rimjob?

[Steve C. 0]

o.k., one of my beefs with the smart is the 3 lug wheels, which mean our choices for personalizing our cars are narrowed down to a half dozen styles, whereas if they were regular rims, we could choose ANY wheel we wanted, and make our cars really unique from one another, SOOOOO..... if you could have any rims on your car at all, what would you like? perhaps the photoshop gang could even put em on for ya, if you ask nicely...like these...

[The Rog Man 1]

doe anyone make an adaptor plate at all to convert 3 stud too 4 perhaps?The fact that the smart uses bolts would make an adaptor plate all the more feasable???? No lugs sticking in the way?what kind of geometry issuse would this create or have i stumbled onto something here?

[The Rog Man 1]

By the way the first ones are awesome, a gold finish over the chrome would be cool

[smartzuuk 167]

I get confused by the signature Rog Man... it looks like part of your post.... anyway....... there's info on the mooncaps and 5 bolt adaptors on the site.... have a search........

[The Rog Man 1]

There is a black line dividing my signature from my posts.

[The Rog Man 1]

I've tried using the search feature on this forum, i don't like to complain but it duzzent werk worth a darn.

[smartzuuk 167]

There are a few vendors that sell adaptors, I know fasteddy is one of them...The mooncaps are available online from California, Bil Gladstone knows where. He'll likely post here.

[plaincorgi 0]

Hubcap Mike sells the mooncaps

http://www.hubcapmike.com/vintage_hubcaps.html

[Gent 1]

Terrible topic title.

[plaincorgi 0]

Terrible topic title.

You are now filled with disappointment i take it?

[Gent 1]

It almost got nuked without my reading it! I'm still on a hair-trigger from all the porn posters we used to suffer.

[bilgladstone 13]

o.k., one of my beefs with the smart is the 3 lug wheels, which mean our choices for personalizing our cars are narrowed down to a half dozen styles, whereas if they were regular rims, we could choose ANY wheel we wanted, and make our cars really unique from one another, SOOOOO..... if you could have any rims on your car at all, what would you like? perhaps the photoshop gang could even put em on for ya, if you ask nicely...like these...

We've spoken to Mike of www.hubcapmike.com and discovered those shiny moons won't fit the smart rims :(However the racing discs work nicely!HTHBil

[Steve C. 0]

yeah i spoke with him, sent photos of the current rims with the trim ring, he said no way they would fit. the steel discs would look like this, not bad, but those damn mooncaps are my dream whels (p.s. thread title was a little joke to get people to read, and see who's minds are in the gutter !!)...

[Francesco 71]

Nice 'chopping, mang. That last pic looks real.

[Steve C. 0]

i believe it is real (not photoshopped), i got it from a british website, the rims are nice, but i still wish i could get the mooncaps in the first pic. anyone else got cool rims they'd like to have on a smart?

[joker 0]

doe anyone make an adaptor plate at all to convert 3 stud too 4 perhaps?The fact that the smart uses bolts would make an adaptor plate all the more feasable???? No lugs sticking in the way?what kind of geometry issuse would this create or have i stumbled onto something here?

I think the adapters I have seen for the ar make it a 5 bolt pattern from the 3 bolt.I wouldnt mind getting wire wheels for my ride

[bilgladstone 13]

Rear quarter detail: smoothie wheel covers, arch extension, fender protector, Brabbie fuel door cover, VG strip to help keep lights clean, raised chrome TurboDIESEL badge, rear fender mudflap (just visible at rear of tire)

Bil

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[The Rog Man 1]

VG strip ??????

[David_18 13]

http://www.prfprod.com/

[bilgladstone 13]

VG strip ??????

Lengthy thread here.

[Gent 1]

LOL, Bil, sometimes I think that the weight of all the things you've added to your ride off-sets the advantages you are receiving!

[bilgladstone 13]

LOL, Bil, sometimes I think that the weight of all the things you've added to your ride off-sets the advantages you are receiving!

nah... the amount of FUN far outweighs a few mere extra grams of weight, my friend!

[The Rog Man 1]

VG strip ??????

Lengthy thread here.

well yer right about the lengthy thread there Bil, so becuz i'm lazy can you give me yer overall results on them there rubber looking bendy thingys?what works and whut duzzent?

[Hotwheels 0]

Here is my first photoshop try....I am new at it and pretty clueless....I am pimping my step dads car...LOL....Gold Daytons....how do you like??? LOL

[bilgladstone 13]

well yer right about the lengthy thread there Bil, so becuz i'm lazy can you give me yer overall results on them there rubber looking bendy thingys?

what works and whut duzzent?

This works: 3 strips 3"x12" Airflow Vortex Generators from Mike Nish http://www.prfprod.com/

Email Mike at mike[at]prfprod.com because the shipping to canada doesn't work properly in his online store.

Tell him Bil the smart car guy in Kelowna sent you!

B:sun: