Bare Steelies - Toyota Yaris Forums

caveatipse · 09-16-2007, 09:59 PM

What do you all think my black Yaris with tinted windows would look like if I took the wheel covers off and went with just plain black steel wheels?

staticorex · 09-16-2007, 10:02 PM

Prolly better than cheap hubcaps. :p

*kimona* · 09-16-2007, 10:17 PM

Like a junker!

Mead · 09-16-2007, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveatipse

What do you all think my black Yaris with tinted windows would look like if I took the wheel covers off and went with just plain black steel wheels?

The bare steelies can be pulled off if you have a 2" drop but get an exhaust tip because you're drawing attention to the lower part of your car and a nice chrome tip will go with those chrome lug nuts.

eco · 09-17-2007, 01:45 AM

It can be pulled off,snd lookd good on a black car,and way better dropped,and absolutly better then cheap plastic hubcaps,just think about in terms of saving weight,take them off.

la panique · 09-17-2007, 02:29 AM

The wheel covers that come with the car are not really 'cheap plastic hubcaps.'
I'd say leave them and try to find some wheels or something....steelies are okay i've you are rolling in a '95 Civic or something, but not really a newer car.

staticorex · 09-17-2007, 10:44 AM

They don't cost much = cheap
They are plastic = plastic
They are hubcaps = hubcaps

Where am I wrong? :p
And I didn't even say plastic. :)

*kimona* · 09-17-2007, 10:55 AM

I can think of nothing worse than a slammed black Yaris with black steelies.

Wait... tint the windows real dark. There you go! Now, you've got a nice new car that really looks like shit!

staticorex · 09-17-2007, 10:59 AM

Ha. I still say better then hubs. :p

Kaeon · 09-17-2007, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveatipse

What do you all think my black Yaris with tinted windows would look like if I took the wheel covers off and went with just plain black steel wheels?

It would look like this!

Maybe This?

caveatipse · 09-17-2007, 12:26 PM

To me that actually does not look that bad. What dol the rest of you think?

*kimona* · 09-17-2007, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaeon

It would look like this!

Maybe This?

With all due respect... I rest my case.

YarisTom73 · 09-17-2007, 12:36 PM

Honestly, it looks like you bought the cheapest economy car, and it didn't even come with hubcaps. Particularly to the public (90%) who know nothing about cars. Better mediocre looks than downright "salvaged" looking. IMHO

Kaeon · 09-17-2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by caveatipse

To me that actually does not look that bad. What dol the rest of you think?

To me id rather rock Steelies then Hubs any day, When I lower the Yaris she will be on Steelies for a while till I figure out what wheels I wanna put on. To me your car is YOUR style not the guy next to you. If you want to paint your wheels pink then by all means go do it. With that said of course a lowered car will look better with actual wheels rather then Steelies or Hubcaps. The only idea I can think of that wouldn't look so "cheap" Would be to maybe keep the hubcaps on but paint them black? But then again that may look cheap to some people too.\

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Originally Posted by la panique

steelies are okay i've you are rolling in a '95 Civic or something, but not really a newer car.

Hey! Watch what you say about the all mighty 5th gen Civic! lol, You know whats worse then that? a Civic on stock suspension and 19's!! Holy 4x4!!

Black Yaris · 09-17-2007, 03:35 PM

black steelies look like butt.... atleast go get some aluminum stockers of an old rolla, 2 or even a civic paint them bitches black and there ya go... or you can find som knock off, of a knock off hella cheep like I did and paint them black

kurokoma-kun · 09-17-2007, 04:30 PM

I took my plastic wheel covers off right away. They get scraped very easily and if I had not removed them they'd have looked like dog doo doo in no time! I'm saving them for when I trade the car.

Even though I liked the look of the steelies better, I never planned on it being a long-term thing, got new wheels within a couple months.

But it's your car, cavetipse, fix it the way you like it.

Thirty-Nine · 09-17-2007, 04:50 PM

I personally run hub caps because I think bare steelies look unfinished and junky. Just my "dos pesos."

thatboyjer · 09-18-2007, 04:58 AM

rawr, rocked the steelies till i got rims, got the back two put on yesterday, going to put in the front two tommorow morning when i go out to buy some spacers, the rim rubs on the caliper...yikes.

so you wanna talk about unfinished imagine two rear rims and two front steelies...

