Do all cars look worse with black wheels?

[aazer89]

PaulJ37 said:

So, without trawling through the whole thread, have we all agreed that 'no' cars dont always look worse with black wheels?!

There wont ever be an agreement. Its all personal tast - like marmie. Some hate, some love

[wilfandrowlf]

My car looks ok with black wheels IMHO of course.....

[swisstoni]

I suppose it would cause civil unrest if I said I can see both sides of the argument would it ?

[MissChief]

I'm sure I won't be able to change the mind of any owner of a car with black wheels from the factory but, in my opinion, there hasn't been a car posted yet that has been improved with the addition of black wheels.

[DeaconFrost]

I'm definitely pro black wheels:-



So much better than the stock silver ones (in my opinion).

[e21Mark]

In the interests of balance, (in my opinion) there isn't a car posted yet that hasn't been improved by the fitting of black wheels.

[Craigwww]

mini turbo said:

I know what the OP means but on the right car with the right colour / accent colours I think black wheels work and more so in the metal than in pictures possibly.
I am biassed though as this is mine with black Oz legennda in 17"

Sorry but that looks awful.. can't even tell you have alloy wheels..look more like a few hubcaps missing.

[e21Mark]

Craigwww said:

mini turbo said:

I know what the OP means but on the right car with the right colour / accent colours I think black wheels work and more so in the metal than in pictures possibly.
I am biassed though as this is mine with black Oz legennda in 17"

Sorry but that looks awful.. can't even tell you have allot wheels..look more like a few hubcaps missing.

I think that's more the clarity (or lack of it) of the photo though.

[Japveesix]

PaulJ37 said:

So, without trawling through the whole thread, have we all agreed that 'no' cars dont always look worse with black wheels?!

I'd say that most people don't agree that some cars do almost always look worse when not without black whells on.

[blueg33]

Mine has black wheels in the winter and silver in the summer. TBH I prefer the black





ps. I dont think anyone would describe me as a chav

[2bars]

My black wheeled effort, most folk don't mention the wheels.

[Oilchange]

Quite like mine

[e21Mark]

Oilchange said:

Quite like mine

I do too.

[neilbauer]

I used to dislike black wheels because it looked liked the hubcaps had fallen off but I used to dislike prawn cocktail skips too, that was 30 years ago when I was 17!

I now think that black wheels look good on most cars rather than (yawn) silver that is on nearly every car on the road.

I think the Golf on steels looks fantastic

[MissChief]

e21Mark said:

Craigwww said:

mini turbo said:

I know what the OP means but on the right car with the right colour / accent colours I think black wheels work and more so in the metal than in pictures possibly.
I am biassed though as this is mine with black Oz legennda in 17"

Sorry but that looks awful.. can't even tell you have allot wheels..look more like a few hubcaps missing.

I think that's more the clarity (or lack of it) of the photo though.

Which again comes back to 'Can't even tell what the wheels are or can't see any of the design.' The wheel is lost because it's the same colour as the tyre, or in this case the additional wheel surround. Black wheels also don't photograph well which doesn't help.

[bigvanfan]

neilbauer said:

I used to dislike black wheels because it looked liked the hubcaps had fallen off but I used to dislike prawn cocktail skips too, that was 30 years ago when I was 17!

I now think that black wheels look good on most cars rather than (yawn) silver that is on nearly every car on the road.

I think the Golf on steels looks fantastic

We'll I think that looks like a stunning golf on rubbish black wheels

[e21Mark]

MissChief said:

e21Mark said:

Craigwww said:

mini turbo said:

I know what the OP means but on the right car with the right colour / accent colours I think black wheels work and more so in the metal than in pictures possibly.
I am biassed though as this is mine with black Oz legennda in 17"

Sorry but that looks awful.. can't even tell you have allot wheels..look more like a few hubcaps missing.

I think that's more the clarity (or lack of it) of the photo though.

Which again comes back to 'Can't even tell what the wheels are or can't see any of the design.' The wheel is lost because it's the same colour as the tyre, or in this case the additional wheel surround. Black wheels also don't photograph well which doesn't help.

Really? You can't differentiate between the wheel and tyre?

It'll all simply subjective.

[mini turbo]

e21Mark said:

MissChief said:

e21Mark said:

Craigwww said:

mini turbo said:

I know what the OP means but on the right car with the right colour / accent colours I think black wheels work and more so in the metal than in pictures possibly.
I am biassed though as this is mine with black Oz legennda in 17"

Sorry but that looks awful.. can't even tell you have allot wheels..look more like a few hubcaps missing.

I think that's more the clarity (or lack of it) of the photo though.

Which again comes back to 'Can't even tell what the wheels are or can't see any of the design.' The wheel is lost because it's the same colour as the tyre, or in this case the additional wheel surround. Black wheels also don't photograph well which doesn't help.

Really? You can't differentiate between the wheel and tyre?

It'll all simply subjective.

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Agree not a great photo but I think it's clear enough to be able to see which is the wheel and which is the tyre ! It is all personal preference

A better quality photo

[Rockstar]

wilfandrowlf said:

My car looks ok with black wheels IMHO of course.....

What, what, what! That is a Porsche it's allowed black wheels, even if it does look good on them (I reckon it does) you may not use that as an example

On a purely functional level a silver car with black rims is ideal. Silver body hides dirt well and black rims disguise brake dust build up. I have owned plenty silver cars that could go for weeks before they looked filthy (after fitting anthracite rims to a silver 156 it was the perfect combo)

Present car has a beautiful paint job (black with dark blue ceramic layer under the clear coat finish) but if I wash it today within 48 hours it looks filthy again. Do understand how black wheels can be associated with steel wheels that have lost their hubcaps though:






I loved this old W123 Merc but it had indeed lost it's hubcaps

[sealtt]

Dirty F430 Spider after a nice night run last week!

Black wheels + Carbon Ceramics are a great combo I think, looks a LOT better clean though.