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Old 01 January 2011, 10:59 AM
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Default Black wheels. Glos or matt?
Happy new year to all. My 2003 wrx is having a wheel spray, (following an accident). I'm going for black; so what's the consensus amongst you guys? Gloss or matt?

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Old 01 January 2011, 11:02 AM
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Matt (or satin black) will show up the brake dust less as they won't lose their sheen. It also depends on the colour of the car though, against a gloss black car satin won't look too hot, but for most other colours I would prefer satin
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What colour is your car?

I prefer the matt look myself
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satin black mate
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gloss would be my choice...
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I've always preferred Matt or satin black however if you have a particularly detailed design or a high number of spokes I'd go for gloss.
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Matt is hard to achieve with a long lasting finish

Lacquered powdercoating is best and will always be gloss

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gloss for sure!!
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Originally Posted by 53WRX
Matt is hard to achieve with a long lasting finish

Lacquered powdercoating is best and will always be gloss

WOW, they look good.......
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Mine are Satin Black with an Obsidian Black Pearl car, looks great and doesnt look messy when not cleaned for a while.
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I have freshly powercoated Matt Black Ascari Curvos in 18" look awsome car is white
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Originally Posted by 53WRX
Matt is hard to achieve with a long lasting finish

Lacquered powdercoating is best and will always be gloss

Nice wheels 53. What are they?

Also, are met black and anthracite two entirely different colours?
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They looks like STI 7 wheels
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Originally Posted by johnfelstead
Mine are Satin Black with an Obsidian Black Pearl car, looks great and doesnt look messy when not cleaned for a while.
Was planning to get a black Hawk STi and powder coat the wheels. Got any pics handy per chance John?
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I'd say go for satin black. Gloss black tends to highlight dirty tyres whereas satin does not
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Originally Posted by JonMc
They looks like STI 7 wheels
Lol, thought they might be std! Like them all the same. Black is the way forward.
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Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
Also, are met black and anthracite two entirely different colours?
Metallic black is just that, anthracite is dark grey, like mine as pictured

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Gloss all the way!
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Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
Was planning to get a black Hawk STi and powder coat the wheels. Got any pics handy per chance John?
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Originally Posted by johnfelstead
Looks great John, far better than goldies (apologies to all those Sti owners that kept the gold wheels! ).
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got mine done gloss, not kean on satin, i think they look dirty all the time
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Satin looks good if you can find someone to do a good job It's a fine balance between a good satin finish and a poor gloss finish.

I have SpecD STi wheels in Black gloss also, big fan of black as they get dirty and don't really show it. People are right to mention the dirty tyres, but if you wash your wheels and tyres when necessary with Megs degreaser they come up like new tyres anyway

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Got to be gloss mate
Unless all plastics ( black ) on car are matt too ?
Otherwise it doesn't match up
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^ Yummy Factory finish FTW
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Matt, like these... love them, hides brake dust
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I,d go for gloss. Steve.
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