09-16-2007, 09:59 PM	#1
caveatipse Banned Drives: 2007 Black Yaris Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 119	Bare Steelies What do you all think my black Yaris with tinted windows would look like if I took the wheel covers off and went with just plain black steel wheels?

09-16-2007, 10:02 PM	#2
staticorex View User's Garage Drives: Sc'd Yaris Sedan. Join Date: May 2007 Location: civilwar town. Posts: 660	Prolly better than cheap hubcaps. :p __________________ Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.

09-17-2007, 10:44 AM	#7
staticorex View User's Garage Drives: Sc'd Yaris Sedan. Join Date: May 2007 Location: civilwar town. Posts: 660	They don't cost much = cheap They are plastic = plastic They are hubcaps = hubcaps Where am I wrong? :p And I didn't even say plastic. :) __________________ Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.

09-17-2007, 10:59 AM	#9
staticorex View User's Garage Drives: Sc'd Yaris Sedan. Join Date: May 2007 Location: civilwar town. Posts: 660	Ha. I still say better then hubs. :p __________________ Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.

09-17-2007, 12:36 PM	#13
YarisTom73 46 and 2, just ahead... Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Johnstown, PA Posts: 533	Honestly, it looks like you bought the cheapest economy car, and it didn't even come with hubcaps. Particularly to the public (90%) who know nothing about cars. Better mediocre looks than downright "salvaged" looking. IMHO __________________ Zero to Sixty in just fifteen minutes...

09-16-2007, 10:17 PM	#3
kimona Super Moderator Drives: 2014 White VITZ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Huntington Bch, CA Posts: 4,938	Like a junker!

09-17-2007, 01:45 AM	#5
eco Drives: 2007 Black Yaris sedan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 884	It can be pulled off,snd lookd good on a black car,and way better dropped,and absolutly better then cheap plastic hubcaps,just think about in terms of saving weight,take them off.

09-17-2007, 02:29 AM	#6
la panique zhen zhong, it's big! View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Eglin AFB, Florida Posts: 126	The wheel covers that come with the car are not really 'cheap plastic hubcaps.' I'd say leave them and try to find some wheels or something....steelies are okay i've you are rolling in a '95 Civic or something, but not really a newer car.

09-17-2007, 10:55 AM	#8
kimona Super Moderator Drives: 2014 White VITZ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Huntington Bch, CA Posts: 4,938	I can think of nothing worse than a slammed black Yaris with black steelies. Wait... tint the windows real dark. There you go! Now, you've got a nice new car that really looks like shit!

09-17-2007, 12:26 PM	#11
caveatipse Banned Drives: 2007 Black Yaris Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 119	To me that actually does not look that bad. What dol the rest of you think?

09-17-2007, 03:35 PM	#15
Black Yaris der Zeck View User's Garage Drives: '05 Audi A4 1.8t quattro Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 5,231	black steelies look like butt.... atleast go get some aluminum stockers of an old rolla, 2 or even a civic paint them bitches black and there ya go... or you can find som knock off, of a knock off hella cheep like I did and paint them black __________________

09-17-2007, 04:30 PM	#16
kurokoma-kun Drives: 2007 Yaris HB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: my own little world Posts: 1,256	I took my plastic wheel covers off right away. They get scraped very easily and if I had not removed them they'd have looked like dog doo doo in no time! I'm saving them for when I trade the car. Even though I liked the look of the steelies better, I never planned on it being a long-term thing, got new wheels within a couple months. But it's your car, cavetipse, fix it the way you like it.

09-17-2007, 04:50 PM	#17
Thirty-Nine Small cars are a big deal View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 3,144	I personally run hub caps because I think bare steelies look unfinished and junky. Just my "dos pesos." __________________ Subcompact Culture: The Small car blog

09-18-2007, 04:58 AM	#18
thatboyjer Drives: 5spd 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: texas Posts: 143	rawr, rocked the steelies till i got rims, got the back two put on yesterday, going to put in the front two tommorow morning when i go out to buy some spacers, the rim rubs on the caliper...yikes. so you wanna talk about unfinished imagine two rear rims and two front steelies... __________________ 99.9% of what goes on in my mind at work/school/home [Debadged] [Tanabe DF210] [Limo Tint][17" Fondmetal Wheels] [Pioneer HU] --:: Wishlist, PM me ::-- [SSK (WTB)] [Black Sand Pearl Eyelids (WTB)]

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