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Sunday, September 11, 2005

Fugly Rim Patrol

Might as well hit a few at once. Fugly rims are popping up everywhere - especially with the current bling trend of wheels that looks like people cut holes in bent tin pie plates. Basically all of those fit in this category, so there are too many to post. Therefore I’ll stick to the non-chromed wheels.

First up: the Daisy rim. I’m not sure who made it, but they should be shot. What other car out there could wear this rim other than the hippie reincarnate that is the New Beetle (the rims arrived shortly after the car appeared in showrooms)? Also - what company approved an aftermarket rim that was basically made for one car model?



Next is the Lexus SC430 rim, talked about breifly in another post of mine, and which has finally been replaced after years as serving as the only rim available on the SC. I think this rim has to be the worst car to rim pairing from a manufacturer in a long time.


Finally, the worst of the worst - the Ronal Teddy Bear rim. I have no idea what moron thought that up, or who would buy it. Plus - wouldn’t it have horrible balancing issues?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Catering to the gay crowd, no doubt!

Anonymous said...

Truly and totally tacky!

(Those Ronal TeddyBears belong on a CareBears van...)

Sure can't picture THOSE on a Hemi-Cuda!