don’t want to spend $2k/ea for a set of wheels you could get some spacers from American Muscle or somewhere similar that allow you to change the bolt pattern. This will open up other options.
Option 2 would be to buy once cry once and get exactly what you want. A company like VFC Performance can make whatever you want.
Option 3 would be to put some GT500 style wheels on. The 7 spoke design is timeless and on your red vehicle would look tough in black if you have red rotors.

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[agreywolfe]

when it comes to price its all tradeoffs:

cast wheels: cheapest by far, but heaviest by far. this is what ford and most every OEM use for all of their wheels

Flow Formed/Rotary Forged wheels: middle ground on price, a good set will set you back a couple grand, overall lighter than cast wheels (my 20X11s with the NT55G2 on it weighed around as much as JUST the 19x9.5 wheel from the OEM PP) but still heavier than true forged wheels

Forged wheels: the lightest wheels possible, also very strong. but extremely pricey, (my Flow Form wheels were 2k before custom paint, a set of P6GR forged 20's is around 4k before any paint)

if you dont care too much about performance then go for cast wheels, theyre strong enough, cheapest, and readily available or easily orderable from most local tire places. Discount tire has a few options for as low as 160 per wheel

personally i wouldnt skimp on wheels and tires as unsprung weight is one of the best places to save weight. id say save a bit and go for a nice set of flow formed/rotary forged. more pricey sure, but i think the weight savings there is worth it.

 

[Stanzi]

I've honestly found that the stock performance pack wheels are some of the better looking ones

Yeah this is my problem.

with the supercharger I need wider wheels / tires- but my PP wheels look so damn good I’m thinking of just doing camber plates, koni active special struts / shocks, and trying better tires on the stock wheels.

I wish I could find a hub centric wheel that looked as nice as the PP wheels…. I don’t mind the Dark Horse HP wheels but not for $4000 before tires

 

[Nolasalt]

I love the lifted look . I could definitely use one of those! It's not bolted down to the floor?

 

[1QIKGT]

To the OP. I also have rapid red with the bronze package. I needed wider tires, better stance. I ended up with gloss black SVE SP2 wheels 285/35 19 fronts, 305/35 19 rears on Nitto 555 G2's. I'm also not really a fan of "black rims" but the red Brembo's help break up the black and bring out more red. The gloss black also matches my rear spoiler/front heat vent and front grill. I put a 1 inch drop all around. No spacers. I'm super pleased with the look. Now for that Procharger...

 

[RC53]

Hello my friend, no need to bolt down a 4 post lift, the company even gives wheels to move lift around if need to!

 

[eldnov]

To the OP. I also have rapid red with the bronze package. I needed wider tires, better stance. I ended up with gloss black SVE SP2 wheels 285/35 19 fronts, 305/35 19 rears on Nitto 555 G2's. I'm also not really a fan of "black rims" but the red Brembo's help break up the black and bring out more red. The gloss black also matches my rear spoiler/front heat vent and front grill. I put a 1 inch drop all around. No spacers. I'm super pleased with the look. Now for that Procharger...

everyday i look at this the more you make me appreciate the rapid red color. i think the problem is i live in state that's too grey and i also don't take care of the paint as much as i should which makes other colors look more attractive. the black wing and splitter makes the black wheels look a lot better and honestly if i wasn't so set on trying something different i would just completely steal your build

 

[MidwayJ]

Yeah this is my problem.

with the supercharger I need wider wheels / tires- but my PP wheels look so damn good I’m thinking of just doing camber plates, koni active special struts / shocks, and trying better tires on the stock wheels.

I wish I could find a hub centric wheel that looked as nice as the PP wheels…. I don’t mind the Dark Horse HP wheels but not for $4000 before tires

I posted this before but American Racing makes a wheel that's the same style as the performance pack wheels, but it comes in bigger sizes.

https://share.google/eIjMYFuvXSopAdoNl

 

[Stanzi]

I actually like them- but I can’t see white bronze or grey wheels on my red performance pack

 

[MidwayJ]

I actually like them- but I can’t see white bronze or grey wheels on my red performance pack

I didn't realize black isn't an option. That's surprising. Race red? Agree black looks best on that.

