i've decided to refurb my old rb5 alloys, but as they aren't in the best nick, i'm going to do the refurbishing myself. but, what colour do i choose, which is where you lot can help!

1. colour code the same colour as car
2. keep close to original colour
3. nice bright silver colour
4. rather dark, almost black colour

comments would also be of help.

ta

 

Colour code to the car might be nice, as they aint that far of fin the first place are they ?

Wheels...who needs em.

 

lol tbh johnny, your quite right there, but when you look at it as much as i do you can see the difference a mile away

 

BRIGHT MATE

 

Go for same colour as Woosh's IMHO - anthracite sorta colour

Cal

 

One of each !! Now thats different !

 

I've voted dark.

If you definitely want to change colour then i'd go for anthracite but not an overly-dark shade. If it were me i'd be inclined to keep tham as close to the standard shade as possible.

PS: got home safely.

 

cheers lads like the idea of silver meself, but i may be swayed


good stuff carl happy to have finally met ya as you said, hopefully not the last

 

what about the colour of ma wheels...ya know it makes sense

Stuart

 

yours are silver coulty

 

Keep em original Matey. Its a ltd edition car. Why spoil it.

Jamie

 

i'd keep them original m8, but you awt to see the nick of em! thats one reason i got a new set of wheels, cause they were that bad. they have been on the balancer now and can been balanced instead of taking a hammer to them, so just have to get rid of the kerb marks. when i come to sell the car i may well get them properly done, but until then, i can kerb away!

 

"Its a ltd edition car. Why spoil it."

He's already broken it more than once!!!

 

stick to original

 

he he he

i'm gonna go take a couple of pics now and see if you's think i need to refurb them or not

 

pics of the wheels...





thats just the 2 back wheels. the other 2 are also kerbed, but not as bad

 

oh and thanks for keeping it in scottish for all of 7 hours yer good guys

 

ok. doug(thanks bud) done me a couple of photoshop trails and i reckon i may have just changed my mind about colour see what you guys think


matt black

shiny black....possible silver flakes??

silver

bright silver

 

I would go for shiny black.
How are you going to refurb them yourself?

 

yes m8 i figured, when i go to sell them, i'll have them properly shot blasted and dipped back to original colour and by then, they'd probably be kerbed again anyways so yes, just painting them myself with car paint.....once i've mixed up the colour i choose

 

keep them orig mate, looks much better - imo!

 

got to admit that shiny black looks wicked on yer motor

sweeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt

 

 

 

Just make sure you do summit with the wheel - if you leave it black it looks like a Motherwell taxi (sorry mods, I mean UK one Thought that sounded a bit 'scottish forum' for the masses there).

get a nice shiny rim like mine (oo-er missus)

 

Drb5

How's it going? To be honest, I saw a set of RB5 wheels refurbed in Silver (in S & S) and they looked a bit odd. When you saw them, they just didn't look right. So I would suggest just to keep them as close to the originals as possible. Either that, refurb them and part exchange them for P1 wheels in anthracite! Seen them on RB5s and they look real cool!

 

i think u should stick with the original colour.

IMO:
- the silver is too bright for the whole look of the car, the RB5 has a subtle colour and look.
- c/coded in Blue steel, may look okay.

 

oh, and if u do decide to go the silver route, dont refurb yours, look here: http://rb5oc.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=809

 

alrighty gordon and thanks for that. comments are what i asked for, but it's gettin harder to decide, but darker is still not quite there

rb5 286
i can do the reairwork and spraying myself, so it doesn't make sense me buying another set of wheels if i can do this for about very cheapness

 

top to see if the blacks make it ttt!