Thinking of refinishing my wheels.. Color suggestions?
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Thinking of refinishing my wheels.. Color suggestions?
Here is my current setup.
What I have in mind was to refinish it into Grigio Silverstone (similar to current setup but darker and gloss) or black (satin or gloss). Any other ideas would be appreciated.
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What I have in mind was to refinish it into Grigio Silverstone (similar to current setup but darker and gloss) or black (satin or gloss). Any other ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
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sheesh bro, looks good the way it is, but I understand needing a change........
if you go black, I'd go satin, that's what I have on my black car......
of course I did get some glossed ones too......they're on the way.....
good luck, thing looks great!
if you go black, I'd go satin, that's what I have on my black car......
of course I did get some glossed ones too......they're on the way.....
good luck, thing looks great!
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FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
Looking fine the way it is right now. But when I saw the thread title, I was also thinking of satin black if you really have to refinish them.
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, so they sent me a new set of the fronts with corrected offset but THEN the color don't match with my 2 rear wheels.
So, they offered me to send over all 4 of my wheels to get refinished for free (in the same color). I thought, it's going to take too long I'm sure and it's a hustle for me to take my stock wheels from my storage and all that stuff. So, I decided I might as well refinish them myself to avoid all the hustle.
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What about leaving the face of the spokes the color they are and blacking out the rest of the wheel? Maybe vinyl wrap your window trim and tops of the door handles, I just did it to my non amg w212, came out nice..Car looks sick as is though as is.
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Regarding the window trim, I'm doing it tomorrow as well as light tint on the headlights and tailights
Thanks btw.
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FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
Personally, I would just put the stock wheels back on (since you still have them) and let them do the refinishing to save the headache.
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Wheels look great as they are. Don't go darker. Never understood the murdered out thing - black wheels always look awful.
If you do something, go lighter. If you change to an old racing-gold type of color, see if there's a factory wheel setup (maybe like the old BBS-style 70s colors) - but definitely change your caliper color.
I know it's impractical, but I love white brake calipers. Would probably look out of place in your current setup (and certainly clash with a gold/bronze). Unfortunately it's only really an option on CCB setups.
I say keep the wheels in the current finish. They're aggressive but in a subtler manner.
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If you do something, go lighter. If you change to an old racing-gold type of color, see if there's a factory wheel setup (maybe like the old BBS-style 70s colors) - but definitely change your caliper color.
I know it's impractical, but I love white brake calipers. Would probably look out of place in your current setup (and certainly clash with a gold/bronze). Unfortunately it's only really an option on CCB setups.
I say keep the wheels in the current finish. They're aggressive but in a subtler manner.
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Wheels look great as they are. Don't go darker. Never understood the murdered out thing - black wheels always look awful.
If you do something, go lighter. If you change to an old racing-gold type of color, see if there's a factory wheel setup (maybe like the old BBS-style 70s colors) - but definitely change your caliper color.
I know it's impractical, but I love white brake calipers. Would probably look out of place in your current setup (and certainly clash with a gold/bronze). Unfortunately it's only really an option on CCB setups.
I say keep the wheels in the current finish. They're aggressive but in a subtler manner.
--Dan
If you do something, go lighter. If you change to an old racing-gold type of color, see if there's a factory wheel setup (maybe like the old BBS-style 70s colors) - but definitely change your caliper color.
I know it's impractical, but I love white brake calipers. Would probably look out of place in your current setup (and certainly clash with a gold/bronze). Unfortunately it's only really an option on CCB setups.
I say keep the wheels in the current finish. They're aggressive but in a subtler manner.
--Dan
- Thanks for the comments and concerns guys. Really helps
P.S. - The HRE wheels on Vic55's wagon looks unique on satin black
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IMO it's more hassle to DIY.
Whatever you decide post pics when you are done. Beautiful ride you got there.
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How long your wheels have been with them for refinishing?
I will post pics when I'm done. Cheers.
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Come to think of it, it's been a couple weeks now, but they had a do-over during refinishing and on principle alone, I'd rather be patient and have them perfect than spend any more $ out of pocket to get what I expected the first time. Believe me, I have waited a LONG time for them.
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Come to think of it, it's been a couple weeks now, but they had a do-over during refinishing and on principle alone, I'd rather be patient and have them perfect than spend any more $ out of pocket to get what I expected the first time. Believe me, I have waited a LONG time for them.
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trying something new I guess. Interested in buying my E63? lol
, but it's a timing issue for me. I'll send you a PM.
