Has my car been stolen by a forum member???

[thecorf1]

Hi guys,

My brother returned home from a work trip in the US and spotted my car in a car park!

Except someone has taken my wheels and chromed them!

Prescott, Arizona


Swindon, Wiltshire



Corf

 

[gannet]

Really dont like the chromed version... :sick2:

 

[epbrown]

For some reason, a lot of cars in the American southwest have chromed (or polished?) wheels. I've never seen them on a car from anywhere else.

 

[Rick Hunter]

thecorf1, yours looks better. It's because of the european license plates.

 

[IMZ4N]

Yeah, I'm from the southwest. The brake dust just wipes off so easy. We be trend setters in the southwest.



I do get many comments re: the chrome. Some like it and some tell me about the added unsprong weight. I just like the way they look and easy clean up.

Setting in traffic at a slow roll and come along side of a car and the sun out bouncing off the rims, it tends to give them a bit of a flash when the rims rotate. I have even been asked to dim my rims.

 

[gannet]

in that light and from that angle, they look ok...

 

[thecorf1]

What are the little red reflectors for on the US Zeds at the side-rears?

 

[IMZ4N]

They are there for safety. The 03-04 just have the red ones on the rear, all others have the orange reflectors on the front as well. The 06 and newer have a different one on front at the wheel well.

 

[carl]

They are there for safety. The 03-04 just have the red ones on the rear, all others have the orange reflectors on the front as well. The 06 and newer have a different one on front at the wheel well.

I wonder how many crashes in Europe have been attributed to the absence of these essential safety devices?

 

[IMZ4N]

My guess is zero. Just some yahoo tring to justify their job. :roll:

 

[Aebous]

I must say, the pics IMO don't do the chrome rims justice. I saw IMZ4N's rims on the desert run 07 and liked how they look

 

[CaZ4]

me too. IMZ4N's rims look really good!
But you guys in Europe don't know what it's like to be showered in sunshine all year...sparkley things look cool in the California sun!

 

[Yal]

Hi guys,

My brother returned home from a work trip in the US and spotted my car in a car park!

Except someone has taken my wheels and chromed them!

Corf

They moved your steering wheel too. I noticed a lack of quality control about steering wheel placement when I was in the UK. The jokers just can't get the wheel on the proper side of the car there.