Mike Goebel

Hahaha

I always thought they were kinda ugly. But now I'm thinking about getting a square set of 8x16. Funny how they start looking better the closer it gets to decision time.

Mike G.

SamGrant951

Early offset 16" turbo phones are not ugly. the late offset ones? yes, very.

Mike Goebel

Ah maybe that's the difference. I'd need late offset.

Mike G.

Mike Goebel

I looked at the 8x16 ET 52.3 and not too terrible. Lets just see if I can find a pair now!

Mike G.

MAGK944

They look pretty if you get them widened, polished and painted, especially the early offset.

951and944S

You can only really see them when the car isn't moving....

951and944S

Seriously though, what I do on the race wheels, put a 1/4-3/8" pinstripe in dominant body color, painted on around the rim lip.

Mike Goebel

Does that hypnotize the on lookers so they don't realize the fugly factor? Sort of like the start of the Twilight Zone with that mesmerizing spiral?

Mike G.

Chapman951

I think they look better when the car has no fender gap.

Ifly951

They are ugly, but as the picture above shows.. They can be tweaked to look awesome.

And they are becoming classic. So it works. I should not have given mine away.

Mike Goebel

I think the larger mistake is that you did not give them away to me. 😂

Mike G.

Doyle623

I agree, and think they also look much better with spacers on front and rear. The rear looked especially stupid the way they are tucked into the fenders, but it is my understanding that Porsche did that to allow for tire chains. I'm considering moving from my cup 1's back to my original phone dials....the older I get, the more of a purist I'm becoming.

Chapman951

As a member of the ugly rear tucked in phone dial club I agree.
I have the 16” versions so the front spacing is decent.

mytrplseven

They could only be uglier if they had been designed by CITROEN.

PF

Wow you guys are tasteless! Phonedials are supercool, no matter the offset.
Mike ofcoarse you should have 4 8" 🥳👌