Wheel and grill colour change?

[llanelli-rob]

Before I put my Chim back on the road this springtime i'm tempted to get the wheels and grill repainted in a gold colour after seeing a Cerb in the same scheme which i thought looked very nice!

My Chimaera is in starmist green and i reckon gold goes well with it!

Has anybody seen a Chim in these colours if so what do you think,or in any case what are the members thoughts?

Would a DIY job be effective YES/NO? if yes special paint?

Will be interesting to get feedback,positive or negative!

Thanks
Rob

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I saw a blue one with gold wheels, i.e. Subaru Impreza country. It looked awful.

I reckon only standard colour suits. But, of course, it's a matter of personal taste.

[pwd95]

You havent been at the wine now have you Rob....

Chap I know has just had his Impreza wheels re-done in gold, looks a good job, I'll ask him Monday where he had it done.

[Bomber Denton]

What year is the car?

[llanelli-rob]

Its a 94

Wyn take a look at this Cerb

Well I think it looks good?

www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/45426.htm

Anyone agree?

Cheers

[pwd95]

llanelli-rob said:

Its a 94 Wyn take a look at this Cerb Well I think it looks good? www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/45426.htm Anyone agree? Cheers

Hmmm see what you mean. Done well and a bit brighter maybe

[cowhead]

Interesting. Could look awful but on the other hand...

My old mini had gold wheels and it looked pretty cool. If you do it and it looks shite you can probably return them to the original colour? Have you tried messing around on photo shop to see what it looks like virtually?

[llanelli-rob]

Photoshop!

only just managing to switch this thing on!

anybody wanna try n do it for me?

Thanks

[Bob the Planner]

Given that the gold badges look good on green cars IMO, I reckon a grill would look good too.

You could always do the grill in the colour you were thinking for the wheels - see how it looks and if you don't like it paint it black again - Little expense for what could be a striking combination.

I agree with pwd95 that it could do with being a bit brighter than the cerb. I might even have a go with the grill myself as mine has seen better days and needs a bit more paint. Not sure about doing the wheels too - but that is only my opinion.