Is Black the new White?

Ruins the look of a good vehicle IMHO

Another thing I would seriously doubt that some of them would meet the weight ratings for the vehicle.

Have seen huge rims with very low profile tyres on Cruisers.

Half of your suspension is in the tyres the manufacturers supply and those things are very hard running. Hit a decent pothole and bang goes a rim. LOL

Agreed. If the black rims dont look bad enough, a 4wd with those low profile tyres
looks even worse. Just a current trend among yuppies & young folk I suspect. I cant
recall seeing any such fittings off the bitumen.......oldbaz.

You guys all sound like a bunch of old blokes set in your ways ! LOL

Nothing wrong with a bit of a change. ( I don't have black rims by the way) but each to there own

Agree with you on the low profile tyres though.

You may find that the black rims on a 200 series are steel for those wanting a non-mag wheel in the bush.

Alan

You're right Dave, black wheels are definately in fashion at the moment. I think we can safely say white Sunraysia's are no longer trendy so if you still have a set on you're showing your age ;-)
As for appearance, on many cars they look brilliant particually the alloy one's with polished highlights or beadlocks. Huge range available from the US at the moment. Some cars I agree the black doesn't match the paintwork or barwork at all & look shocking.
My next set of wheels will most likley be black like THESE.
Cheers Craig............

... and to be really with it you will need a set of those little white figures on your back window showing the configuration of your family.
Kevin

There is a Wrangler driving around my suburb with about 23" rims and little strips of rubber on them. I think it looks rubbish and you know its not going off road. Its like seeing a fully decked out commando warrior wearing pretty high heels :-). Mike

Hi David,

I dont like them either makes the rim look dirty, Its seems very popular with the "harder core" 4x4 guys.

Each to their own but they stand out when they come to the country and theres 1000's of 4wd's with white rims and 1 with black.

Cheers Wilko

I reckon the black on white looks great personally, luckily we are all different eh !!