E30 Zone

im having trouble deciding on which of the 2 colours to paint my alpina reps, so a poll is required to assist

thanks in advance

what colour is your car ?

black with polished rim , obviously.

andyp wrote:what colour is your car ?

car is alpineweis II

not going to vote BUT either silver or black as white is a def no no, as i am writing this im going a bit more over to silver

white car with white wheels looks like a Fisher+Price styled childs toy car. colour coding is gay .
silver is indeed to boring to consider. i cant think of anything else that will look good on a white car apart from grey/black/dark wheels.
im mean look at mine in my sig below. is it possible for a white car to look cooler than that? i dont think so as white is indeed a sh1te colour of car to begin with

fuzzy wrote:black with polished rim , obviously.

well as you no we have discussed this many times and im leaning heavilly towards gloss black with or without a polished lip

oooo we are seeing the differents tastes in this post lol, when i said silver i meant the normal colour call it grey if you like

blitz877 wrote:

fuzzy wrote:black with polished rim , obviously.

well as you no we have discussed this many times and im leaning heavilly towards gloss black with or without a polished lip

i think it needs the polished lip to break up the wheel from the tyre or it just looks like cheap steel rims from a distance.

i've started to notice a lot of cars with black alloys. from a distance (more than about 15ft) they look like steelies so white or silver .......... or metallic grey, just to be differant.

fuzzy wrote:

blitz877 wrote:

fuzzy wrote:black with polished rim , obviously.

well as you no we have discussed this many times and im leaning heavilly towards gloss black with or without a polished lip

i think it needs the polished lip to break up the wheel from the tyre or it just looks like cheap steel rims from a distance.

my thoughts exactly

gotta admit, I do like fuzzys wheels. trying to match up thw white with the paint on the car would be a right mare. plus, what if you want to put em on another e30???

they wont be going on another e30 now as im keeping the car for the forseeable future plans are afoot you see

stitch-626 wrote:i've started to notice a lot of cars with black alloys.

Every time you pass the local McD's?

I say plain black. I have never seen yours close up fuzzy, but alpina reps don't have a definitive rim to be polished so I cant imagine them looking good close up with a polished rim.

nogaro silver gets my vote

DanThe wrote:

stitch-626 wrote:i've started to notice a lot of cars with black alloys.

Every time you pass the local McD's?

..... And parked outside Halfrauds.
..... And in the local retail park car park after closing.

I love black wheels,i had my original Alpinas refurbed in black-



Ill be doing the same again on my next set of rims!

oakey wrote:I say plain black. I have never seen yours close up fuzzy, but alpina reps don't have a definitive rim to be polished so I cant imagine them looking good close up with a polished rim.

i dont know what you mean? there is definately a definative rim to polish giving a sharp line to work to mine arent gloss black but charcoal mettalic which has a touch of greyness to it.

DanThe wrote:

stitch-626 wrote:i've started to notice a lot of cars with black alloys.

Every time you pass the local McD's?

yep and halfrauds and tesco drift/handbrake turn track.

White car I have to agree with Fuzzy. Black with polished rim.

black with polished lip it is cheers guys

fuzzy wrote:black with polished rim , obviously.

Have to agree, breaks them up nicely, and black rims on white car is foooking quality!!

Oh and thats my old 325!!

jay1980 wrote:

fuzzy wrote:
Oh and thats my old 325!!

which one's your old car?

H541 KAR, Sold it to tailoutcharlie last year, I remember the dent on the lower rear quarter (i put it there!)

so are you to blame for all the bodges on the car???????????

blitz877 wrote:

fuzzy wrote:black with polished rim , obviously.

well as you no we have discussed this many times and im leaning heavilly towards gloss black with or without a polished lip

I am with those who suggest the black and polished rim, I have to say that when painting wheels black they do look smaller, in-order to differentiate between the tyre and the rim its always worth either painting a colour (infact black with a white rim would be very cool I think) on the rim or polishing it.

I wouldn't go gloss black either, it will show all of the dirt/ brake dust straight away, meaning the car will look dirty as soon as you drive it. Satin is much better at hiding the dirt.

Heres mine:


Not the best pic I know, but it shows that if the yellow wasn't there the wheel would look small and lack definition from the tyre.

satin black was the colour i was going to use anyway, cheers for your input tho

blitz877 wrote:so are you to blame for all the bodges on the car???????????

Haha, I would like to think not!! I only had it for a few months, replaced the steering guibo, washed it, moted it, oh and spun it!! (hence the dent!)

you mean the guibo thats a little loose? you seem to like spinning cars dont you

fuzzy wrote:black with polished rim , obviously.

I agree with Fuzzy,,

Silver wheels are as boring as fook!, white aplinas with a polished rim would look the nuts, but would only suit the car if it was fully colour coded with chomes details....
but as the car in your sig has shadow chrome, black kidneys and black trim, the black and polished effect would suit it much better.

blitz877 wrote:you mean the guibo thats a little loose? you seem to like spinning cars dont you

Yeah thats the one! Yep cant get enough of it!!

Jeepster wrote: Heres mine:

Love that yellow line around the rim was thinking of something similar for my wheels as they look smaller than they actually are.

did you do them yourself or get them done professionally?