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15 or 30 spoke turbine wheels?

15 Spoke Turbine Wheels
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80%
30 Spoke Turbine Wheels
2
20%
 
Total votes: 10

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Typical me, I have acquired two sets of turbine wheels that I want to run. I'm going for a vintage/retro 70's offroad look. They will be powder coated PPG Sun Gold PCUT33100 (same as the factory Golden Eagle wheels). The wheels are both 15x8.5 (the 15x10 are hard to find). The problem I am having now is, which set do I run? Do I run the 15 spoke turbines or the 30 spoke turbines? I like them both!
What say you???

15 spokes

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30 spokes

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This is the Jeep

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And this is the color I want to powder coat the wheels

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15 spoke. Always been more of a fan of them, and if you are painting them gold, the 30 spoke will look a bit low-rider-ish.
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I think they both look great just sitting there. Seriously.

What do they look like mocked up on the Jeep? Sometimes the look of a nice rim just doesn’t look nice on the Jeep.

If I had to vote, I’d say 30 spoke.

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15 spoke by far looks better to me.

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15

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15 - easier to clean.
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The obvious choice is to run one set on the left and the other on the right.
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Kind of a tossup for me...they both looks cool:)
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I like them both... but that's not an option. Run the 15 and show the 30.
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toothofwar wrote:Of you run the 30 spoke, would you be interested in selling/trading the 15 spoke?
I could. They need some work, though. PM me if interested.
toothofwar wrote:Also, just out of curiosity, what would they be going on?
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toothofwar wrote:Just curious if I should keep this look, or if the 15 spoke would work.
Maybe start a poll thread?

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F D44 - 4.10, Eaton E-Locker
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15, 30 looks too ghetto velocity channle low riderish to me.. plus its going to be hard to clean.. I already hate the stock grand wagoneer wheels as they are so hard to clean vs the pentstar wheel my 5.9 zj has.

I like your original look with those rims with the round holes.

Its hard to picyure without seeing the spoked wheel on that pretty red Jeep.. but i think the ones on it make it look more offroadish to me and i like that look it already has. The spoked wheels make a vehicle look more show carish . If that makes sense ?


Get one of your tires mounted on the 15 spoke wheel and take another picture between it and the pic you posted of your current rims. If you can do that i mean. Dont wanna make you blow 20-30$ for mounting a tire just to see
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If it helps... (The front is almost pretty on mine. :lol: )

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