Black wheels on an elise??

[densham]

Hi just bought my first elise last week ( not bad at just 20!) and the alloys need a refurb. So I was thinking of getting them done black or dark grey. Just wondering if anybody has any pics of a silver elise with black 5 spoke alloys? Also I have another random question, if you claim on your insurance, do you have to take out another policy or can you have as many accidents as you like in one year on the same policy?

cheers Matt

[bjc388]

Welcome and congrats on your purchase

On the issue of black alloys on a Lotus ... all I can say is YES YES and YES it looks just sooooo right

Turning to the issue of insurance ... you can of course take out more than 1 policy on the car and pay the premiums but insurers will not pay out twice in respect of the same insurable interest ... in other words you're wasting your money.

Your insurance will provide as a minimum third party cover and in theory you could claim again and again on the same policy ... in reality it wouldn't do your claims record any good and the insurer would probably cancel your policy after a while to avoid going into insolvency!!

[jke11y]

Have a look in my profile ay previously owned car bit, I had a silver S1 on black wheels. Looked cool!

Oh,and welcome.

>> Edited by jke11y on Tuesday 4th April 23:03

[TIPPER]

Thinking of having mine done too.
jkelly I'd been wondering what a silver S1 with 12 spokers in black would look like. Almost definetly will have mine done now - really toughens up the appearance of the car. My favourite option would be black/graphite Victorys as on the S160.

[gooby]

Saw pictures of exactly the same colour combo as my car with black wheels. Looked awful. Depends on car colour!

[jke11y]

It did look good no doubt, sort of exige-y! Black wheels do look a bit odd on a blue car though.

[S works]

TIPPER said:

I'd been wondering what a silver S1 with 12 spokers in black would look like.

Totally, frickin' sweeeeeet

[Maddog71]

looks even better with black exige wheels

>> Edited by Maddog71 on Wednesday 5th April 09:54

[jke11y]

I had a play in photoshop before I had mine done, helped to make my mind up!

[Esprit]

I thought about re-doing my Technomagnesio 6-spokers (think a 6-spoke version of the "victory" S160 wheel). My car's new Ally and I did a bit of photoshopping and I just couldn't get it to look right. In the end I just got them in silver and it looks great. I think if I lowered the car a bit (110/120, 100/110) then it might look ok, but at standard ride height it doesn't look right.

[ayjay]

that's my baby... anything other than black rims would just look pants imho



>> Edited by ayjay on Wednesday 5th April 08:57

[colin5577]

Am I the only one here that likes silver wheels? I'm going for the polished silver look on my car. Having seen the photoshop exercise above, though, I'm a bit tempted by the painted cente/polished rim look - a la porsche Fuchs alloy. That's yummy.

[GTRene]

Black wheels are more racy style, and look much better on most colors, though some sort titanium look color wheels like the new lightweight and 111R wheels are ok too...but black turns your car more in a naugthy boy-racer...silver is sweet? what do you want
GTRene

[Tim Netherton]

I've just put some black OZ rims on my standard S2 - totally changes the character of the car, on looks anyway, much more racey!

[GTRene]

Tim Netherton said:

I've just put some black OZ rims on my standard S2 - totally changes the character of the car, on looks anyway, much more racey!

Nice job Tim, better change that picture on your profile then and put a new one so we can see them tooooooooooooo
GTRene

[Nick J]

I was thinking about getting my wheels done, but not sure how they will look on a bright red S1 (check profile for pic), anyone got a picture of an S1 Elise with Black wheels?

[sp60]

densham said:

Hi just bought my first elise last week ( not bad at just 20!) and the alloys need a refurb. So I was thinking of getting them done black or dark grey. Just wondering if anybody has any pics of a silver elise with black 5 spoke alloys? Also I have another random question, if you claim on your insurance, do you have to take out another policy or can you have as many accidents as you like in one year on the same policy? cheers Matt

Think black wheels is a marmite thing!
Personally I'm not a big fan, but they can look right on certain coloured cars.

As for the insurance...it will depend entirely on the policy of your insurer.
I wrote off my 111S and they paid out and still cover me, currently trying to find a replacement!
Some policies get cancelled on a total loss claim. You will have to ask your insurer about it.
It may be linked into your no claims bonus. I have (had) full no claims (8 years) with a protected no
claims policy, so this may well have worked in my favour.

[poptosis]

S2 pics and not 5 spoke but..

moving...



not moving...

[swilding]

jke11y said:

It did look good no doubt, sort of exige-y! Black wheels do look a bit odd on a blue car though.

nah. black wheels can look awesome on a blue car! see mine


www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=249069&f=15&h=0

>> Edited by swilding on Wednesday 5th April 19:17

[GTRene]

swilding said:

jke11y said: It did look good no doubt, sort of exige-y! Black wheels do look a bit odd on a blue car though. nah. black wheels can look awesome on a black car! see mine www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=249069&f=15&h=0

euhm yours is blue
GTRene