I'm soon to be putting some borbet A's on my car.
Obviously I will be spraying the centres black, but I kinda like the idea of spraying the dish black too... Maybe have a matt black dish with a gloss black centre.... or vice versa.
Will I be hunted down by purists and burnt at the stake?
I just don't think polished dishes, or anything polished, should go on my car. They would contrast too much with the paint.
Opinions?
Borbet sacrilige?
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Matt centre with a gloss rim could look mega 
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i'm with dave
think the polished rim would contrast and go really well with your car
think the polished rim would contrast and go really well with your car
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Matt black centres with polished lip.
You need the contrast.
You need the contrast.
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Sorry guys, Edited my OP, was trying to type without customers seeing 
Matt with gloss rim!
Matt with gloss rim!
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d6dph wrote:Matt centre with a gloss rim could look mega
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Polished lip, a la Knightrider
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didn't knightrider have hub-caps???blatantarrogance wrote:Polished lip, a la Knightrider
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I think if you're going to go for a black dish....
then it has to be gloss dish and matt centre...!!!
the dish must be emphasised in some way, and most effective way is to create some sort of reflection..
matt just wouldn't work [IMO]
then it has to be gloss dish and matt centre...!!!
the dish must be emphasised in some way, and most effective way is to create some sort of reflection..
matt just wouldn't work [IMO]
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munky whats some 
in his life, go on be honest u want a polished lip dont ya
in his life, go on be honest u want a polished lip dont ya 
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Do you mean matt black with a gloss black rim/dish? Or gloss polished rim/dish?Ziggy wrote:d6dph wrote:Matt centre with a gloss rim could look mega
Thats the way I've been leaning... it would be different from all the multitudes of black with a polished rim wheels... and considering the car will be matt black by the end of this weekend I honestly think if I leave them shiny polished metal it will be wrong for the car..
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Gloss black rim, Just something to set it apart.
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Hell yeah - not seen it done before but I reckon it could look great.munky30 wrote: Do you mean matt black with a gloss black rim/dish?
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Cheers folks... at least I know now I'm not going insane with my need to spray everything black 
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never crossed our minds....munky30 wrote:Cheers folks... at least I know now I'm not going insane with my need to spray everything black
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I aint sayin' a word................Bleedin heathens!!
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I wondered if you'd have anything to say on the subject
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Oi! cheeky monkey!!! 
Gaffa tape is like "the force" - it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
There's nothing that shouts "Poor Workmanship" more than wrinkles in the Gaffer tap
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How about matt black centre, then polish the rim and buy a tin of halfrauds rear light black tint and shadow chrome the rims