Alloy Wheel Refurb or Colour Change
Discussion
Following my wife scraping one of the wheels on our almost new X4 30d I'm looking for advice/thoughts/comments on whether I should get the wheel refurbed or go with a 4-wheel colour change.
She has the 20" 310M wheels which are diamond-cut. I know not many places do diamond-cut (or do them very well) and the only quote I've had is £120+VAT from wheelrepairs.co.uk (who recently did my fathers Porsche) but I thought that was pretty £££.
The other option is to get all 4x powder coated gloss black or grey/anthracite (for about £250 in total) but I'm not sure how the 310M wheels will look, and I can't find any pictures on the web anywhere...
Here's an equivalent of her car, apart from hers has full gloss black wing mirrors now.
https://img.pistonheads.com/Fullsize/bmw/x4/xdrive...
Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
She has the 20" 310M wheels which are diamond-cut. I know not many places do diamond-cut (or do them very well) and the only quote I've had is £120+VAT from wheelrepairs.co.uk (who recently did my fathers Porsche) but I thought that was pretty £££.
The other option is to get all 4x powder coated gloss black or grey/anthracite (for about £250 in total) but I'm not sure how the 310M wheels will look, and I can't find any pictures on the web anywhere...
Here's an equivalent of her car, apart from hers has full gloss black wing mirrors now.
https://img.pistonheads.com/Fullsize/bmw/x4/xdrive...
Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
It's definitely a recurring thing and was a worry with the wheels being diamond cut...
I think I'm leaning towards anthracite and have gone off the idea of gloss black given the wheel design is actually quite fussy.
My M3 is white with gloss black wheels + details and both cars looking exactly the same will probably be a bit chavvy :-)
I think a set of alloy gators to protect them in the future may also be a good shout...
I think I'm leaning towards anthracite and have gone off the idea of gloss black given the wheel design is actually quite fussy.
My M3 is white with gloss black wheels + details and both cars looking exactly the same will probably be a bit chavvy :-)
I think a set of alloy gators to protect them in the future may also be a good shout...
Or get something different 
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If it were me I'd consider either Shadow Chrome or Smoked Chrome. It has a deeper look about in the flesh. Smoked Chrome is more of a darker version.
These are on mine.
TBH I wouldn't bother getting diamond cut wheels on a daily. Unless you love cleaning your car alot
.If it were me I'd consider either Shadow Chrome or Smoked Chrome. It has a deeper look about in the flesh. Smoked Chrome is more of a darker version.
These are on mine.
TBH I wouldn't bother getting diamond cut wheels on a daily. Unless you love cleaning your car alot
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