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Wheel refurb time - Which colour: keep gold or go black

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Old 17 October 2010, 08:09 AM
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Default Wheel refurb time - Which colour: keep gold or go black

Appreciate your views on which colour to go for as I will be starting the refurbing of my standard wheels next weekend.

Track day wheels are already black.
Thought maybe to keep standard setup of gold for daily use and black for the track.

The car is a 2007 Hawkeye in WR Blue.
Old 17 October 2010, 10:46 AM
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IMO black wheels dont suit a blue car, white is a better option
Old 17 October 2010, 11:00 AM
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Black FTW !
Old 17 October 2010, 11:07 AM
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PAH, what do you know Stu! White FTW LMAO
Old 17 October 2010, 11:16 AM
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With that choice, it has to be gold. Everyone has black, don't be a sheep.
Old 17 October 2010, 11:16 AM
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Anthracite. Don't like black personally. They look good until the tyres get drity then the wheels look darker than the rubber which just looks wrong
Old 17 October 2010, 11:25 AM
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White was a option but the design of the current wheel might look odd in white unless I pickup some wheels which I can spray white

Thanks for the comments
Old 17 October 2010, 11:33 AM
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Andy, beware!
You know what they say, once you've gone black.............
Old 17 October 2010, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Cornelius
PAH, what do you know Stu! White FTW LMAO


...I know I like black

FTW !



Boyd if you spritz the tyres with degreaser and then rinse they come up like new ...tip of the day
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Am now thinking I've got to do something different with my wheels, the local boy racers in their pimped up fiestas have copied my black wheels with red reflective rims
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Originally Posted by Cornelius


Am now thinking I've got to do something different with my wheels, the local boy racers in their pimped up fiestas have copied my black wheels with red reflective rims
You chav...pmsl

Might go new rims with bright flitter (think thats right) or copy cat PFF7's
Old 17 October 2010, 03:19 PM
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White depending on wheel choice or anthracite. Dont go black!!!!!!
Old 17 October 2010, 03:20 PM
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Steel / storm grey is perfect
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Voted black, but i'd say go for white
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On my WR Blue - I've had gold, white & black....... white was a pig to keep clean, even with half a pot of poorboys on 'em..... black looked "mean", but everyone else seemed to go black after I did so it almost became too common a colour ......

I've now gone silver, and they do look different from the rest of the usual options...... might be worth you thinking about that colour..... I believe "In the Sticks" has these as well and likes the colour difference as much as I do.....
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This should help you decide..........

White:


Black:


Silver:
Old 17 October 2010, 07:22 PM
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Thanks Looie
Old 18 October 2010, 10:12 AM
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As Looie points out , I prefer the silver look , though grey looks good too
Andy , are your black track ones my old gold wheels ?

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Originally Posted by IN THE STICKS
As Looie points out , I prefer the silver look , though grey looks good too
Andy , are your black track ones my old gold wheels ?
Yes mate
Old 18 October 2010, 05:00 PM
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Anthracite!

Old 19 October 2010, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by pinseeker
Yes mate
Old 19 October 2010, 03:18 PM
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Gold FTW Don`t fix something that ain`t broke
Old 19 October 2010, 09:19 PM
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what getting a diamond cut or polished face?

not sure if your type of wheel would look right, but something like this...



looks good on the right car, something i considered before i got my WR1 wheels
Old 20 October 2010, 12:14 PM
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black chrome like mine sexy as ****
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i have Anthracite too on my focus


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Old 21 October 2010, 01:26 AM
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Silver for FTWheels Andy



Even got some for the new Jalopy!


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Originally Posted by BRI4N
With that choice, it has to be gold. Everyone has black, don't be a sheep.
Old 21 October 2010, 07:05 AM
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Such a honour to have a post by kin quick
I do like the wheels on the blue scoob.
Are they PFF7's ?
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Just for you Andy

They are indeed PFF7's fella, they were gold for about 6 years and think they looked much better in silver - should have kept that car
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Silver wheels can cause running issues I have heard
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