Anyone repainted the standard dull silver grey wheels?

[zed4]

I can't help but notice that the standard wheels on the Chimaera are a very dull silvery grey colour, they don't stand out at all.

Has anyone painted them a brighter silver? I had my Z4 wheels refurbished and painted a high power silver by The Wheel Specialists and they looked great, I'm wondering if I should do the same with the TVR.

[zed4]

To give you an idea of what I mean, standard wheels (they look more grey than silver and certainly don't stand out)

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BMW wheels

BMW Z4 3.0i Beaulieu Palace House by danyeates, on Flickr[url]

[LordGrover]

Garfys v8s has had his chimp 500 wheels painted - not sure I've seen a photo on here though.

[zed4]

It’s probably most noticeable when I have the TVR parked up next to my Caterham. The Caterham wheels are painted in a bright polished aluminium colour and are really bright. I think they look great, I reckon it would look good on the TVR too.

DSC_0325 by danyeates, on Flickr

[sgrimshaw]

Had my Estorils re-done in Gold, happy with result.



Better picture:

[LordGrover]

Warning. The gold wheels make it loud. Very LOUD!


Either that or the SC and exhaust.

[TVR TELL]

Mine were done in a matt black by the previous owner

[TVR TELL]

[zed4]

Nice, thanks for the photos, I want to keep the car looking standard, just brighten it up a bit, so no anthracite or gold for me! I think I'll go ahead when funds allow...

[SILICONEKID345HP]

You need glitter silver,I have one set in glitter silver and the other set hyper silver .

The glitter silver one`s come to life when the sun hits them .

[rickprice]

The Caterham and BMW wheels also have more reflective surfaces, so they catch the light more. I understand what you're saying about the colour, which may well be part of it, but you may find that painting the Chimaera wheels the same colour is not as successful as you think.

Rick

[sapper]

SILICONEKID345HP said:

You need glitter silver,I have one set in glitter silver and the other set hyper silver .

The glitter silver one`s come to life when the sun hits them .

Got any photos Daz