Silver car... What colour alloys?

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reet, need a change of alloy.
I've got a set of KEi D2's that need a refurb but am unsure what colour.
Im leading towards some sort of graphite at the moment but not 100%
What are you guys curretly using?

Any pics appreciated :)
 
Black :cool:
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Bring the hate!
 
Grey/silver looks nice on silver.

If you get black make sure you buy the obligatory stickers. One on your windscreen and one on your boot. They should say something like <3haters/ohsofresh or anything similar.



:D
 
Trying to find pictures of my old Lexus - it was silver and I had the wheels done in a metallic gunmetal colour.. It was actually the paint Audi use on a lot of their wheels of you know the colour I mean. That looked superb IMO but I wouldn't want them any darker
 
I just don't get black wheels. When do they ever look good? That Fiesta is a prime example, it's actually difficult to tell whether the back wheel is even an alloy at all, you can't make out the spokes because they are the same colour as the darkness inside the wheel arch. Then if it's been more than 34 seconds since you last applied tyre shine the black of the wheel contrasts against the mucky brown of the tyre.

Girlfriend has Anthracite on her Mini and it just makes it look like she's not bothered to clean the wheels.

Gleaming silver looks nice and shows off the design of the wheel, too.
 
Kaeo said:
Might wanna start by telling us what the car is :p
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Mazda 6mps

mattyfez said:
I'd go darker gun metal/anthracite than the car paint but not fully black.

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Thats what I was leaning towards :) That silver is probably quite close to mine too

WithMyApologies said:
Definitely pink. Suits you well ;)
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might look canny on ya white focus ;)

Not clean on black tbh, you need to permanently keep the tyres cleaned and slicked of is looks terrible.
 
[TW]Fox;28082487 said:
I just don't get black wheels. When do they ever look good? That Fiesta is a prime example, it's actually difficult to tell whether the back wheel is even an alloy at all, you can't make out the spokes because they are the same colour as the darkness inside the wheel arch. Then if it's been more than 34 seconds since you last applied tyre shine the black of the wheel contrasts against the mucky brown of the tyre.

Girlfriend has Anthracite on her Mini and it just makes it look like she's not bothered to clean the wheels.

Gleaming silver looks nice and shows off the design of the wheel, too.
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It's only really an issue in photographs though, in person black wheels are easy to see :confused:
 
PardonTheWait said:
Silver or anthracite on a silver car. Black on some silver cars, not many. White on very few.
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Silver, anthracite at a stretch. The problem with having "trendy coloured" alloys is that within a few months they aren't trendy at all, and just look dated. Black are horrible, you'll never be able to make your mind up if they are clean again.
 
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