Opinions please: Wheels and colours

Snags with black wheels is that every single tiny scratch and nick let alone kerb rash shows really clearly and looks awful.
I have seen people using these new wheel rim protector strips which might help I guess
 
So, graphite wheels, mirrors and indicators. Yes mmmmm! :thumbsup: black and yellow always works, wasps know this. Not like white and black too stark. But white and graphite looks softer and more sophisticated.lmo.
 
True-Blue said:
Black makes wheels ‘look’ smaller, not a fan of black wheels personally but I do think they can look ok on white and silver cars.
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Quoting myself here as I’ve had a complete change of opinion on this, I think black wheels can actually look great on a black car now, or a brightly coloured or light/white car. They don’t look anywhere near as good in photo’s as in real life though.

I’m not so sure of black against other dark colours though, like dark blue / dark grey.
 
I have decided silver, where I take it to be done is a good bloke. Will post some piccys when it's done.
 
Smartbear said:
Getting my Veemanns painted ferric grey next week, I’ll post some pics when they’re done :thumbsup:
Rob
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Did you kerb them? :tumbleweed: :rofl:
 
B21 said:
Smartbear said:
Getting my Veemanns painted ferric grey next week, I’ll post some pics when they’re done :thumbsup:
Rob
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Did you kerb them? :tumbleweed: :rofl:
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No kerbing, the clear coat over the machined outer face was starting to deteriorate, i had a go at dressing it up but made things 100 times worse :oops:
I’ll save the kerb damage for after they’ve been painted :rofl:
Rob
 
Smartbear said:
B21 said:
Smartbear said:
Getting my Veemanns painted ferric grey next week, I’ll post some pics when they’re done :thumbsup:
Rob
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Did you kerb them? :tumbleweed: :rofl:
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No kerbing, the clear coat over the machined outer face was starting to deteriorate, i had a go at dressing it up but made things 100 times worse :oops:
I’ll save the kerb damage for after they’ve been painted :rofl:
Rob
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That seems to be the issue with ‘cut’ wheels the lacquer lifts at the edges?
 
B21 said:
Smartbear said:
B21 said:
Did you kerb them? :tumbleweed: :rofl:
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No kerbing, the clear coat over the machined outer face was starting to deteriorate, i had a go at dressing it up but made things 100 times worse :oops:
I’ll save the kerb damage for after they’ve been painted :rofl:
Rob
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That seems to be the issue with ‘cut’ wheels the lacquer lifts at the edges?
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They were starting to get “snail trails” where stone chips had let the weather underneath i suspect, it looked a bit nasty but my diy resuscitation effort turned them into much worse scabby things :roll:
Rob
 
Can’t wait to see the outcome… booked mine in too, in May. Sticking with shadow chrome, just a better quality finish. That said, it’s against black not white. Having added a silver, it convinced me to stick with a darker finish (popular consensus too)
 
Zed Baron said:
So finally the car is booked in for the alloy refurb.... still have the dilemma A) silver B) black or C) dark charcoal grey (a BMW colour)? :slaphead:
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This colour :lol:
I've often thought of black wheels on my cars, always end up with graphite. Not sure what BMW calls this colour though
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I finally went for a dark grey, I think its called orbit grey (BMW colour) they look dark until the sun hits them
 

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Hi all, just a quick one on a z4 e85 running a bit lumpy after start up from cold but revs OK and drives OK until today then EML light came on but still runs ok 🤔
Getting it plugged in on Tuesday. Any feed back be very much appreciated. Was hoping to get to north yorkshire moors next weekend for Bank Holiday weekend
 
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