Need to refurb wheels on 996tt, stick with standard colour ?

[willmac]

In not so distant future need to refurb my standard wheels on my 996tt. Should I stick to standard silver colour ?
Has anyone tried anything different , for example graphite ?
My car is midnight blue.

Be good to get any feedback you may have, cheers

[smj996c]

Mine is arctic silver and I got them re coloured in anthracite (very dark grey), nice contrast IMHO

[willmac]

smj996c said:

Mine is arctic silver and I got them re coloured in anthracite (very dark grey), nice contrast IMHO

Cheers for the reply, do you have any pics you could post so that I can get an idea how it looks. Thanks

[lynchygt3]

how about this ? its a chromeish colour, i didnt like them to much when i first got the car but was out voted so kept them as is and love them now

[lynchygt3]

just looked into it and it turns out..... The wheels are high power silver with a black inner these were repainted by Rimstock.

[Phooey]

I think it has to be silver/chrome with Midnight blue imho

[willmac]

lynchygt3 said:

how about this ? its a chromeish colour, i didnt like them to much when i first got the car but was out voted so kept them as is and love them now

That is really nice, i do like that

[willmac]

lynchygt3 said:

just looked into it and it turns out..... The wheels are high power silver with a black inner these were repainted by Rimstock.

Thanks for that info, yes it does look good. I may look into that for sure. Cheers

[smj996c]

willmac said:

smj996c said:

Mine is arctic silver and I got them re coloured in anthracite (very dark grey), nice contrast IMHO

Cheers for the reply, do you have any pics you could post so that I can get an idea how it looks. Thanks

please could you remind me how to post a photo in here? I'll put one up

[willmac]

smj996c said:

willmac said:

smj996c said:

Mine is arctic silver and I got them re coloured in anthracite (very dark grey), nice contrast IMHO

Cheers for the reply, do you have any pics you could post so that I can get an idea how it looks. Thanks

please could you remind me how to post a photo in here? I'll put one up

I think u need a photobucket or similar account and then use the img code to post, I may be wrong though

[Phooey]

willmac said:

smj996c said:

willmac said:

smj996c said:

Mine is arctic silver and I got them re coloured in anthracite (very dark grey), nice contrast IMHO

Cheers for the reply, do you have any pics you could post so that I can get an idea how it looks. Thanks

please could you remind me how to post a photo in here? I'll put one up

I think u need a photobucket or similar account and then use the img code to post, I may be wrong though

If you go to 'website feedback' in the main PH menu - there is a post (stickie) which tells you how to post images.

[smj996c]

cheers phooey

[willmac]

smj996c said:

cheers phooey

Very nice , compliments the cars colour.
As already said with mine being Midnight Blue I may need to stick with silver of some description, but I like the idea of being able to maybe try and blend a touch of anthracite into the spokes, not too dark but just a hint. Hard to explain what I see in my head ! ( mind you that happens a lot )
What do you reckon ?

[Phooey]

willmac said:

smj996c said:

cheers phooey

Very nice , compliments the cars colour.
As already said with mine being Midnight Blue I may need to stick with silver of some description, but I like the idea of being able to maybe try and blend a touch of anthracite into the spokes, not too dark but just a hint. Hard to explain what I see in my head ! ( mind you that happens a lot )
What do you reckon ?

I wouldn't go any darker than this imo

[Phooey]

[Ed Winchester]

I really liked the bright silver finish and silver rim with body colour centre but in the end went for light shadow chrome after some photoshoping. An added benefit is that you don't have to clean them after every drive

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[smj996c]

try the www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk website they so 'smoked' finishes which I think you are referring to, other than that I think we need the resident photoshop expert to mock them up for you.

[willmac]

Ed Winchester said:

I really liked the bright silver finish and silver rim with body colour centre but in the end went for light shadow chrome after some photoshoping. An added benefit is that you don't have to clean them after every drive

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I think you have hit the nail on the head there Ed, I reckon thats what I am looking for. Only thing will be matching my new "turbo" script centre caps to blend in.
Is your car Midnight Blue ? Looks great for sure

[willmac]

smj996c said:

try the www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk website they so 'smoked' finishes which I think you are referring to, other than that I think we need the resident photoshop expert to mock them up for you.

Had a look and yes smoked seems to be the one, cheers

[Ed Winchester]

willmac said:

Ed Winchester said:

I really liked the bright silver finish and silver rim with body colour centre but in the end went for light shadow chrome after some photoshoping. An added benefit is that you don't have to clean them after every drive

Dirty


Clean

I think you have hit the nail on the head there Ed, I reckon thats what I am looking for. Only thing will be matching my new "turbo" script centre caps to blend in.
Is your car Midnight Blue ? Looks great for sure

Thanks Will, It is indeed midnight blue. The centres caps on mine are standard porsche crested ones and are unpainted. Because the colour changes depending on the angle it's viewed (face-on being silver) the centre caps look like they're also painted. It's tough to see from the pics but the finish nicely highlights the angles in the wheels shape.