Ultimate Official Concave or Convex Poll

Well Jon,

Before i can vote, I got to do research to see what the difference is between both.

Any help please.

 

Pre-88.5 is my cut-off...because those cars have the concave rimz, boyz!

 

Concave:
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Convex (ABS braking):
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Thanks boys for the pic.

Looks like i havn't seen the "Convex" ones before.

Hmmmm....interesting.

 

Personally like the convex

 

Concave all the way...I NEVER liked the later rims, just looks wrong to me.

 

concave, but an otherwise perfect car with convex rims would have been OK. It was definitely one of the reasons I was in no mood to pay a premium for a later car.

 

Convex looks like hub caps because they bow out.

 

Option no 2.. Prefer the concave, but dont think convex rims would deter me from a purchase if the car was in a good state

 

Deal breaker for me. Convex really seems to upset the balance of the lines on the car. In general the convex style is quite odd--I don't think I've seen it anywhere else, except on the "moondiscs" of the 70s cars!

I did not consider 88.5's or 89s for this reason.

 

i couldn't vote. i like them both. i guess i swing both ways.. !

 

I agree.

 

As mentioned previously in another thread concave made a difference and made me chose an 86.

 

I like both, but probably slightly perfer the concave wheels even though I have the convex ones on my 1989. I liked the other features the '89 offered and it being the most modern 3x8. The convex wheels I like almost as much and so the '89 won out. Honestly, I didn't even consider the difference to be important in my choice. It's probably been mentioned before but I can't remember. Why are the wheels convex to begin with, is it necessary to clear the calipers on an ABS car?

Jeff

 

There was a set of 16" rims on eBay a while back. I did NOT bid as they were
convex.

stephen

 

Concave for me. Convex gives the illusion that the rims are smaller.

 

The convex wheels are on cars which have slightly different suspension mounting points. Since ABS was introduced at round about the same time there's a misconception that convex = ABS. From what I undesrtand there are convex wheeled cars without ABS. I think chassis number 76626 is the one from which the new suspension mounts were used.

I ever-so-slightly prefer the concave wheels even though I have convex ones.

 

Definate concave. Love the deep dish look, and the same would apply to a Mondial... T wheels are not as pleasing as QV or 3.2 wheels IMO.

 

As I understand it, ABS was an option on earlier 328s -- and I think those got convex wheels. ABS and convex wheels became standard in mid-88 or so.

I prefer the look of the concave, but it's not all that big a decider for me. What was the deal maker/breaker was that, having experienced '80s ABS on my Celica, I absolutely, positively did *NOT* want an early ABS system mucking around with my brake pedal on a Ferrari. I can modulate my own brakes, thank you.

FWIW, the newer generation ABS on the '03 EVO is far less intrusive. If you modulate the brakes yourself, it stays out of your way. But that stuff in the '80s was garbage.

This is why I support street technologies for racing cars (e.g. F1): Let the drivers who get the big money work the bugs out of new tech, before inflicting it on the public.

 

Yup. From Keith Bluemel's book, Original Ferrari V8: