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02-20-2010, 03:29 PM | #89 |
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Yup, trim and grills are going to be gloss black, so I wanted a darker finish on the rims. I've always liked CSL reps (silver) but they look a bit dated (classic, but dated), plus I think the only way they'd look good enough on the car would be if I kept the chrome trim. Which I'm not doing Thought about coils for a while, but don't think I'm going to go for a drop. The stance is good enough for me, and I don't live in California Don't think I want to go for hyperblack though. That always looked better on lighter colored cars, to me. If I had was one of those hardcore AW guys I'd think about it LOL.
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02-23-2010, 08:54 PM | #92 |
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i say go hyper silver, black looks way to blacked out if u have tinted and other stuff, i have sg325i , matte black grill, 35 tint and silver wheels compliment
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02-23-2010, 09:40 PM | #93 | |
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either way good luck man! Buying wheels is a tough choice, i'm having a tough time currently and trying to still maintain my budget lol
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To Syke, I am going for a darker overall look (gunmetal wheels to match the body -ish). Its gonna look pretty nice at night during the summer (gloss black trim/grilles/20% tint coming in a couple weeks) so silver may be a bit TOO much of a contrast (until the 162's go back on in winter LOL), you know? Man I love the feedback/pictures from this thread, its awesome
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02-24-2010, 08:36 PM | #95 |
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I keep coming back to this thread because I am also looking for new wheels for spring. Initially I responded with Silver (which I still think work best) but I've changed my direction a bit after seeing Bill Preston's car on those gunmetal VS8's. I am leaning somewhat towards gunmetal Alufelgen CS7's rather than Silver.
It's really a tough choice because I would like to see the gunmetal wheels in person in all lighting conditions against SGM since our color is a bit of a chameleon pending lighting conditions. The pictures I'm seeing are only capturing the wheels in what seems to be lower lighting conditions where the car is less of an "eggplant" purple. I'm concerned with the Gunmetal wheels on "eggplant" not meshing well together. BTW I am also a fan of those M6 reps on the SGM E92. Would look really good with a BBK so I would also consider those. I really find myself torn now. Hahaha. Thanks for this thread. And thanks for making things more difficult
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Matte Black!
The rest of the pictures can be found here: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ht=supradriver My new wheels have a flat black face with a gloss black lip and I think its the perfect combo for SG. If flat black doesn't work another option would be to do a gunmetal face with a gloss black lip. I should have some better pics of my new setup up soon. |
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And now you have me thinking about gunmetal not working AS SOON as I thought I had finally decided LOL. But I automatically knew I most likely wasn't gonna go silver or all black. Maybe storm gray powdercoated. And eggplant is a very accurate description of the purple, since it is pretty dark. As I am torn as well. You're welcome All the more reason to think your decision through more thoroughly.
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02-24-2010, 11:13 PM | #102 |
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Yeah. Those are gorgeous wheels. I'm going to need to vinyl wrap my window trim to rock those wheels. I really don't want it to be too monochromatic. I need to see these mounted on SGM haha. I've seen them in silver on an SGM E90 and they look so clean and classic but they lack that extra spice I'm looking for. I guess I could be the test dummy for gunmetal CS7s
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02-28-2010, 12:27 AM | #106 | |
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But gunmetal is hitting the nail on the head
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02-28-2010, 06:23 AM | #107 |
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You don't like this?: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ghlight=pakman
I think they are the best looking wheels and colour for your car. Gunmetal 701will be just too plain, IMHO. |
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03-01-2010, 10:48 AM | #108 |
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Gunmetal FTW!
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I'm just not doing black. They look very similar to the V710's, I decided against V701's.
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