Black wheels - am I wrong?
Discussion
A few years ago, black wheels on cars were quite a rarity. They were generally found on top spec ‘sporty’ versions of cars. Nowadays any lightly breathed on warm hatch seems to have black wheels.
I used to think black wheels were cool, I’m now starting to think they look a bit tacky. It's a bit like when car manufacturers went mad sticking spoilers on any remotely quick cars back in the 80s.
Am I wrong? Please discuss.
I used to think black wheels were cool, I’m now starting to think they look a bit tacky. It's a bit like when car manufacturers went mad sticking spoilers on any remotely quick cars back in the 80s.
Am I wrong? Please discuss.
CaptainSensib1e said:
A few years ago, black wheels on cars were quite a rarity. They were generally found on top spec ‘sporty’ versions of cars. Nowadays any lightly breathed on warm hatch seems to have black wheels.
I used to think black wheels were cool, I’m now starting to think they look a bit tacky. It's a bit like when car manufacturers went mad sticking spoilers on any remotely quick cars back in the 80s.
Am I wrong? Please discuss.
It depends on the car. Some cars suit them, some dont. And of course thats subjective anyway.I used to think black wheels were cool, I’m now starting to think they look a bit tacky. It's a bit like when car manufacturers went mad sticking spoilers on any remotely quick cars back in the 80s.
Am I wrong? Please discuss.
Depends, I hate them as a rule right until I got my current car - then figured that black was the most appropriate colour to offset against the bodywork and complement the other black details on the car.
Agree though that manufacturers just looked to black wheels as a cheap and easy way to try and make a car look more special. That got way overdone.
Agree though that manufacturers just looked to black wheels as a cheap and easy way to try and make a car look more special. That got way overdone.
I don't really like black wheels. I think they look awful against a dirty tyre. Look ok if both are kept clean all the time but soon look ste if not.
I love anthracite wheels though.
Each to their own though. Non silver wheels are definitely more common than it used to be and whats wrong with that?
I love anthracite wheels though.
Each to their own though. Non silver wheels are definitely more common than it used to be and whats wrong with that?
I agree with the OP, as more and more cars have black wheels these days im beginning to dislike them.
I Really dislike gloss black wheels unless the car itself is a matt finish (Just not matte black!) and strangely im finding myself sometimes preferring the look of silver wheels on a black car.
I've recently developed a love for bronze wheels on cars, depending on the body colour of the car, its like the alternative anthracite to me which I'm also finding a bit boring these days.
I Really dislike gloss black wheels unless the car itself is a matt finish (Just not matte black!) and strangely im finding myself sometimes preferring the look of silver wheels on a black car.
I've recently developed a love for bronze wheels on cars, depending on the body colour of the car, its like the alternative anthracite to me which I'm also finding a bit boring these days.
MysteryLemon said:
I don't really like black wheels. I think they look awful against a dirty tyre. Look ok if both are kept clean all the time but soon look ste if not.
I love anthracite wheels though.
Each to their own though. Non silver wheels are definitely more common than it used to be and whats wrong with that?
I love anthracite wheels though.
Each to their own though. Non silver wheels are definitely more common than it used to be and whats wrong with that?
If you want your car to look like it has no wheels or gets top dollar as a taxi, then black/dark wheels are ftw!
Or maybe you've managed to pull off the murdered out look and know when to stop.
Or perhaps you carry a rag around with you to clean the wheels at most opportunities (Like I did with my ProDrive Brera- which as long as I kept on top of it, looked ok, but what a ballache)
Otherwise black wheel are a fad and a dreadful aesthetic mistake in the same vein as the 3 spoke alloy wheel in the late 80's early 90's (I recognise that Saab and Citroen did 3 spoke well...I'm looking at the fashionable after market trend..)
Brake dust makes things worse IMO, its true that on a bright alloy brake dust shows up like coal in the snow, but you still have a wheel design and distinction between tyre and wheel. With a dark rim you just have a solid featureless black mass. How much did those rims cost? who cares? you can't see them?!
Can't see the brake dust? don't clean it off....oh your alloys will be buggered up even quicker than before.
Matt and satin finishes also boil my piss....you could steal the wheels at night and the owner would get in not knowing anything about it, or alternatively leave your car parked up at night and come back to it, and have to check each corner every time...
You'd be better off getting a steel wheel and wheel trims, the design would be just as attractive (invisible) and you wouldn't have to worry about curb damage.
A well designed wheel can enhance a car...wheel have a favourite design... which all becomes pointless if you can't distinguish it from the tyre or black space in the arches.
It's a truly god awful idea which I hope will soon die.
Or maybe you've managed to pull off the murdered out look and know when to stop.
Or perhaps you carry a rag around with you to clean the wheels at most opportunities (Like I did with my ProDrive Brera- which as long as I kept on top of it, looked ok, but what a ballache)
Otherwise black wheel are a fad and a dreadful aesthetic mistake in the same vein as the 3 spoke alloy wheel in the late 80's early 90's (I recognise that Saab and Citroen did 3 spoke well...I'm looking at the fashionable after market trend..)
Brake dust makes things worse IMO, its true that on a bright alloy brake dust shows up like coal in the snow, but you still have a wheel design and distinction between tyre and wheel. With a dark rim you just have a solid featureless black mass. How much did those rims cost? who cares? you can't see them?!
Can't see the brake dust? don't clean it off....oh your alloys will be buggered up even quicker than before.
Matt and satin finishes also boil my piss....you could steal the wheels at night and the owner would get in not knowing anything about it, or alternatively leave your car parked up at night and come back to it, and have to check each corner every time...
You'd be better off getting a steel wheel and wheel trims, the design would be just as attractive (invisible) and you wouldn't have to worry about curb damage.
A well designed wheel can enhance a car...wheel have a favourite design... which all becomes pointless if you can't distinguish it from the tyre or black space in the arches.
It's a truly god awful idea which I hope will soon die.
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