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Smoked Chrome or Black ?? Decisions Decisions

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Post by volumex65 » Sun May 28, 2017 11:26 am

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I have decided that I am going to refurbish my wheels , only problem is that I can`t decide between smoked chrome or black :sos:
So , going to put it to the vote :worshipbmw: , and go with the majority
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Post by Savage » Sun May 28, 2017 12:50 pm

Matt or Gloss black?

Why not Plastidip them for now and see how you like the black, when you decide you can peel it off and get them done.. I've plastidipped my last few cars, and then never bothered with the refurb as the Anthracite Metallic Plastidip looked very nice..

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Post by Savage » Sun May 28, 2017 12:57 pm

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That's an approximation of whay they'd look like if you went with smoked chrome, they'd be a little darker...

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Post by NickDE » Sun May 28, 2017 2:09 pm

Smoked Chrome
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Post by volumex65 » Sun May 28, 2017 3:25 pm

nice piece of photo shopping (or was it colouring in :rofl: ) mr. Savage , gives me a better idea than the alloy I was shown when I got them priced up :thumbsup:
gloss or matt - prefer the gloss over matt , but will look into plastidip :thumbsup:
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Post by firebobby » Sun May 28, 2017 5:51 pm

I have shadow chrome on my 107's, not sure what the difference is between smoked and shadow though :)
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Post by Ewazix » Sun May 28, 2017 7:41 pm

I've got high gloss black on my Mini, they look fantastic............. when they are clean. Gloss is a higher maintenance option to look good, I'm not keen on matt black unless you are going to stealth the whole car, and smoked chrome would probably suit those wheels best anyway :thumbsup:
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Post by Rusky » Mon May 29, 2017 7:54 pm

two tone black chrome
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