View Poll Results: 1993-1994 Wheel Preference

Silver Crosslace

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Silver Painted Torqestar

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Wheel Preference (93-94 SSE)

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Aug 5, 2004 | 12:26 PM

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Not a big fan of the crosslaces. I like the stars. Can see the calipers and rotors...

Aug 5, 2004 | 03:38 PM

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Do the torquestar wheels have a dull finish to them? It seems that the toquestars would look sportier in motion, but I haven't seen any latley.

Aug 5, 2004 | 05:34 PM

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the Torque Stars were made in white (1995 only) and in a painted Alum. and a chrome finish

Aug 5, 2004 | 05:49 PM

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Gold crosslace any day. Id be willing to give someone my silver crosslace + $100 for a set of gold crosslace. Mmmmmmmm, crimson red on gold Mmmmmm

Hmm. So when do you want to meet up for the swap? I think your SSEi would look awesome with the gold compared to the grey, although you had the machined finsh crosslaces then it'd be close.

I still haven't gotten around to the PO to ship the fob, but hopefully I can in the next day or so.
BTW, Are you sure this is going to work or didn't you have to change the reciever?

Hmm, Yes I also do beleive my bonneville would look awesome with gold wheels, interested in trading those too? Anyways they sell key fobs for 96-99 bonnevilles on ebay so I imagine they should work no problem

Yup, swapping wheels (and fob) is what I meant. I will say though, that my crosslaces need new rubber, so if you are needing tires we'd be even. Actually, I have 4 totally different tires, and 2 of them have about 35% tread, the 3rd has about 60% and the 4th has a Michelin Pilot Sport XGT Z4 with about 80% tread.
Anyhow, I can find some good used tires if yours are any better than these, and then we could meet up.
Let me know (PM or e-mail).
TTYL,
Martin

Aug 5, 2004 | 11:21 PM

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Gold crosslace any day. Id be willing to give someone my silver crosslace + $100 for a set of gold crosslace. Mmmmmmmm, crimson red on gold Mmmmmm

Alright, yea we should meet up sometime. My tires are about at 4-6/32 so not too bad but will need to be replaced within a year I bet, they are all BF Goodrich tires they are quite dirty and need to be cleaned, the center caps are missing so if you have center caps you can keep them. here are some pictures http://xbins.org/~spiral/cars/bonneville.htm they have cleaned up since then...

Aug 8, 2004 | 02:01 AM

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Not a big fan of the crosslaces. I like the stars. Can see the calipers and rotors...

I agree 100%. Of course I am extremely biased FOR chrome torque stars, but regarding early 90'* Bonnys (i.e. the original question) I'd have to go with spokes over crosslace.

Aug 8, 2004 | 02:49 PM

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The finish on the torquestar wheels ('94-'95) seems rather dull to me, at least in pics, and the Crosslace (Silver) seem to have a more expensive look, but the torquestars seem like they'd be sportier on the road. ???

Aug 9, 2004 | 12:26 AM

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I think you are confused on the 3 different torque star finishes that were available in different years (mentioned above, but here'* a recap):

(1) Plain aluminum alloy (gray color, maybe "dull" as you've described?)
(2) White
(3) Polished aluminum (chrome, like mirrors when cleaned properly)

Here is an example of the polished aluminum torque stars, originally on my '98 Bonneville SLE (and now on my '99 Aurora):

Aug 9, 2004 | 03:15 AM

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What about the blade alloys? My car has 'em, I like 'em almost more than either of the ones everybody'* gushing about! Of course, I'm probably biased also ;p