Gold vs Silver – a practical (yes, really) question about wheels
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Gold vs Silver – a practical (yes, really) question about wheels
Gold wheels – just sounds wrong, doesn’t it? So I thought, but once someone mentioned that they look great on Porsches, I soon realized he was right. Porsche have apparently noticed too – they don’t use them on GT3s to make them go faster.
Anyway, needing new wheels anyway, I’d pull the trigger on a nice set of gold O.Z. Alleggeritas except for one thing. A practical thing. I live in a city. So I parallel park. And there’s a lot of road construction and obstacles to drive around, and every once in a while, I scratch wheels. The 17s on my Pcar are fairly well preserved, but they’re 17s, which helps. The O.Z.s would be 18s. And scratched gold wheels must look pretty ugly, no? (I’m pretty sure what’s under the gold paint isn’t gold. Not when they weigh that much it isn’t.) And maybe worse, I bet repairing them is a real pain i.t.a.
Or am I wrong??? Can I have my cake and eat it too?? Experience, insight, etc., would be greatly appreciated!
Anyway, needing new wheels anyway, I’d pull the trigger on a nice set of gold O.Z. Alleggeritas except for one thing. A practical thing. I live in a city. So I parallel park. And there’s a lot of road construction and obstacles to drive around, and every once in a while, I scratch wheels. The 17s on my Pcar are fairly well preserved, but they’re 17s, which helps. The O.Z.s would be 18s. And scratched gold wheels must look pretty ugly, no? (I’m pretty sure what’s under the gold paint isn’t gold. Not when they weigh that much it isn’t.) And maybe worse, I bet repairing them is a real pain i.t.a.
Or am I wrong??? Can I have my cake and eat it too?? Experience, insight, etc., would be greatly appreciated!
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I ordered bronze wheels for my black gm plastic car. Everyone I asked beforehand said bad choice. After the fact everyone ate their own words. Your car, your decision; I say go for it.
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OK, 808Bill, so BBS solved the scratch problem. Looks pretty sweet, too! That's what I want. But I can't have it. I'm buying O.Z.s. You're not helping!!!
(Forrest green?)
(Forrest green?)
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I'm not sure I'm adding anything from a practical standpoint. I had my wheels painted when I had them repaired (scratches, trued, buff/polish lip). I'm a little nervous that if I get curb-rash, obviously the underlying silver will show through, but I'm pretty careful about parallel parking, and they look so good, I figure it's worth the risk.
Ignore the rusty bolts. I've since replaced with studs to make taking tires on/off easier. And, they look better as well.
Ignore the rusty bolts. I've since replaced with studs to make taking tires on/off easier. And, they look better as well.
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depends how brave you're feeling. will you drive your new wheels into the kerb?
Funny part of this is, no wheel finish is immune to this!
I researched it and where I am wheel refurbs are going to cost £125 per wheel. (mine just have some old paint peel, not scuffed)
Funny part of this is, no wheel finish is immune to this!
I researched it and where I am wheel refurbs are going to cost £125 per wheel. (mine just have some old paint peel, not scuffed)
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Last edited by rs10; 06-10-2018 at 03:07 AM.
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Yeah, I know no wheel is immune, alas. But while I'm pretty sure a scratch deeper than the paint will look worse on a gold wheel than on a silver one, without seeing such a scratched wheel, I'm not sure how much worse. And I'm also wondering if I'm right to worry it will be harder to match the color when repairing the wheel, and if so, how much harder ... .
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