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Which colour wheels?
Gold with polished silver face 63%  63%  [ 25 ]
Charcoal with polished silver face 33%  33%  [ 13 ]
Gold with red coloured face 5%  5%  [ 2 ]
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willy
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Right... wheels are sandblasted and awaiting my decision on colour choice.
I have just about all the options under the sun but want to choose something subtle (to go with the colour scheme and overall style of the vehicle).


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Note that only the extreme outer lip (face of about 3-5mm wide) will be polished or coloured. Not the traditional 'dish' part.

If you have any suggestions, let me hear them.


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jbeenz
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so, is the car going to be green? is this for a racer or a road/racer?

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Yep... those colours there.
Primarily a track car, but will have road rego for 'club events' and the like.
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I reckon the charcol ones are a bit more of an understatement but they still standout to me. I like them PLUS it would be harder to tell if they had brake dust on them (less cleaning req.).

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I reckon the charcol ones are a bit more of an understatement but they still standout to me. I like them PLUS it would be harder to tell if they had brake dust on them (less cleaning req.).


Good post.

Yeah I knwo what you mean about the keeping mags clean part.

Farken brake dust :lol:
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charcoal

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Gold for me :wink:

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i went for gold, i think it gives that classic race look, yes its probably become cliche but theres a reason for this :D you will just have to clean them a bit more :lol:

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Gold with silver face looks the best in my opinion.

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Gold - lose the red trim ricerboy. :D
I have gold contessa's with the inner rim highly polished (see the thread on flares for a photo), but the all gold also looks good in my opinion.
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Mini Mike
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Sorry willy cant help you.... I like them all....

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Gold wheels and a green car go best together, IMO. With the outer polished. :wink:

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What about au-natural with a glossy clear over the silver? (I still voted for plain gold with polished edges though...)

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willy
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Mick wrote:
What about au-natural with a glossy clear over the silver? (I still voted for plain gold with polished edges though...)


Could do that... but i think a colour would change the look of the car quite a lot
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I vote for the gold wheels with silver
the gold matches the green paint colour

the one with red just looks out of place
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