I loooove those wheels!! Only with black paint instead of that charcoal paint for my black 05! Like these:

 

Photoshoppers??

 

neither of the painted wheels will ever happen....

 

... why not?

 

I was thinking the same thing...darn good job if it is. Anyone? Bueller? Fry?

 

Saw them driving with them on last week Made a post about it too

the polished ones are SUPER shiney

 

Vote here: http://forums.bradbarnett.net/index.php?showtopic=9748

 

So it this the only year that the upgraded 17" rims will be on the GT or will they get rid of the Bullit rims? Or would they maybe have all three?

 

Deffo the painted ones. I think polished wheels look cheesy. Wannabe chrome :notnice:

 

Does anyone know how tough it would be to take those 18" fanblades and get them chromed? They looked great on the redfire during the intro.

 

Oooh yeah. They look great on the Stang. I like the "double-spoke" rim variations too, but they have that BMW look to them.

On a stang, I'd definitely prefer fanblades. Looks more like a muscle car rim.

 

The reflection on the door looks right to me.

 

No idea.

 

The charcoal one in the pic I put in is not photoshopped.

 

I love the painted ones, I have factory polished and painted 17 on my 99 GT.
-Jason

 

That looks killer!

 

I like the more satin finish I've seen on some of the Fanblades over the highly polished, chromelike finish, which is just too flashy and pimp-daddy for my tastes. The painted affect is pretty cool too, visually lightening up the rims a bit and giving them some depth too.

 

I am also in the wheel business - working for an OE supplier. I can understand why the supplier wants to paint the "fan blades". Any big, flat surface on an aluminum wheel tends to show any blemish, inclusion, pit, or deformation in the cast aluminum. It creates a high-scrap situation for the supplier, making the wheels money-losers! They want to use the dark paint because that covers up quality issues. However, my experience tells me that if Ford wants polished, they will get polished, and the supplier will just have to buck up and do it, or lose the business.

By the way - due to environmental regulations (ISO 140001), most OE's are forcing suppliers to remove chromate from their processes - thus less and less chrome wheels will be available from the factory. Many of the "chrome" wheels available now are really just "clad skins" over the wheel. These look like chrome, and are stainless steel, so they don't rust!

 

Thats the picture i was looking for. Love the black painted wheels.

 

i don't really like either, but i guess the painted ones are a little better