Hers are some of Antera's wheels:

 

Antera 369 looks nice and clean. It is its own style, similar to some of the nicer wheels for the Solstice.

I'm not sure the Cragar SS comes in our bolt circle and offsets.

Some of the design cues on the Crossfire hark back to prewar greats like the Talbot Lago, the Bugatti Atlantique and the 1995 Chrysler Atlantic concept.Without the Atlantic's success on the show circuit, I highly doubt the Crossfire would have been green-lighted.

As for 20s all round, I admit the Foose Lusso setup (which several members have) is a guilty pleasure but only good for smooth boulevards and have their own issues. The advantage of some of the retro designs is that they offer protection for the brake pads and calipers from road "gunk".

I'm not in a hurry on this project ... I just want to get it right the first time.

The nice thing about this forum is that we don't have to agree on everything. It would be boring ... like driving a Lexus SC430 or something

 

Can I getta amen!?

 

check out www.newstalgiawheels.com, they have lots of retro style wheels and also have a wheel visualizer so that you can see various wheels on your car.

 

User nexost's sole post on the board was the picture below 1 May ... While I'd like fewer spokes for the British/Dayton look; it's good to know it's possible on our cars (at least for the boulevard crawl)

Tried the Newstalgia site and it recommended some 15" Cragar Keys ... not sure they programmed their visualizer to check for compatability (unlike other NextWheel users). Proceed with caution.

 

I'd say the very top one you mentioned would look interesting. I'd like to see it on the car though first. The others are to 60's/70's for me.

The car seems decidedly Art Deco styled to me. So to get "age appropriate" wheels, you'd need to go back to the 20's and 30's and use something similar to their wheels. Anyone have any idea what wheels looked like back then? That was the era of the huge white wall, 10 inch chrome center caps, and solid steel wheels painted the same color as the car.



That might be an interesting look, but I'll stick to the stock wheels before I go there! LOL

 

The Halibrands you liked first became popular in the early 1960s, first on the AC Cobras, then on the Ford GT. Not keen on introducing Ford DNA to the mix but Halibrand style wheels are doing well on several popular modern cars ... it's like Bruce Springsteen's latest comeback . As several posters mentioned, the Halibrands compliment the design. (But what do I know? I liked the pix of the Minilites on a 67 Camaro

"Gennies" don't quite work ... too much weight and not enough offset or tire wall in our sizes

I always thought the Crossfire (especially with the Silver exterior and Red Cedar interior) bore a strong familial resemblance to the Mercedes gullwing. It used Rudge steel wheels, sometimes with hubcaps.

The closest I've been able to find is a D type Jaguar alloy replica rim from a British company. Weight would be OK but offsets and sourcing a proper hubcap would be problematic. The knock off spinners they marketed on the site didn't look very impressive though.

 

I think this is the look we need:



Yeah!!

 

Actually, this 48 Buick has some striking similarities and styling queues.



Still not diggin the wheels tho.

 

OK, I got sidetracked there. Back to wheels. The wheels on this 1932 BMW roadster would be interesting on our cars. A large central hub with short wire spokes.

 

Seriously?? Vogue whitewalls and dayton spokes on an XF

Those wheels belong on a '68 Cadillac with Huggy Bear at the wheel, most certainly not on an XF.

High quality photoshop though

 

Might look great on a purple Crossfire with lots of chrome

 

Maybe Borrani wires like ferrari used to use:

 

The current incarnation of Borrani only makes wheels for classic cars

The car I posted earlier was merely a photo-chop. Not a real wold application at all

But when I was talking Daytons, I meant like this ... it's only 17 x 8, $3,700 and 35 lbs apiece for the "lightweights".

Two-ear knockoff hubs are available if you don't like octagonal caps, though.