Styling Wheels

[Mick F]

Do the different wheels on the 500 have model names?

If you go to the fiat website, you can "configure" your car and there are a dozen choices of wheel sets ranging from 14" steel up to 16" alloys.

We have 15" alloy wheels with eighteen spokes on ours.
Do they have a model name?

Regards,
Mick.

 

[306maxi]

http://www.fiat.co.uk/uk/publishingimages/price-list/fiat-cars-price-list-february-2014-uk.pdf page 17 I think, there are 3 digit option codes for the wheels on there.

 

[Mick F]

Thanks Maxi.
Just numbers and codes eh?
Pity, I though that may have had names - or at least nicknames.

Last alloys I bought were Minilites. Before that, I had some Dunlop alloys.
I wonder who make the Fiat offerings?

Regards,
Mick.

 

[wrightyy]

I wonder who make the Fiat offerings?

I know that the 100hp Panda alloys are made by Ronal

 

[306maxi]

Well there are names, yours would be 15" multispokes, there are o spokes, Abarth 17" multispokes, 15" sport wheels, bygucci 16" wheels and loads of others....

I think my wheels are made in Poland, probably by a little known company I'd imagine.

 

[Mick F]

Well there are names, yours would be 15" multispokes ......

That's the point.

There are three different 15" "multi" spokes (to a greater or lesser degree)

Mick.

 

[306maxi]

Are yours the ones at the top?

 

[Mick F]

Yep.

 

[306maxi]

Yep.

Then as I said.... they're 15" multispokes.....

 

[Mick F]

What are the next ones down called?
Are they 15" multispokes too?

Regards,
Mick.

 

[306maxi]

No.

 

[zanes]

Perhaps a little explanation would help-

When the 500 first launched the multispokes Maxi is talking about were the only 15" multispokes of any discription on the menu (hence my signature). The others were all pretty distinct- 15" alloys standard on the sport trim (so "sport" alloys), 15" bicolour sport wheels, 16" multispokes (look similar to the 15" ones), 16" diamond cut etc. As I remember it the dealer wrote on my order form "15 inch Lounge Wheels" as they were a change to the sport spec.

Those names have stuck with us "oldies". You could call them nicknames I guess- but the codes are the things to go off really, unless you're on ebay I guess.

IIRC (my brochure is around somewhere) there weren't <that> many factory alloy choices really. Not compared to now I think.

 

[Mick F]

Thank you Zanes.
Your explanation has helped.

Cheers,
Mick.