E30 Zone

what finish should i go for with my wheels??

choice 1: polished/chrome face & lip with black edge spoke's


choice 2: all over dark silver


choice 3: all over plain silver


choice 4: grey centre & silver/lip


i'm liking choice 4

I like choice 1 - they'll be different and the black already on the car will set it off.

I had choice 1 on my first E30:



It's a nice look, but the alloy easily corrodes so I'd probably go for a silver painted finish rather than polished, for practicality.

choice one hides brake dust well.

I'd go for 4

3.

choice 3..

4.

4.

Definate 4! 3 second and don't think about the first two.

Do you actually want a polished face and lip or diamond cut and laqured ?

Personally I'd go silver all over with diamond cut with laqured lip

thanks for the replies, ive got till friday to sort out the colour, when i drop them off for powder coating
the guy's i'm using can get an almost mirror finish from chrome powder coating.. but it is a bit more expensive, they also do shadow chrome.

Number 3 ftw

I quite like 1 but would plump for 3.

No 4 a save bet it will look good, No 1 will look really good or really chep, would have to see them on your car. Make sure you get some pic's when fited

think i'm going with choice: 4

and i collected these tonight (via ebay) to wrap them in once coated



don't you just love ebay at time's?? i got the 5, 205/50/15 brand spankin new for "£150"

Bloody bargain!

toby wrote:Bloody bargain!

cost me about £8 in fuel to! lol

Those tyres you fooking coont!

Well done for spotting a bargain!

not trying to rub it in.. but here was the auction page

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300590895639#ht_500wt_1078

50 profile on 15" rimz will look lost in the arches,

4

e30topless wrote:50 profile on 15" rimz will look lost in the arches,

4

not when i'm -35mm & running mim with et13 off set

I'd go for option BBS!

And topless is right, the rolling diameter will be wrong.It may "look" right but the radius will be wrong.

I'd say a dark silver, anthracite would look great as they look pretty good with a coating of brake dust.

Have a look at my mineral blue thread. That's how the wheels look with a -40 drop and 55 profile tyres. I have since gone another -10 or so mm at the front and I think it looks pretty good now. Not sure if 50 profile tyres will look quite right.

B7 wrote:
And topless is right, the rolling diameter will be wrong.It may "look" right but the radius will be wrong.

according to some other's 205/55/15 tyres will buff on the rear arches with a mild suspension drop & folk in the back, due to the mims being ET13.. so they sit neat with the rear arch.. as for rolling diameter being wrong.. ive been rolling on 17'z for the past year lol

also my mims are being collected tonight, i have decided on "titanium" all over and i'll either buff the rim's or have them diamond cut at some point over the next few mth's

mim wheels have returned to me, after thinking long & hard as well as searching through google etc i desided that there was only one real colour that mim 1900 look best in

"Brilliant-Silver"

massive thanks goes to my mate's at Chameleon Metal Coatings for yet another 1st class job. http://www.chameleonmetalcoatings.co.uk/

before





after






these pic's don't do them the justice they deserve.. i'll post better pic's once fitted to my car ;)

nice

So they are powder coated? Do you mind me asking what it cost?

God's own wheel.

I've had a set knocking about for ages meaning to pop on the is. Was going to get them refurbed but think I'll just put them on regardless.

chips wrote:nice

So they are powder coated? Do you mind me asking what it cost?

yeah all powder coated, cost was cheaper to me as my mate own's "chameleon" but normally from £35 per wheel

i'll have them fitted to my car tomorrow evening so i should have better pic's then

They couldn't look better! Good luck with the tyres.

couple of "not great pic's" pic's... i hate taking pic's when my car is dirty

the centre cap's are all i had that were decent.. came of of 18" alloy's, i filed the clips down and made them fit, i'll be taking the badge of them and painting them to match the wheels

That car looks 10x better. Good job

chips wrote:That car looks 10x better. Good job

maybe just.. 4 x better

just check they aren't being rubbed by the track rod ends. Mine were a bit until I changed the ends. I think it just depends on who made the ends.

chips wrote:just check they aren't being rubbed by the track rod ends. Mine were a bit until I changed the ends. I think it just depends on who made the ends.

nah mate.. no rubbing, ive not long fitted new T/rod end's and checked for clerance when i'd first got the wheels