Not too long ago in the history of the automobile, wheels were almost universally black steel, or perhaps painted to match the body color of the car, if you bought something really fancy. But white wheels? That would look weird. And indeed, when tried, they did look sort of weird. That didn’t stop white aftermarket wheels from becoming a bona fide trend; nowadays they’re seemingly everywhere on everything from sports cars to stanced hatchbacks that can’t traverse a speed bump.
However, original equipment white wheels from the showroom are not quite as common. Your assignment for today is to fill our virtual tome of arcane knowledge with a list of all the production cars that rolled off the assembly line equipped with white wheels. (Bonus points if the body color is something other than white.)
Difficulty: 3.6-1000 nanofarthings per sidereal year.
How This Works: Read the comments first and don’t post duplicates. Bonus points for adding photos. Remember thanks to Disqus, no HTML is needed: you can simply paste in the image URL.
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Factory White Wheels
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1988 Corvette Anniversary Edition. http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/55/05/550574ef5133c39ad23458a192306e26.jpg?itok=pBN6YYqf
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Easy answer: Jeep CJ.
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Also in FSJ flavor:
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http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/07/1993FordMustang_01_700.jpg
The Fox Body Mustang had the option.-
Ah- the 80’s.
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There is a guy I see every night driving the opposite direction of me in a 1993 triple (or is it quadruple) white fox body. It is immaculate. As ridiculous as they look parked, you can’t miss them on the road. The all white is so glaringly obvious to your eyes it’s hilarious.
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I saw that very car (well, not that very one; this one was in considerably more distressed condition) on Saturday as I was moseying through downtown Minneapolis.
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http://www.82firebird.com/images/gallery/15th/15th_0001_LG.jpg
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Talbot Samba Rallye, Peugeot 205 Rallye & 106 Rallye!
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https://autopolis.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/pontiac_grand_prix_ste_white_1990.jpg?w=547
Pontiac Grand Prix 90-93 STE-
My favorite Grand Prix wheels were the fan wheels:
http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/pontiac/grand-prix/1993/oem/1993_pontiac_grand-prix_sedan_le_fq_oem_1_500.jpg
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http://cimg.carsforsale.com/432928/08EB55DC-DEC2-4547-98A9-56C8F324EBA0_41.jpg
Just need to put the entire Pontiac Line-up in the early 90s up here.
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Citroën AX Sport
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1236/5100314798_3a8a3764ea.jpg
Shelby CSX anyone?-
Technically not a production part. See my post.
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That one is wearing the fiberides, but the CSX-T had white details on the alloy rims.
http://www.shadylanegreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CSX-T-Shelby-2.jpg
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http://www.dragtimes.com/images/983911099olympicrings1.jpg
Dodge Daytona R/Ts too.-
Directional wheels should be directional!!
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This is why Ford and GM do symetrical 5 to 6-spoke rims. They can’t trust their mechanics to rotate the wheels aesthetically.
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The MkII Probe GT had direction wheels. I pointed that out to a driver at an autox. He had no idea the wheels were directional. I joked that he was getting an advantage. He was cool about my joke- some others take autox too serious.
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http://www.diyautoftw.com/images/genericphotos/Ford/Probe2_liftback_02.jpg
Does it bother you to look at it?
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T-Bird S/Cs had directional rims from the factory, but they weren’t asymmetrical, they just wen the wrong way on one side.
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One of the wheels available on the Lincoln Mark VIII were directional with separate L and R versions and it always drove me crazy to see them messed up.
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That is something that has bothered me for a while with tires. You can’t rotate directional tires like other tires. Yet I find these tires mounted against their mandatory direction on cars of people who use shops to change tires all the time, like my mother-in-law’s Toyota. Also: Absolutely no respect for torque-mounting wheels. It’s the shop who gets to change the dead bolts and nuts anyway…
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http://www.thesupercars.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/1996-dodge-viper-rt-10-side-view-in-white1.jpg
Gen1 Dodge Viper GTS had the option.-
Hey, that sure beats the mustard-and-ketchup version!
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I hated that combination. That entire generation had some really cartoony looking editions.
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Common on old trucks I think.
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1968_Dodge_Power_Wagon_D200_4x4_For_Sale_PTO.jpg-
Old is relative;
http://i2.wp.com/hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/SP01530012.jpg
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That Nissan/Datsun pictorial archive is pretty great, isn’t it?
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https://cdn5.3dtuning.com/info/Honda%20Civic%20Type-R%201997%203%20Door/factory/1.jpg
1997 Honda Civic Type-R-
This and the NSX Type R are my personal favorites. Probably partially why my Miata now has white dipped wheels.
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Citroën 2CV
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https://dasis300.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/dc2-honda-integra-type-r-21.jpg
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Mk 1 Cooper S, although the color might be more fairly described as off-white.
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Mini or MINI.
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You could have shown this Mini… It has multiple advantages!
