Black wheels - am I wrong?

[*Al*]

They are standard on my FK2 civic type R, I really do like them.

[SlimJim16v]

jsf said:

My black on black looks nice when clean i think, especially with the factory option rear tinted windows.

I think I like it. I'm just going to go and lie down for a bit, until I'm better

[anonymous-user]

Woody John said:

Needs gold wheels

Got them for sprinting. Or i did, being changed to black now.

[neil-1323bolts]

jonnyb16 said:

I like the black on my new car

That's a poor colour choice , and the black wheels just make it worse , nice car though

[*Al*]

neil-1323bolts said:

jonnyb16 said:

I like the black on my new car

That's a poor colour choice , and the black wheels just make it worse , nice car though

It looks great imo. Enjoy.

[HannsG]

Black wheels on a white discover sport. Yes recession white indeed!!!!!

Could or give a flying twonk personally. Its an A to B motor to ferry the kids. It's the wife's car.

However, when I visit unsavory places for food I am sure to be ear marked for a poofter or a drug dealer. Could not give a toss as long as the food is banging!

Edited by HannsG on Sunday 17th June 22:50

[Buggyjam]

*Al* said:

It looks great imo. Enjoy.

I’m in the like pile too. Not just saying it on principle. I think the colour combo works well. I like the simple unfussy lines it gives. Purposeful. Unusual too, which I always like seeing.

[Mr Tidy]

I'm not a big fan of black wheels - you tend to lose the style of the wheel when it is black.

But the wheels on Mrs Tidy's R56 Mini Cooper are looking pretty scruffy now after 13+ years and she wants them done in black. Somehow I think they may look pretty good as her car is red, with black roof and 2 black bonnet stripes - we'll see!

[neil-1323bolts]

Buggyjam said:

I’m in the like pile too. Not just saying it on principle. I think the colour combo works well. I like the simple unfussy lines it gives. Purposeful. Unusual too, which I always like seeing.

No I can't see it , a car of that quality and good looks should be given the benefit of a far better colour scheme , my son might like it though .

[Buggyjam]

neil-1323bolts said:

, a car of that quality and good looks should be given the benefit of a far better colour scheme , my son might like it though .

Fair enough. Eye of the beholder and all that. It is his/her car though.

I find some colour schemes that maybe appealing to some, bland and lacking in spirit or breaking from flock trends which are frequently whimsical, subjective and culturally in favour on a cyclical basis (brown cars were once a popular thing, white was once for microwaves).

Granted this contains contradiction, as the owners of popular, safe choices such as red with silver wheels, naturally like those colours. But, I admire free thinkers who won’t be constrained by the herd in their perception of aesthetics.

This car wouldn’t be my top personal choice (mines speed yellow with black wheels- came like that your honour). I do personally like it for those reasons and I can see the owner obviously does.

[phazed]

renmure said:

Red and black go well...

Why hasn't anyone commented on this yet? I it in stealth mode and only I can see it?

[Mr Tidy]

phazed said:

Why hasn't anyone commented on this yet? I it in stealth mode and only I can see it?

OK I will - it's a minging looking Honda that has come from the era of Max Power after crashing into Halfrauds backwards IMO!

I hope that makes you feel better!

[phazed]

Mr Tidy said:

OK I will - it's a minging looking Honda that has come from the era of Max Power after crashing into Halfrauds backwards IMO!

I hope that makes you feel better!

Thanks

[anonymous-user]

I actually think the civic can pull the black wheel look off, it is so ASBO it works.

[Strudul]

Thesprucegoose said:

I actually think the civic can pull the black wheel look off, it is so ASBO it works.

Certainly can't make it look any worse

[anonymous-user]

Strudul said:

Certainly can't make it look any worse

Honda have some balls, whilst VW and Mercedes cater for monotonous middle classes, Honda let a 6 year old design it and two fingers up to other manufacturers.

[Stick Legs]

When the wheels on my 530d get tatty I'm going to have them refurbished in Shadow Chrome a'la E39 M5.
Hides the dirt, looks subtly different without being all black.

Don't like black personally.

[JuniorD]

In the early - mid 90s there was a short TV series on car design. I've tried to find it on youtube with no success.

In one episode the legendary Leonardo Fioravanti (designer of F40, 246 Dino, 512 BBB. Ferrari Daytona 365GTB, 308 GTB, Testarossa, 288 GTO) explained that black wheels simply look crap. Who is to question a guy of his standing in such matters?

http://www.95customs.com/leonardo-fioravanti/2014/...

[Escort3500]

Thesprucegoose said:

Strudul said:

Certainly can't make it look any worse

Honda have some balls, whilst VW and Mercedes cater for monotonous middle classes, Honda let a 6 year old design it and two fingers up to other manufacturers.

Doesn’t mean it works though

[renmure]

Escort3500 said:

Thesprucegoose said:

Strudul said:

Certainly can't make it look any worse

Honda have some balls, whilst VW and Mercedes cater for monotonous middle classes, Honda let a 6 year old design it and two fingers up to other manufacturers.

Doesn’t mean it works though

Of course it works. The folk who think they look great (yup, that's me) are buying them, sales are strong, every single motoring magazine who have reviewed the car put it at the top of the hot-hatch pile and then the bunch of folk who don't like the looks are still talking and commentating about the car. That's got to be a win / win for Honda.