New Wheels?

[Heini131]

Hello Theo have you got new wheels?  

[Thotos]

Hello Theo have you got new wheels?  

Well spotted Heini    

Cromodora CD51s which I've had for over 3 years and I've been saying "I'll fit them one day". Well, I did fit them on Saturday afternoon, just hours before setting off on Sunday morning. In fact they were the topic of discussion for about 5 seconds on Sunday   Two people hated them, one person liked them and the rest were too polite to express an opinion   I like them but the car still looks strange to me as I haven't got used to it. I'm also not sure about the colour as I thought grey would look better than silver (http://www.131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?topic=1048.msg6246#msg6246) but they are too close to the colour of the car. Maybe they'll look better in silver. As they have brand new Pirelli P6 tyres on them (fitted Saturday morning) they'll be staying on the car for a while   Photo below was taken at work's car park yesterday.   I'll take some better photos at the weekend and post them here 

[Heini131]

Yes, I am afraid you have to do a new paint job

[stathe174]

Sorry Theo but I don't think that they look good on the car... Maybe it's the color I don't know. BTW which car these come from?

[Thotos]

Sorry Theo but I don't think that they look good on the car... Maybe it's the color I don't know. BTW which car these come from?

So do you join the "hate them" or the "not sure" brigade?  

The CD51 wheels were made for the early Series 1 Lancia Beta Berlinas. I've used 8mm spacers (with long 50mm bolts) on the 131.





So if/when I decide I don't like them on the 131 I can always fit them to the Trevi  

[stathe174]

Maybe the not sure one (I'm lybra and it's my prerogative after all!  )
I think you should try the on your Trevi... 
Again I hope I didn't offend you! 

[Thotos]

Again I hope I didn't offend you! 

Of course not! I don't offend easily  You are entitled to your opinion.
As I've already said, I like the wheels but the car looks odd to me. Maybe it is the colour so I might try changing them to silver but I'll wait a while to see if I get used to them.

[simon131]

You might get used to them Theo, but the rest of us won't!

[Robert]

Agree with Simon; sorry Theo, on a 131 these wheels look IMHO like



no matter which color you have them painted in 

The Trevi, however, will not lose any of its beauty when fitted with these wheels 

[mirafioriman]

Unusual to see a 131 with those wheels. I like them

I do however also like the standard look, although your car isn't exactly standard is it?

[parrish]

Theo, i think we all got used to the car with the orignal whhels.
If you had just joined the forum and the car was being seen for the first time im sure more would rave over them.
For me 'They look good'
Ive voted!
Steve

[Thotos]

The Trevi, however, will not lose any of its beauty when fitted with these wheels  

I think you are offending my Trevi Robert, but I'll let that one go  
By the way, I've seen many 131s in the past with the Beta wheels as fitted to my Trevi. Maybe my 131 and my Trevi could have a wheel swap 

[Robert]

Theo, no offence meant  - how could I, seeing this picture 

Beauty always is in the eye of the beholder, nay? And, maniacs fancying 131s are capable of loving everything 

And, there's always the story of the "Bimotore" in my head, as told by Albert. The accolade for the Trevi 

[jasonh131]

You might get used to them Theo, but the rest of us won't!

Sorry theo  

next time we get together we could all do a wheel swop between the 5 of us  

[Thotos]

Theo, no offence meant   - how could I, seeing this picture  

Beauty always is in the eye of the beholder, nay? And, maniacs fancying 131s are capable of loving everything  

And, there's always the story of the "Bimotore" in my head, as told by Albert. The accolade for the Trevi  

Ah the Bimotore, that crazy machine Lancia built to test 4 wheel-drive. Only Lancia could create a 4-wheel drive car by having two engines, one driving the front wheels and one driving the rear wheels.

I had a good close-up look at the Bimotore when the Lancia Motor Club arranged to ship it to the UK for their National Weekend and AGM in 2005. I also met Georgio Pianta who drove the car and helped develop it.



As he said there was nothing at the time that was faster or better handling than the Bimotore but they could still not win many stages as it kept running out of fuel. Apparently fuel consumption was appalling.









But you are very right Robert; beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I very much see the beauty in the Trevi