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A question of taste – rim colors on silver cat

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Old 06-08-2014, 09:11 PM
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You need to consider what look your trying to achieve and the car.


Your car has some chrome accents and the XK is more of a car of beauty than a car to murder with a sinister look. IMO I would go silver or polished aluminum like the wheels on my car. If you are biased toward a colored wheel I would, like suggested above, use plasti-dip to experiment before making your decision. I would say with your stock finish IMO. I would not go dark.
 
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Old 06-08-2014, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Lothar52
Check out my garage... not sure Caroline looks like a Gangster.... just a lean mean fightin machine!!! Even with her engine light on!! HA!
It's Christine's rims I like...
Now... On silver?.... Hummmmm
 
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Old 06-09-2014, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by CleverName
So no one thinks the cut face on the spokes would look good (basically a clearcoated polished aluminum)? Keeping the rim and primary background color a gunmetal or dark silver?
Yeah, that's along the lines of what I was saying - dark wheels with silver highlights. Struggling to imagine it with your wheels, though (sorry, imagination fail).
 
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:22 AM
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I really like the 'cut' look. Polished/light faces with dark to hide the brake dust. There was a new F-type R at Exotics last saturday with that effect. Was pretty nice, and I liked it better than the F-type S in Red over black wheels next to it. I do think that true black wheels are a little bit of a let down for most cars as a whole -- race cars exempted.

Edit: I remembered I took a pic of it because I liked the way the rims looked.
 
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