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I just purchased a 2018 CPO S560 which came with the 20" AMG 10 spoke rims. I found a great deal on 20-inch AMG forged 10-spoke, black rims and wanted to ask you guys to vote either I have to keep the ones I have or get the AMG black rims. I have attached pictures of both rims.
Thanks,
Get the silver ones. If you don't like them, the brake dust will turn them as black as ever in less than 7 days. Best of both worlds.
+1 on both counts.
Why cant MB use ceramic pads? Our Audi Q7 has them and we get near 0 brake dust and the perform quite well. My 911's also never got lots of dust.
I think I would keep the silver wheels as they look nicer to me but black ones somewhat throws kinkiness,wickedness and Darth Vaderesqueness . I think that word doesn't exist yet in the vocabulary lol
It depends on the color of your exterior. My is white and looks great with the black wheels, but if the car has a dark/black exterior, I would keep the silver wheels.
The brake dust will always be there unless you get aftermarket low/no brake dust pads such as the Rado dust free pads. It made a world of difference, I went 2-3 weeks without needing to clean the wheels with Rado vs 1-2 days on OEM pads.
Here is my S63 in white with black wheels for reference:
2015 S550 Palladium/Deep Sea Blue, 2016 Tesla Model S 70D, 2015 Volvo XC70
Just my opinion of course, but I think in some lighting conditions black wheels get "lost" in the wheel well, and you then don't see the detail that you do with lighter colors. So I personally wouldn't pick black wheels.
If the car was a ligher color maybe the black ones....
Did you ever consider PVD coating the factory Rims. Black Chrome may fit the bill in between Silver and matt Black. https://www.detroitwheelandtire.com/pvd-what Also, no worries about Salt damage. Then have them Ceramic coated. i went with the Disc italia Ceramic pads. PVD is very inexpensive if you supply the rims.
Also here... https://americanpvd.com/pvd-chrome/
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