Frozen Grey - Solid Black or Diamond Cut / Black alloys

alski19 · Post by **alski19** » Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:42 pm

Just got an M40i in Frozen Grey. It has the full gloss black shadow line pack and came with 799 M style alloys in gloss black.. I’m not sure about the alloys and am thinking about getting them changed to diamond cut / gloss black. Any thoughts?

alski19 · Post by **alski19** » Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:44 pm

Full gloss black as it is now

alski19 · Post by **alski19** » Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:45 pm

Diamond cut / gloss black

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:55 pm

Iirc they are already diamond cut under the paint. Personally out of the two pictures I prefer the black but I'm biased, your car, your choice

Zed Baron · Post by **Zed Baron** » Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:04 pm

Problem with the diamond cut alloys is if they get curbed, the channel that runs along the spoke gets cut into during the refurb process and can dissappear towards the edge of the rim, wheel then looks odd. I didn't like the look of them and had the wheels done in shadow chrome

Boyo · Post by **Boyo** » Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:11 pm

I would change the colour to satin black. I am afraid I don't like gloss black wheels. As said diamond cut can lead to problems if you curb them.

sars · Post by **sars** » Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:25 pm

I prefer the current ones with the frozen grey, which is very nice btw

...is your badging black with chrome outline?

alski19 · Post by **alski19** » Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:48 pm

Do you mean you prefer the gloss black ones that are currently on the car. I really didn’t like them to begin with but they are growing on me slowly. So I’ve decided to stick with them for time being before spending £400 or thereabouts to have them diamond cut. I actually prefer the 800 M style so may just bide my time and pounce if a set ever turn up on eBay.

I had the car fully ppf’d last week and got the badges switched from silver to genuine BMW gloss black at the same time. They are solid black without any chrome edging.

hairyfrogowl · Post by **hairyfrogowl** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 4:40 pm

Diamond cut every time for me, the black wheels don't stand out enough. But hey, totally subjective

deltasierra · Post by **deltasierra** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 11:37 am

Your choice, personally I think black gloss goes well with SF red, plus they are cheaper to refinish than diamond cut when they get kerbed.

Zvezdah1 · Post by **Zvezdah1** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 4:33 pm

I like the black of the shadowline pack personally.

jenniferlouise · Post by **jenniferlouise** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 5:56 pm

Always going to get both options supported when asking an opinion. Sometimes you need to go with your heart… if it helps, I’m in the ‘polished’ camp, but only because I don’t like black alloys (and having owned white on a Mini, which cost a fortune, I don’t like them either mainly because of the CONSTANT cleaning).

Enjoy your car. And share the images of your final decision and of you enjoying your great car.

Zed Baron · Post by **Zed Baron** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:49 pm

All black alloys IMO are now a dated look, getting them laser cut will not be as good as original as they have to paint in detail, this was my solution

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alski19 · Post by **alski19** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:54 pm

so how did you get these done?

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:20 am

Zed Baron wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:49 pm All black alloys IMO are now a dated look, getting them laser cut will not be as good as original as they have to paint in detail, this was my solution 20240601_222537.jpg

Wow…looks fantastic…!!

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