wheel colour

[towelie]

hi
im thinking of painting my daisies in anthracite( same colour as 182 cup alloys) on a black s-special..
has anyone actually done this? an what are your thoughts?

will probably just be a tempary before i get some 14" bbs alloys for it..

cheers

[JFReturns]

Not sure about anthracite on a black car - normally lighter coloured cars suit this.

I would go for matt black.

[towelie]

http://www.allvehicles.co.uk/849.jpg

yer i did look at making the wheels matt black, but i wasn't sure about it with the daisies, with the centre caps removed it looks ok..

[5harp3y]

Don't go too black on black cars.

Wet-look anthracite would look good.

[jay140285]

I am looking at this actually,

I need to refurb my alloys are they are a bit curbed (not from me).

Car is BRG, Black Hood, baige interior.

Do I keep the alloys silver or go for a different colour when they are refurbed???

Any thoughts.

Cheers James.

[towelie]

i'm probably not the best person for advice, mainly due to being so indecisive, but my mates metro is brg with charcoal grey alloys an looks good..ish(its a bit of a rust bucket)what alloys have you got?
you should get some gold centre bbs alloys imo..

[snotrag]

Brg car - gold, bronze or yellow wheels
Black car - White wheels!

[MX-5 Lazza]

Probably doesn't help you at all but I think mine looks great on it's gunmetal track wheels


Not so sure about changing the colour of daises though. Maybe just a darker shade of silver, Anthracite might be a shade too dark... Black Chrome would look good though...

Edited by MX-5 Lazza on Friday 14th May 09:39

[lewis s]

snotrag said:

Brg car - gold, bronze or yellow wheels
Black car - White wheels!

This!

[Noisy]

I have a black Tuscan with anthracite wheels, looks awesome, was tempted to do the same on my black Fabia VRS too.

[towelie]

very tidy lookin car you have there.. slightly off topic, but do you find your front mud flaps bottom out an break every time you go into a compressionon country roads? took my car for a quick blast in the yorkshire dales in the 2nd week i had it an broke both of them, don't really want to get rid of them but then i dont want to have to buy a new set for them to break again straight away..

dunno whether im brave enough to go for white wheels, don't think anthracite is too dark..think i might just have to put my hand in my pocket an buy soem bbs alloys when i see a set for sale!

thanks for the advice all

[MX-5 Lazza]

towelie said:

very tidy lookin car you have there.. slightly off topic, but do you find your front mud flaps bottom out an break every time you go into a compressionon country roads? took my car for a quick blast in the yorkshire dales in the 2nd week i had it an broke both of them, don't really want to get rid of them but then i dont want to have to buy a new set for them to break again straight away..

dunno whether im brave enough to go for white wheels, don't think anthracite is too dark..think i might just have to put my hand in my pocket an buy soem bbs alloys when i see a set for sale!

thanks for the advice all

My mudflaps are now shorter than they used to be. They have been worn down by scraping them on the road on hard corners (mostly just on track to be fair). They aren't showing any signs of breaking though, just road-wear

I don't think Anthracite is too dark for a black car, I just think it's too dark for Mazda daisies - looks better on more open, thinner spoked alloys

[MX-5 Lazza]

Noisy said:

I have a black Tuscan with anthracite wheels etc...

That is gorgeous!

[towelie]

yer that tuscan is lovely.. anthracite being too dark for daisies is my main concern, but paint is free for me atm.. so i'll give anthracite a whirl an see what it looks like.
so your mudflaps just scrap down? mine have both just split in the middle an the inside edge hangs off.. was thinkin of just cutting them down abit to avoid them grounding out and to avoid the expense of new ones.

cheers for the help

[MX-5 Lazza]

towelie said:

...so your mudflaps just scrap down? mine have both just split in the middle an the inside edge hangs off.. was thinkin of just cutting them down abit to avoid them grounding out and to avoid the expense of new ones.

Yep, they are now both about 1/2 inch shorter than they used to be

[Scho]

MX-5 Lazza said:

Edited by MX-5 Lazza on Friday 14th May 09:39

Looking very nice there lazza!

[Scho]

MX-5 Lazza said:

Edited by MX-5 Lazza on Friday 14th May 09:39

Looking very nice there lazza!

[71notout]

Saw a black car with bright green alloys today - looked much better than it sounds!

[jay140285]

snotrag said:

Brg car - gold, bronze or yellow wheels
Black car - White wheels!

Like the Bronze / Gold idea. Never thought of that, would match the Tan Leather as well.