One of the problems I see with 3-piece wheels is the hardware. Those bolts all along the outer rim do not work with all designs. What you have is a mix of fantastic designs for centers that work great with a shallow lip, some with a deep lip, some with the hardware, and some without. I don't see enough provisions for making the hardware more subtle, personally. Flush mounted hardware, shallow heads, etc. On some wheels, the big bolts work wonders. I love the way they look on my GM Prototype wheels. But a lot of the time they just look bad. Id say if there were more choices on how that hardware looked, the 3-piece wheel would be more popular.
That's just my opinion, though.
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2002 Corvette Z06
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