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Do white Shelby Fiberides count? They a factory part (sourced from Motowheel), but only 20 of the white ones were made, and none of those made it to the showroom. They were only used on a couple of prototypes and factory show cars. They were spec’d for the 1990 CSX, but Mopar killed it at the 11th hour.
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Lancia Delta HF Integrale 8V
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Martini_op_show_1989.jpg -
My Niva had factory white wheels. Some of the cars did as well.
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Syrenka came often with white painted wheels.
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https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2162/2257160181_a7b3c82fca.jpg
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The Fiat Panda Italia ’90… Footballs FTW!
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NSX. NSX is the answer.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/NSX.JPG/1024px-NSX.JPG -
Mercedes-Benz W123
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Do you mean like this?
http://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/imagecache/file/crop/420×250/images/owners-reviews/180.jpg
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http://www.lambocars.com/images/countach/lp500s9.jpg
Countach had the option.-
Cocaine-white, I assume.
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Something like a phenomenon.
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Some example of the Lancia Delta S4 Stradale
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Stop staring at the white elephant in the bus.
http://36.media.tumblr.com/3c21f196cbdfa310f80a4bf129a912df/tumblr_nhtcynY9bW1rpgpe2o3_r3_500.jpg-
It might be faster if the elephant walked…
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Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione (best wheel design ever)
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190? Fiat 60 HP (which also has the distinction of being the tallest production car ever made : 2,550 mm or 100.4 in)
http://staticclub.caradisiac.com/private/1/modelisme-modele-reduit/photos-anciennes/photo/hd/651117651/5098409516/photos-anciennes-fiat-60-hp_tourer-big.jpg-
Sure they didn’t just drive through a chalk deposit?
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That’s what I thought of at first too!
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The Thunderbird Fila for him and the Y10 Fila for her!
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The Nautica Villager is another one.
http://hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/6018714474_44c4a6c6c3_b-700×540.jpg -
http://cdn.carwitter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/4851ds3red-1-1024×781.jpg
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/S9XZiaoEQ4I/AAAAAAACyUI/O7HJg2hHjaw/s1600/Ford-Fiesta-S1600-6.JPG
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My father purchased a cousin to the pictured Subaru wagon new in 1981. I seem to remember that the white wagon wheels were for the 4wd versions and the 2wd versions got the standard silver steel wheels. I also think that the wagon wheels were more of a beige color than actual snow white.
(Our GL was not only 4wd, it had the factory accessory headlight bush bar/winch mount and skid plate on it from new at the dealership. The bush bar was a slight off white color- not snow white but more beige-ish. After mounting the bush bar, the dealership actually had to get a special linkage part for the hidden center Cyclops light under the Subaru emblem since the winch mount interfered with the stock linkage. What was even more freakshow about our vehicle was that this we lived on the NJ shore in northern Ocean county- far from typical 4×4 required areas except for a few allowed areas for beach access. But we traveled to Montana and western states during the summers (my father was a high school teacher). He-
Soobie hidden cyclops light = so. much. win.
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Our GL’s bush bar actually eliminated the chrome front bumper and only had surrounds for the headlights due to the center winch mount. Of course my father never mounted a winch.
I actually found a similar GL with that bush bar version painted black.(Ours had factory roof rack also.)
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A car is a wheeled, self-propelled motor vehicle used for transportation. Therefore very nearly every Ford tractor ever.
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The always-lovely 10th-Anniversary RX-7…
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99.9% these were like this from the factory…..
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1780/901/29447950002_large.jpg-
They were. It is the SHO Plus package (212A) and on white exterior cars, they got white wheels. All other exterior colors got the sparkle silver wheels.
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In Europe white cars with white wheels were a big hit in the 80s…
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1980’s AUDIS!!!
1986’s lineup included white Audis to commemorate the Centennial of the Automobile.-
That Quattro coupe with the five-spokes is awesomosity.
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Fuch.
Pure 80’s.
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Back in 1995, the Neon Sport Coupe and Sedan with white paint could be had with white painted Sport Wheels. Other colors all had the same pattern in silver
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Almost all Hillmans, Sunbeams and Singers from the mid 1950s to the late 1960s had white steels under their hubcaps. I’m struggling to think of any that didn’t.
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http://www.camaro5.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=175&pictureid=1814
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The Fiat 500 Abarth has white wheels as an option.
http://max1.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/january2013/thumbnails5.0/me-fiat-abarth-ri_653.jpg -
Dodge Monaco. Cop shocks, cop engine, etc.
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Most of those Subaru wheels are various shades of rust by now.
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Nissan 300ZX Shiro Special.
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1988-Nissan-300zx-Turbo-SS.jpg -
1994 Dodge Grand Caravan ES, although I think the white wheels were only available with the white exterior color.
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Honda’s legendary RC30 had white wheels (are we including motorbikes?), and a number of VFR800 interceptors also (I believe) had white wheels too.
With single-sided swingarm for extra sexy.
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Honda%20RC30%20%205.jpg
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