Black wheels - am I wrong?

Black wheels - am I wrong?

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AC43

11,488 posts

208 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Tickle said:
Black, if you can make them out:

Looks like someone's nicked them.

Tickle said:
Silver:

MASSIVE improvement.

boyse7en

6,730 posts

165 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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MikeOxhard said:
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Personally - I think it looks a lot better, I wish I'd had them painted years ago :-)
Much prefer the silver.

Tickle

4,922 posts

204 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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AC43 said:
MASSIVE improvement.
Cheers, my pig iron wheels are to nice to hide.

Heaveho

5,288 posts

174 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Thesprucegoose said:
Black wheels are like vape shops, overdone to buggery. That is why they look st.
No no, they're apparently all good on a completely black car. The guru has vindicated me, I'm cool again! Don't fancy driving around with a vape shop on each corner, the ride's a bit on the edge already.

renmure

4,247 posts

224 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Crikey, I forgot I had so many cars with black wheels. In addition to the Type R and the two Exiges earlier, I also had black wheels on my MegaBlade and Elise 111R.




Not sure if anthracite counts, but I thought it looked good on my R300 as well.


thebigmacmoomin

2,799 posts

169 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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boyse7en said:
MikeOxhard said:
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Personally - I think it looks a lot better, I wish I'd had them painted years ago :-)
Much prefer the silver.
Sooooo much better before.

Red 5

1,055 posts

180 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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This was quite a while back.
The exact same model and with similar mods.
One has black grills, wheels, tints and badges. The other one was mine smile

Most people seemed to like the darker version better, but I loved my sleeper look.

Escort3500

11,913 posts

145 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Hmmm....

MellowshipSlinky

14,700 posts

189 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Have had black wheels on several cars, but decided on a change,

Currently...

Before


After

TameRacingDriver

18,091 posts

272 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Often thought about getting my MR2 wheels done dark, should I?

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AFTER:

alec.e

2,149 posts

124 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Interesting, I would agree that most of the cars posted look better on silver or grey, but the red F-Type looks fantastic with black wheels.

200Plus Club

10,769 posts

278 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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Looked cack in silver so much better in gunmetal.

Ikemi

8,446 posts

205 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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MellowshipSlinky said:
Have had black wheels on several cars, but decided on a change,

Currently...

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After
I prefer the gloss black wheels with that stunning deep metallic red ... yum

culpz

4,884 posts

112 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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TameRacingDriver said:
Often thought about getting my MR2 wheels done dark, should I?

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AFTER:
I think the darker wheels suit it, especially with the black roof but then contrasted with the rest of the car in silver.

SaggyOstrich

392 posts

75 months

Friday 22nd June 2018
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Silver looks way worse, so plain and especially if the wheels aren't particular nice it just makes it even worse.

Would prefer Black over Silver any day.

TameRacingDriver

18,091 posts

272 months

Friday 22nd June 2018
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Thanks for the replies on the MR2, assuming it gets through its MOT without ruining me I'll look to get the wheels refurbed in a dark colour smile

Quickmoose

4,495 posts

123 months

Thursday 28th June 2018
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Borrowed from the Lemans stickers thread...
black wheels working... when they're not 100% black...


plenty of examples above of when you can't see the wheel design at all.... what's the point in that? to pay extra so the design gets lost...odd.
A plain silver/white/red/yellow/anthracite etc wheel design is still atleast visible...
is it so that at night when you're moving along you car looks like it's hovering?

Mandalore

4,220 posts

113 months

Saturday 30th June 2018
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boyse7en said:
MikeOxhard said:
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Personally - I think it looks a lot better, I wish I'd had them painted years ago :-)
Much prefer the silver.
Definitely.

Escort3500

11,913 posts

145 months

Saturday 30th June 2018
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Mandalore said:
boyse7en said:
MikeOxhard said:
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Personally - I think it looks a lot better, I wish I'd had them painted years ago :-)
Much prefer the silver.
Definitely.
+1 smile

Strudul

1,588 posts

85 months

Saturday 30th June 2018
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Escort3500 said:
Mandalore said:
boyse7en said:
MikeOxhard said:
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Personally - I think it looks a lot better, I wish I'd had them painted years ago :-)
Much prefer the silver.
Definitely.
+1 smile
Gonna have to agree. Silver looks much classier on black cars.