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I think when going darker, gun metal works better. Not the standard bright silver colour but still shows off the design.
Black Alloy Wheels
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I think when going darker, gun metal works better. Not the standard bright silver colour but still shows off the design.
My company car never gets anything other than a quick run through the swirl-o-matic at Tesco so black wheels are prefect for me. My previous car had quite nice alloys in silver but they always looked rubbish after being half cleaned by the spinney brush.
I think it looks better in silver, still:
MY EYES!!!!!!
Some folk is butt guys, some folk is boob guys..... and some folk is feet guys....
Black i can deal with, its the sodding diamond cut ones with black bit that i dont like. Diamond cut is great on a new car, but once they get chipped or scraped then the white worm starts
Same, hyper silver ftw
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Unfortunately it can be worse than that.Black i can deal with, its the sodding diamond cut ones with black bit that i dont like. Diamond cut is great on a new car, but once they get chipped or scraped then the white worm starts
For cost, the edges are not always de burred, especially when refurbed. That means when the lacquer is applied on top, it’s slightly raised on the edges and becomes a target for road grit when driving
End result is that you be microscopic fractures in the lacquer which can and does allow water ingress = blown lacquer
Glad you added the last part
Is going to look even better later this week when my Velgen's arrive 
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I'm going to enrage you all now
They were done for my son. He said my car looked like one of his hot wheels and I had them done to match his hot wheel.
Lad loves cars and I think he's gone through enough with 3 brain surgeries in his first 5 years of life not to have a little joy. (He now 7 and just like any normal kid, except the medical equipment bolted to his skull)
They were done for my son. He said my car looked like one of his hot wheels and I had them done to match his hot wheel.
Lad loves cars and I think he's gone through enough with 3 brain surgeries in his first 5 years of life not to have a little joy. (He now 7 and just like any normal kid, except the medical equipment bolted to his skull)
Lot of silver on black diamond cut wheels look really nice but unless you spend a lot of effort protecting and maintaining them they will start looking really tatty in 2-3 years
annoying thing is it wouldn't take manufacturers much to make them 10x more resistant to normal wear, tear and exposure to road salt, etc.
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How would that enrage anyone?
That’s an awesome thing to do!! Love that so much
Also, best of luck for your boy going forward - he’s already been through more than most ever will
Many aren't a fan of the whole car but I didn't do it for them.
There's still more to do, mainly cosmetics but they're on hold atm as the belt/waterpump is due and just for ***** and giggles the clutch has started slipping, so a 2K bill
I think they look OK but only with the right body colour. Silver car and black wheels works as silver wheels will never be the same colour as the body and so will clash.
I've got black wheels on my silver Mustang and they don't look too bad. Still planning to change them to bronze or something though. Just waiting to kerb them as the driver to get them done.
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I've got black wheels on my silver Mustang and they don't look too bad. Still planning to change them to bronze or something though. Just waiting to kerb them as the driver to get them done.
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