Do all cars look worse with black wheels?

[RoadRunner220]

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

I much prefer the first picture, with everything OEM.

I know taste is an individual thing, and I know that it's your car and you can do with it as you wish, however, whilst (if I was in the market for one) I'd buy the car from the first picture, I wouldn't buy the car in the second.

[Baz Tench]

RoadRunner220 said:

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

I much prefer the first picture, with everything OEM.

I know taste is an individual thing, and I know that it's your car and you can do with it as you wish, however, whilst (if I was in the market for one) I'd buy the car from the first picture, I wouldn't buy the car in the second.

I agree. Sorry DannyScene, but it looks a bit seedy now.

I wouldn't give it a second look if I was on the look out for one. It looks great in the first picture though.

[DannyScene]

Baz Tench said:

RoadRunner220 said:

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

I much prefer the first picture, with everything OEM.

I know taste is an individual thing, and I know that it's your car and you can do with it as you wish, however, whilst (if I was in the market for one) I'd buy the car from the first picture, I wouldn't buy the car in the second.

I agree. Sorry DannyScene, but it looks a bit seedy now.

I wouldn't give it a second look if I was on the look out for one. It looks great in the first picture though.

The beauty of it is the black is plasti dip, when I want to remove it I'll peel it of like a vinyl and the silver will be as it was before anything was sprayed

The car a lot cleaner in the first pic as well which may help

[Escort3500]

e21Mark said:

Nice OE black rims.

[ManFromDelmonte]

Not that it matters to anyone here but I think they look totally gash on almost every car including everything posted on this thread so far.

I just don't get how anyone thinks it looks good, but I could say the same thing about Kerry Katona.

[Fox-]

Upturn666 said:

i have to say, i quite like my black wheels.

You can't really see them, hard to pass judgement.

[bigvanfan]

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

I don't even think e21mark will think it looks better

[DannyScene]

bigvanfan said:

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

I don't even think e21mark will think it looks better

Well it's not his car so that's fine

[e21Mark]

DannyScene said:

bigvanfan said:

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

I don't even think e21mark will think it looks better

Well it's not his car so that's fine

[matt1269]

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

Gone from being a very tidy looking car, to one you'd expect to find in a supermarket carpark 'cruise'

[matt1269]

Mine came with black wheels from the factory, think silver would probably be a bit better though!

Clio outside RSR by mattwillcox, on Flickr

[DannyScene]

matt1269 said:

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

Gone from being a very tidy looking car, to one you'd expect to find in a supermarket carpark 'cruise'

You'll love it when I've painted it army green and stuck black arch extensions, spacers, lowering springs and other body mods on haha

[donnydave]

I don't think it would work with the traditional blue with white stripes, or if the wheels were entirely black but I'm fairly pleased with this

[2013BRM]

But in this example the wheels compliment the scheme with the polished rims, IMO the only combo that works really well. V nice car and tastefully presented

[monamimate]

One of the few exceptions to (my) rule of not really being a fan of black wheels (albeit with a sliver of silver).
Can't really see this working with silver.

[thebigmacmoomin]

DannyScene said:

Genuinely interested to know if you guys preferred my car on silver or matte black alloys?

Sprayed them myself and only cost £40 all in

Silver for me.

[TA14]

monamimate said:

One of the few exceptions to (my) rule of not really being a fan of black wheels (albeit with a sliver of silver).
Can't really see this working with silver.

I think that it would look better with the front face of the spokes in silver which is what the light appears to do with the rear wheel.

[jamesbilluk]

I always liked the idea of darker wheels, when I purchased this, the previous owner owner had them refurbished, I never really liked the look though.



I ended up getting them put back to the original silver -

[pottman]

Went from this



To this ...



Thought I liked the original but now I've changed my mind.

[e21Mark]

So, to recap, some cars look better, some look worse, some you can't see where the wheels end, some can't see where the tyre begins, some colour cars look better on black rims than others and some folk like them and some folk (are wrong) and don't.

Happy Christmas!

Edited by e21Mark on Wednesday 24th December 09:52