 

[Stanzi]

Yeah- race red.

also surprising - was going to size up on front and rears with stock wheels- go 265 fronts 285 rears- and Conti doesn’t make their tires in that size so it’s the PS4S - but damn man that’s $2500 .

Tires be getting expensive out here

 

[eldnov]

I actually like them- but I can’t see white bronze or grey wheels on my red performance pack

you can easily get away with silver on race red, it looks a lot better in silver than rapid red does. people believe that bronze is the best complementary color for red but i don't really see it, in my opinion bronze wheels look cheap and it's the same as gunmetal grey, but again i'm not really a fan of darker color wheels and colors that don't stand out and instead compliment the car.

 

[1QIKGT]

Have you seen bronze wheels on rapid red in person? I thought the same thing, wasn't really a fan from all the pictures but when I saw it in person...changed my mind. Here is an older pic of mine w/bronze rims. I've had so many people come up to me to say they love the bronze color. I wanted a more aggressive/mean look and stance, so I ended up w/black. I'll put the bronze wheels back on for cold weather driving once winter hits. I just can't stand the skinny 255 tires in the back w/the stock bronze rims.

 

[eldnov]

Have you seen bronze wheels on rapid red in person? I thought the same thing, wasn't really a fan from all the pictures but when I saw it in person...changed my mind. Here is an older pic of mine w/bronze rims. I've had so many people come up to me to say they love the bronze color. I wanted a more aggressive/mean look and stance, so I ended up w/black. I'll put the bronze wheels back on for cold weather driving once winter hits. I just can't stand the skinny 255 tires in the back w/the stock bronze rims.

i haven't seen any red cars with bronze wheels in person considering i don't go to car meets or anything like that but i think the problem with bronze wheels is they usually look pretty dull in pictures. some other pictures i've seen of mustangs with bronze wheels have super dull looking wheels and the bronze doesn't look all too great, even with aftermarket wheels too, but i can definitely see how yours is better than other bronze wheels.

i apologize for putting your car into ai, but again i really loved your build and i don't have any decent pictures of my car that shows off the rapid red and the rest of the car anyways and i think silver looks pretty good

the one on top is the vossen hfx-1 which was mentioned in the first post in this and the other one is the vossen hf-5. the only problem i have with the hfx-1 is that i've seen one person online put these wheels on their s650 and it ended up looking really bad, but i think that's due to him buying 19s instead of 20s and also buying a really skinny tire. HFX-1 on S650

 

[Dark Sprite]

i haven't seen any red cars with bronze wheels in person considering i don't go to car meets or anything like that but i think the problem with bronze wheels is they usually look pretty dull in pictures. some other pictures i've seen of mustangs with bronze wheels have super dull looking wheels and the bronze doesn't look all too great, even with aftermarket wheels too, but i can definitely see how yours is better than other bronze wheels.

i apologize for putting your car into ai, but again i really loved your build and i don't have any decent pictures of my car that shows off the rapid red and the rest of the car anyways and i think silver looks pretty good

the one on top is the vossen hfx-1 which was mentioned in the first post in this and the other one is the vossen hf-5. the only problem i have with the hfx-1 is that i've seen one person online put these wheels on their s650 and it ended up looking really bad, but i think that's due to him buying 19s instead of 20s and also buying a really skinny tire. HFX-1 on S650

Both of those look awesome in silver - I wouldn’t have even considered silver over black on a red car but that has opened my mind!

I want the Vossen HF-5 in satin bronze for mine, but I’m on Vapour Blue.

Have you seen bronze wheels on rapid red in person? I thought the same thing, wasn't really a fan from all the pictures but when I saw it in person...changed my mind. Here is an older pic of mine w/bronze rims. I've had so many people come up to me to say they love the bronze color. I wanted a more aggressive/mean look and stance, so I ended up w/black. I'll put the bronze wheels back on for cold weather driving once winter hits. I just can't stand the skinny 255 tires in the back w/the stock bronze rims.

Which front splitter is that?

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