The Good, The Bad! and the Awesome!

[cameron]

Right heres 3 piccys of the same car, first one was when i got it with the Original Wheels ( The Good! ) Second is with those god darn awful 17" Wolfrace ( The Bad! ) and the third is with my new 17"'s ( The Awesome! )

I got them off Fleabay, they have just been Refurbed, the only gripe is he didnt take the weights off the outside of the rim before painting them, what a ££££! as now i have Blind Balanced them and theres a 1 inch gap in the nice shiny paint to the old paint below where the weight once was, But i can live with that, £160 all in cant be bad. Im getting the center's for the new ones tomorrow off my old T5, they were in good nick so i kept them.

Opinions please!

Cheers.

[volvokid]

I prefer the good lol but the awesome will look the part if its a rally car lol they may grow on me though that usually happens

[cameron]

They are Genuine Volvo alloys, i thought they were the Tethys?

[nobananas]

Look good on a white car, seem larger then they are (that makes no sense !)

[volvokid]

Yeah not sure of the name were they from the C70? or was it the first S60's?

[t5 stealth]

i put the same wheels on my mums v70....
they came off a c70 aswell lol.

[cameron]

Heres the Fleabay page from when i bought them!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110277473951&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=001

Think it says S70 T5?

[Adge]

For what it's worth, I prefer last ones. Less flash, more style!!

[cameron]

Can anyone confirm wether these are Tethys or not please.

T.C., Rufe, T5Jod ? Anybody?

[Redbrick]

I'm pretty sure they are, google image search bought up these:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wheelcollision.com/wccpix/70247.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wheelcollision.com/volvo2.htm&h=362&w=300&sz=36&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=2X8pXsAjQYRwhM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvolvo%2Btethys%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26 sa%3DG

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/2386000-2386999/2386983_20.jpg

Good choice, IMHO, way better than Metis!

[readview]

They are Tethys.100%. Most commonly fitted to S60 2.0T and some T-5 S60's.Not usually found on V70's though unless fitted "post showroom".Look nice on the 850,i had a set on my old 850R and they looked well on that.

[cameron]

I nearly pawned all my fishing gear to come get yours off you Readview, lol.

[Loadsamiles]

Tethys!

I like!

[cameron]

Tethys!

I like!

Readview has some, meant to be proper minters of an S60, £250 when i last enquired.

[Loadsamiles]

TETHYS

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t82/j0u1es/2006_02250003-1.jpg

TETHYS

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t82/j0u1es/DSCF1831n.jpg

TETHYS

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t82/j0u1es/Picture141.jpg

[Loadsamiles]

ORESTES

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t82/j0u1es/Picture154.jpg

[Loadsamiles]

Next look will be Tethys in gunmetal!

[cameron]

Nice job and loving them on a White P2!

The Tethys that is.

Orestes look very smart indeed with the bright callipers.

What sort of paint did you use for those or where they already done?

[Loadsamiles]

Nice job and loving them on a White P2!

The Tethys that is.

Orestes look very smart indeed with the bright callipers.

What sort of paint did you use for those or where they already done?

The Tethys were sprayed with plasticote from B&Q :bricks:

Then they were finished with a high gloss clearcoat. It was very easy.

Considerably easier than cleaning the damned things.

They have a tendency to become "blasted" on the leading edge of the spokes and the paint was back to the primer, so they wouldn't clean off any more.

I'm confused now.....

I don't know if the gunmetal Tethys or the Orestes look best.

Once I've worn these tyres out I'll probably swap back to the Tethys to re-furb the orestes.

[cameron]

Sorry mate crossed wires somewhere, i was asking about the callipers, lol.

[Loadsamiles]

Same stuff.

I was bored one night and couldn't decide. so I did a lucky dip on the paint store and came out with plasticote flourescent orange.

After laughing at it I decided it may not be so daft.

White primer> Florescent orange> High gloss laquer.

[cameron]

Nice one i might check it out, i painted my callipers Red, only because there was big gaps between the spokes of the wolfrace, but you cant really see them now behind the Tethys, the orange would make them stand out a lot better.

[Niles]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/camelbeanie/2006_1103pix0011.jpg

[cameron]

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Very nice indeed mate, loving the Paint colour what is it, No stupid remarks people i know its Silver / Grey, i want to know the Volvo name for it.

[Niles]

silver sand metallic. code 419-11

[Tomcat]

Same colour as my old car, it's a pig to match though if it gets damaged.

[cameron]

Same colour as my old car, it's a pig to match though if it gets damaged.


That is a lovely looking car especially with the pegs on it! 18's ?

[Tomcat]

Yup, it's now owned by firestorms wife, I wrote it off.

[cameron]

I dont think ive ever seen one that colour before seeing them on here, lovely colour, must be rare !

[Tiny 12]

Your new wheels look the Muttz Nuttz Cam nice work!!!

[Cubes]

The Wolfrace ones look pants! Good choice mate. They're very much like the ones they used to put on the S/V90.

[cameron]

Your new wheels look the Muttz Nuttz Cam nice work!!!

Cheers buddy! Glad i changed them now!
They do look the dogs danglies though dont they!

[PEAKUNDER]

Prob been posted before, but here's a good site to experiment with various wheels, to see how they would look on your Volvo. Just click on the arrow in the white box called 'Valj bilmodell har', and you will get a pull down menu- select a model, and click on the wheels below....

http://www.volvocars.com/se/salesandservices/Dack/FalgGenerator/Pages/default.aspx

Jeff :cool:

[Tiny 12]

Prob been posted before, but here's a good site to experiment with various wheels, to see how they would look on your Volvo. Just click on the arrow in the white box called 'Valj bilmodell har', and you will get a pull down menu- select a model, and click on the wheels below....

http://www.volvocars.com/se/salesandservices/Dack/FalgGenerator/Pages/default.aspx

Jeff :cool:

How cool is that!!!!!!!!!

nice work!!!

[BigV]

Being honest I prefer the original T5 alloys......... 2nd set were terrible..... 3rd set I can take or leave....... I like white though, so I think the car looks pretty tidy anyway.