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POLL: Help me decide which wheels to go with please.....

Which design/colour would you chose for your magnetic Mustang?

  • Forgestar F14 20" Graphite gloss silver or plain silver

    Votes: 9 18.4%
  • Forgestar F14 19/20" Black gloss graphite

    Votes: 13 26.5%
  • Forgestar F14 20" Bronze burst

    Votes: 9 18.4%
  • Forgestar F14 20" Gunmetal gloss

    Votes: 5 10.2%
  • Forgestar F14 20" Piano/Gloss black

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • MMR 350 Gunmetal

    Votes: 6 12.2%
  • MMR 350 Piano/Gloss black

    Votes: 6 12.2%

  • Total voters
    49

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Hi there


I am really struggling, I pretty much have the choice of style narrowed down to Forgestar F14 or MMR 350, both are lightweight wheels. The Forgestar can come in pretty much any colour you wish in 18", 19" and 20" with offsets ideal for the car, so absolute zero change of any tire poke/bulge past the fenders. I hope poke/bulge I prefer my wheels to be at least 5-10mm inside the arch as I have now with 15mm spacers in rear and 23mm spacers up front on the stock GT PP wheels.

I like the F14's because the design is unique and they work very well with body shape and the finishes look absolutely superb. I would go with 19/20x9.5" front and a 19/20x11" rear wrapped in 275/35 up front and a 295/35 or 305/35 out back, MPSS of course! My favourite colour so far is smoked gloss graphite which is like a silver with touches of grey, but is a colour not yet done on a Mustang. I could go traditional silver but I don't think it suits the wheel design so much and I also like back graphite which is a very dark grey almost looks black at times and gunmetal at other times. The other wild colour is bronze burst, looks lovely on a clean car in sunlight, my worry is how it looks in shade and with a little brake dust, it might just look black but could maybe look brown.

The MMR 350 is also a very nice design, it is actually a copy of the GT 350 wheel and is only available in black or gunmetal. I'd go gunmetal and even though its a nice colour I am a little unsure if its to close in colour to my cars paintwork (magnetic) and the finish does not look as good as the Forgestar finish, but the design is nice. These are only in 19" so more limited on tyres, would have to be a 275/35/19 up front and a 305/35 or a 325/30 (risk of poke) out back.


The simple fact is I can't decide, I'd be happy with any of these wheels in any of the colours, they all look superb, they are unique, they save a considerable amount of weight per corner and will drastically improve handling and grip of the car compared to the stock heavy GT PP wheels with not so great Pzero tyres.


Here are the options:


OPTION 1: Forgestar F14 Deep Concave 19/20" Silver / Smoked light graphite

Brushed silver:


smoke light graphite (Silver) next to Black graphite:










I really like the Smoked light graphite, I feel it gives the F14's a more premium and softer look, whereas the regular silver looks very hard cut and could be a little too light in colour like the stock GT PP nickel lustre wheels which look almost white in sunlight. Feel this colour needs to be 20" to work!



OPTION 2: Forgestar F14 Deep Concave Black Graphite 19"






















I do like this colour, it varies so much in colour due to lighting meaning it can look almost black or even gunmetal grey and it seems to work well in the 19" smaller size, whereas the other Forgestar colours seem to demand 20" to really work. Though I'd probably go with 20" to make my gearing a little taller to help with traction and power delivery for when I go whipped. ;)



OPTION 3: Forgestar F14 Deep Concave 20" Bronze Burst!















Try to forget the red wheel lugs, they are not for me, but I think this colour looks stunning against the magnetic paint work and again I suspect this colour only works in 20" as pictured. My worry is what this colour looks like in shade or when the car is a little dirty, it could just look dull or even worse brown, so maybe great on a clean car but on a daily driven car maybe not a great choice, but I do like this and rare it would be.



OPTION 4: Forgestar F14 Deep Concave 20" in gloss gunmetal











I think this also looks great, my only concern is a wheel colour that more or less matches body colour, again on a daily car I can see this just looking a bit dull with some road usage and brake dust. Plus I feel silver or silver graphite would be better choice as with some usage the lighter silver pretty much becomes gunmetal anyway with some brake dust and road grime. Still it looks very nice when clean with subtle styling.



