Will floursecent wheels be a bit chavtastic???

[EFA]

I need some advice (and I may be about to start a new trend here). As you may know my car is currently being painted a shade of brown making it look like a non stick turd with a flourescent orange (or green - that's up for debate too) cage and stripes on the nose bonnet.

Because of the design of the nose/bonnet stripes, the usual graphics on the sills along the side do not work so well.

The car has 13" Compomotive CXR wheels and these are currently a metallic grey colour which clashes badly with the turdesque coachwork.

So, they jury is out on whether the wheels should be in flourescent or should I just stick to dull and boring matt black? I'm worried too much flourescent will make it all look a bit chavtastic, especially after seeing that Range Rover on Wheeler Dealers this week.......

VOTE ABOVE!

Edited by EFA on Thursday 7th March 18:42

[PiersR]

Arnie - Many years ago at the Swiss International Meeting (89 I think), there was a black 7 with Orange flourecent wheels and it looked fantastic. Do it.

Piers

[Incorrigible]

PITA to keep clean. Turdesque wheels with a flouro outer (like the minilites with a polished rim)

[Roadru77er]

No more chavtastic than painting the body of a 7 a flourescent colour or colours with a zipper down the middle

Go for it Arnie you've always had "unique" taste

Edited by Roadru77er on Friday 8th March 08:51

[framerateuk]

I think it's hard to make anything look chavtastic on a Seven.

Go for it

[S47]

Alternate flourescent orange/pearl white spokes would look unusually cool

[Andy Bell]

depends if the colour compliments the bodywork - it would be chavvy I guess if it was a garish combo.

[anonymous-user]

Please tell me the typo is some sort of in-joke?

[paulshears]

something between bronze & gun metal ... or shadow chrome

[snapper seven]

Yes I wonder if having the wheels in flouro would be too much. Shame you don't have MBs or Rials in which the flouro colour wouldn't be so prominent if you then had polished rims so something like that.

I say go flouro colour and then if you don't like you can respray them black. At least that way you have tried it.

Has the car been painted now? Any pics of work to date?

Cheers
SS

[Alistair1537]

The race to the bottom continues.......

[nigelpugh7]

Arnie,

When have you ever cared what people think about your wild choices!?

I think you should go the wilder, madder the better!

After all that's why we are all the mad eccentric 7 owners that we all know and love.

Just do it and stop asking for permission !

[EFA]

Some way to go Alistair methinks.

Nigel, the poll result says it all.

[nigelpugh7]

EFA said:

Some way to go Alistair methinks.

Nigel, the poll result says it all.

Indeed it does buddy, I voted for Fluor of course!

I have never been that happy with my std r500 grey wheels, I still liked my split rims with polished outers.

Maybe one day when I finally make some decent commission I might treat myself to a set of those nice rims that mickrick has!

[Irrotational]

Voted - no "chrome spinners" option!?

[EFA]

Amended just for you. Big bag of fluorescent green powder coat arrived today.

[nigelpugh7]

EFA said:

Amended just for you. Big bag of fluorescent green powder coat arrived today.

just do it!!

[Murph7355]

I once did the rims on mine yellow thinking it would look good.

It didn't. Very much so.

I'd stick to a dark wheel.

[My Evil Twin]

Arnie,
get some Plasti-dip on them, they do a green and orange..
Do a try before you buy... if you dont like its you have lost £20 and can peel it straight off.. or just leave it on and change colour ever 3 months.

[Krismuss]

Arnie,

Turd brown with green wheels...why not just go for the full 'camo' look?

Chris