Pic request, Has anyone sprayed their 15" bbs wheels??

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kangman
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Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:24 am

Brought myself some 15" wheels for my e30, there in reasonable condition with all four centre caps and badges. They would look alot better with a lick of paint tho, so if any one has done something different to their 15s or 14s please post a pic so i can get some inspiration from it.

found this on gumtree, think they look quite nice in grey/black

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Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:22 pm

Personally it has to be either the standard BMW silver or Nagaro centres with a polished or silver lip for me. Seen a set with gold centres and polished lips and I thought they were too bling.
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Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:55 pm

all depends on the car they are going on ? , personly i think black bbs/any black wheels look naff on 99% of e30s, especialy on red and white cars, as above nice nogaro can look super

heres one of my sets, powder coated gold with polished lip i had done to go on a diamond schwartz car that i sold, sadly never got to see them on the car, im going to put them on my silver tech 1 when its finished, and see what they look like, if i dont like it il put on a silver set, im not quite sure what to expect to be honest if they will go with the silver car, they have never been put on the car so like new, and the car will have a a brand new full re spray, might look good, even still im going to have a silver set ive also got refurbed oem aswell

the gold is not too bright or real blingy gold

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Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:53 pm

8O wow those polished lips look sweet
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Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:33 pm

indeed they do, not sure im up for the ball ache keeping them that way :D , but a garage kept nice weather car, should be ok , untill your forevevr caught in rain :cry:
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Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:46 pm

@polsta thats type of thing i'm thinking of doing to a set of calibre vintage rims over the winter i've got.

but I might spray/powder coat the lips as they'll be on a daily used car.
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