Ok ladies and gents, as you will all know from the previous posts my wheels were up for refurbishment due to a combo of me being a r****d and my tyre fitter having a senior moment.
Obviously the wheels were black shade but i've always had an issue with them being black. As I see it the main problems with black wheels are as follows:
1 - Every boy racer in the world now has gloss black wheels
2 - Any amount of dust or brake dust makes them look crap
3 - Black wheels visually suck the detail out of the wheel
4 - Black wheels look smaller
5 - A bit like white cars (R26R's the exception), I think gloss black has had it's day
So with all that nicely summarised I moved on to deciding what colour to have them refurbished. My main problem was that nobody in the history of the world seems to have had .R wheels done in anything but red or black so whatever I went for would be a 'punt' so to speak.
I settled on dark anthracite and this morning they went in to be done. I have to admit that even up to the point that the tyres were put back on I was doubting i'd made the right decision. Getting them on the car and cleaned up changed that though. I'll freely admit that they're more marmite than a gloss black but I have to say that i'm mega chuffed with them. They really bring out the detail of the wheel, match the carbon well and look a bit more OEM+, which as you all know is my mantra for this car.
Apologies for the phone pics but i'll endevour to get some decent ones at some point. Also apologies for both the car itself being filthy and secondly it having half its door handle missing! (currently being re-carboned as we speak).
Comments and critique welcome. My guess is that reactions will be a bit mixed as i'll freely admit that gloss black is a mega popular choice.
Ready for tyres:
IMG_20120502_181027 by
PoobahUK, on Flickr
Before centre caps:
IMG_20120502_190945 by
PoobahUK, on Flickr
And complete:
IMG_20120502_195857 by
PoobahUK, on Flickr
IMG_20120502_195505 by
PoobahUK, on Flickr
Next up for the car is a bit of 6 month servicing, a detail and some replacement of some interior and exterior trim parts to keep it looking fresh. Cheers for looking.