sprayed my wheels black, keep them or spray them silver?!

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Keep my wheels black or get new wheels?

spray all my wheels with black centres
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spray em all silver
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2%
sod it and buy bigger wheels
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Total votes: 42
Toby_Unna
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:28 pm

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...

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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:32 pm

Get bigger wheels, THEN spray them black! 8)
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:36 pm

BLACK! ALL F ING DAY LONG MATE!!

the car looks animal!!!!
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:38 pm

johnono wrote:BLACK! ALL F ING DAY LONG MATE!!
Couldn't have said it better :cool:

They look great as they are, specially with that drop.

Don't go bigger than 15s and ruin the handling!
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:40 pm

sod em off an get some wolfrace octanes ;) and sell your wheels to me lol!
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:41 pm

I like the darkness! Keep e'm black
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:41 pm

Black centres all the way - looks hot! :cool:
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:42 pm

yep they look sweeet mate, spray them all like that
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:43 pm

They look 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) I've got a spare set of these and was thinking of doing that!!!!!!!! I'm def gonna now!!!

Def keep them....... 8)
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:45 pm

Are they weights on the rim 8O 8O :eek:

If they are take them to a decent tyre place and get them balanced properly.....

look tough!
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:48 pm

Spray all the centers black, they look well mean!
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:49 pm

That looks well cool!

Keep then like that!
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:52 pm

hard as nails, like the car

defo keep em like that
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:06 pm

Black looks good on your car...

Quick q, looks like your brake lights are on with no one in the car...
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:13 pm

definately black centres!!!! :cool:

i'm thinking of doing this to my 16" alpinas (rep's before anyone gets upset!!)
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:39 pm

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? :?
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Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:49 pm

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...
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:01 am

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 :banghead:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:03 am

what springs is your car on? looks Looooooow :cool:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:04 am

spray them all black and get the outer rims polished mate would look :cool: :cool:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:45 am

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!!

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Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:43 am

Black centres look very tasty.....might give the old BBS's a lick of black paint now.......

Looking good Toby :D
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:04 am

look great Toby!!!! awesome! :cool:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:12 am

My vote has been cast.

Black center'd wheels rock. They look really good on yours without the rear spoiler too.

Nice one Toby!
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:15 am

Looking well mean Toby... do 'em black :cool:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:19 am

i dont normally like black wheels but they look so so good on yours definately black mate.
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:05 pm

They look sweet as fook mate. :cool:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:14 pm

Keep it!

Thats what is next for my BBS black with a highly polished rim

Just need to find somewhere that does it.....
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:22 pm

Bigger, black centre, chrome edge.....best combination IMO!
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:23 pm

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!
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:21 pm

You're never gonna give up & give me those wheels are you?! Lookin cool tho :cool:
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 3:46 pm

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
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:25 pm

don't go bigger wheels it's harder to hang the arse out!
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:31 pm

Simon13 wrote:don't go bigger wheels it's harder to hang the arse out!
hmmmmmm wider is harder but lower profile is easier....
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Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:49 pm

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!!

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not sure about teh wheel but I like the sandles :lol:
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