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Opinions - Black or silver steel wheels?

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Going to get my tyres off and then the steel wheels powder coated. Keeping the chrome hubcaps but still in-decided on the wheel colour...

Thoughts anyone?



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personally I prefer silver, black make the rims look smaller than they are

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Silver all the way :ok

Black looks scruffy imho :run
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Steels should match the colour of the body.

As should a pocket square handkerchief worn with a suit …... match the shirt you are wearing.

Personal choice but I like the wheels matching body colour.



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Cheers guys, thats the side I was edging to

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ghost123uk wrote: Black looks scruffy imho :run

Scruffy, bloody scruffy! :cry:

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Black. If they DO chip they're a darned sight easier to touch up. That said, its down to what you think looks right - nobody else. :D
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I always carry a black Sharpie in the glovebox. :lol:

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T3luestar wrote:
ghost123uk wrote: Black looks scruffy imho :run

Scruffy, bloody scruffy! :cry:

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Ah, but them's fancy alloys ;) :ok
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I like black - because it reminds me of my first T25 "the one that got away", which came with the wheels painted a scruffy black. Nostalgia is a powerful thing!

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