OPTION 5: Forgestar F14 Deep Concave 20" Gloss/Piano black














The most popular colour on the S550 is black and admittedly it does work well but black wheels do lose the detail of the lines in the wheels I find but they do work quite well on the S550 in all colours, remember my car is magnetic hence the large amount of images using magnetic coloured cars. ;)



OPTION 6: MMR 350 Gunmetal 19" wheels
























I really do like this design, simple but quite unique, but it does look good and 19" in these I feel looks like 20" Forgestars, the design gives the impression of a larger wheel I feel. My only dislike is the finish looks a little flat and lacking in gloss, meaning with some use they could be a rather dull looking wheel matching magnetic bodies colour.



OPTION 7: MMR 350 Black wheels!



















My car as it stands now!







The car is getting added Steeda front splitter, RTR side and rear splitters and a Ford GT350 satin black track spoiler/wing. So bearing this in mind I feel my car will work best with either smoked light graphite (silver) as this is a deep light silver/grey depending on lighting meaning it will still work well with clear lights, chrome pony and 5.0 badges and even the chrome trim. My other favourite is graphite black because it varies from gloss grey to gloss black and that would work well with the 350 track spoiler and black side decals. I feel as nice as bronze burst and gloss black are they won't work as well with my particular car. The issue is all these wheels would look great, I feel a couple could look spectacular but trying to decide is painful, so I wish to share my pain and reach our to members here to help ease my pain with making a decision. Sorry guys! :D
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Option 3. The colour sets those wheels off really nice!!
 

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I love the look of black alloys on most colours although i have a black car and black wheels would be too much. Personally on a dark car like guard i would go with one of the silver especially with the further mods youre planning.Car looks great now BTW.
 

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Option 2 for the colour, but you really lose some of the great concave effect in a darker shade.

Personally I don't hate the stock wheel so i'll be living with it for a while.
 

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2 would be first choice followed by 4.

Concave will look ace, 2 would give a nice balance from body colour to alloy.

20's will also look the business, good luck choosing.

ps you car looks brilliant with what you have done by the way.
 

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I don't think you should base your decision on what other people think. You know enough on the subject to narrow down which wheels you want from a technical point of view, aesthetics should be down to personal preference.
 

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Option 2 for me

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I like the style of the MMR 350, and prefer option 6 to the the black.
 

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MMR 350 in Gunmetal, so I can have them in Black
MPSS tyres all round? Or just on the back??
 

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Not considering 20" wheels?
Forget I said that, just read post properly now. Def option 5
 

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I don't think you should base your decision on what other people think. You know enough on the subject to narrow down which wheels you want from a technical point of view, aesthetics should be down to personal preference.

No but it is good to hear other peoples ideas in case there was something I have not thought off.

For me personally smoke light graphite or black graphite are favourites in 20" for me. I think both could work really well and am leaning more towards the light smoked graphite as will show concave, will contrast great with car as the stock wheels do but in certain lights might have a look of black chrome also. :)
 

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No but it is good to hear other peoples ideas in case there was something I have not thought off.

For me personally smoke light graphite or black graphite are favourites in 20" for me. I think both could work really well and am leaning more towards the light smoked graphite as will show concave, will contrast great with car as the stock wheels do but in certain lights might have a look of black chrome also. :)
Yes black Chrome all day ;).

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Does fitting 20" increase the chances of wheel damage when hitting potholes, due to a lower tyre profile?
 
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Does fitting 20" increase the chances of wheel damage when hitting potholes, due to a lower tyre profile?

Only if you run a 30 profile which I am not to keen on the looks as I feel this car really needs some tyre wall being a muscle car.

I will run a 275/35/20 and a 295/305/35/20 out back. So the tyre walls are literally only 5mm less than stock and as wheels weigh less damage from pot holes should be no more risk than now.

The only issue with 20" is your higher of the ground, on a lowered car not such an issue, but on stock ride height could look a bit funky.
 

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Only if you run a 30 profile which I am not to keen on the looks as I feel this car really needs some tyre wall being a muscle car.

I will run a 275/35/20 and a 295/305/35/20 out back. So the tyre walls are literally only 5mm less than stock and as wheels weigh less damage from pot holes should be no more risk than now.

The only issue with 20" is your higher of the ground, on a lowered car not such an issue, but on stock ride height could look a bit funky.
Cool, thanks. Having mine lowered next week I hope. For looks more than handling.
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