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sprayed my wheels black, keep them or spray them silver?!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:28 pm
by Toby_Unna
bit bored of my 15" mims , they're a bit small and they badly need a refurb.
sprayed a couple with matt black centres today, quite like em but not sure. so should i do em all like that, spray em all silver or get bigger wheels!
only a few snaps, will get more tomorrow when it's lighter...
original:
with black centres:
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:32 pm
by 6potWil6pot
Get bigger wheels, THEN spray them black!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:36 pm
by johnono
BLACK! ALL F ING DAY LONG MATE!!
the car looks animal!!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:38 pm
by Zayyan
johnono wrote:BLACK! ALL F ING DAY LONG MATE!!
Couldn't have said it better
They look great as they are, specially with that drop.
Don't go bigger than 15s and ruin the handling!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:40 pm
by Bob_S
sod em off an get some wolfrace octanes ;) and sell your wheels to me lol!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:41 pm
by Gwynleym10
I like the darkness! Keep e'm black
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:41 pm
by Jhonno
Black centres all the way - looks hot!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:42 pm
by A1BMW325iSport
yep they look sweeet mate, spray them all like that
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:43 pm
by Wilson
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:45 pm
by Wilson
Are they weights on the rim
If they are take them to a decent tyre place and get them balanced properly.....
look tough!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:48 pm
by Kedge
Spray all the centers black, they look well mean!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:49 pm
by M5pilot
That looks well cool!
Keep then like that!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:52 pm
by HotboxDeluxe
hard as nails, like the car
defo keep em like that
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:06 pm
by E30Mark
Black looks good on your car...
Quick q, looks like your brake lights are on with no one in the car...
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:13 pm
by gareth
definately black centres!!!!
i'm thinking of doing this to my 16" alpinas (rep's before anyone gets upset!!)
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:39 pm
by Zayyan
E30Mark wrote:Quick q, looks like your brake lights are on with no one in the car...
On my car the inner ones are the tail lights and the outer ones the brake lights.
Are different E30s wired up differently?
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:49 pm
by Toby_Unna
E30Mark wrote:Black looks good on your car...
Quick q, looks like your brake lights are on with no one in the car...
well the missus was in the car... but i don't think she was braking!
the sidelights were on so i guess those lights are the rear lamps not brakelights.
anyway cheers for the comments i was leaning heavily towards black and my mind is made up. just unsure whether to polish the rims or spray silver (they don't look too bad in the pics but the wheels are pretty fcuked and need a refurb. ) polished would look cool but might be hard work/hard to keep looking shiny? i need something low maintenance!
better buy more paint and spray the other 2...
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:01 am
by E30Mark
Zayyan wrote:E30Mark wrote:Quick q, looks like your brake lights are on with no one in the car...
On my car the inner ones are the tail lights and the outer ones the brake lights.
Are different E30s wired up differently?
ooops, silly mistake. Just ignore me
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:03 am
by Jhonno
what springs is your car on? looks Looooooow
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:04 am
by LOOPYLEE1965
spray them all black and get the outer rims polished mate would look
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:45 am
by mrLEE30
once you go black you dont go back!!!
my advice is to polish the outers, dont paint em, and once polished do not put clear laquer on them. didi that with mine at first and they went yellow under the laquer. polish them at a wheel refurbish shop, then invest in a dremmel and a polishing wheel and polish those bad boys once a week for half hour, looks sweet at night!!
mrlee
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:43 am
by e30_Turbo
Black centres look very tasty.....might give the old BBS's a lick of black paint now.......
Looking good Toby
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:04 am
by Karan
look great Toby!!!! awesome!
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:12 am
by Geeman
My vote has been cast.
Black center'd wheels rock. They look really good on yours without the rear spoiler too.
Nice one Toby!
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:15 am
by Splondike
Looking well mean Toby... do 'em black
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:19 am
by nav786
i dont normally like black wheels but they look so so good on yours definately black mate.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:05 pm
by Adam318i
They look sweet as fook mate.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:14 pm
by DAN
Keep it!
Thats what is next for my BBS black with a highly polished rim
Just need to find somewhere that does it.....
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:22 pm
by Nostrils
Bigger, black centre, chrome edge.....best combination IMO!
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:23 pm
by E30Mark
DAN wrote:Keep it!
Thats what is next for my BBS black with a highly polished rim
Just need to find somewhere that does it.....
http://www.lepsons.com/ around Ԛ£45+vat ea with polished rim... i've already asked!
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:21 pm
by Ziggy
You're never gonna give up & give me those wheels are you?! Lookin cool tho
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 3:46 pm
by glenn
like i've said in the photo gallery,
this car looks well hard.
i like the black center's
but i think it looked its meanest when they were covered in brake dust
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:25 pm
by Simon13
don't go bigger wheels it's harder to hang the arse out!
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:31 pm
by Karan
Simon13 wrote:don't go bigger wheels it's harder to hang the arse out!
hmmmmmm wider is harder but lower profile is easier....
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:49 pm
by bmwgal
mrLEE30 wrote:once you go black you dont go back!!!
my advice is to polish the outers, dont paint em, and once polished do not put clear laquer on them. didi that with mine at first and they went yellow under the laquer. polish them at a wheel refurbish shop, then invest in a dremmel and a polishing wheel and polish those bad boys once a week for half hour, looks sweet at night!!
mrlee
not sure about teh wheel but I like the sandles