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Silver or Black Wheels - Help my indecisiveness

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Old 01-09-2024, 07:27 PM
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silver. too much black w. tires. loss of definition.
Old 01-09-2024, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RapidGT
GT3 wheels have a beautiful spoke design and I wanna be able to see them better.
Agreed, though I don’t run them on my car. They’re essentially a modern interpretation of the fuch but with the petals cut out like the magnus fifteen52 outlaw wheels.
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Old 01-09-2024, 09:09 PM
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ALWAYS silver. Black will never look better IMO.
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I might be a bit biased. For the OEM wheel my personal preference is black, but must be piano black (high gloss), not matte or satin. The original spec on my car was white wheels, which were repainted. Silver is fine, but I feel that was more fitting for the 996. If going to a BBS RE or E88, E07 obviously silver, gold, weiBgold and chrome look fantastic.
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Old 01-09-2024, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Belinko
I might be a bit biased. For the OEM wheel my personal preference is black, but must be piano black (high gloss), not matte or satin. The original spec on my car was white wheels, which were repainted. Silver is fine, but I feel that was more fitting for the 996. If going to a BBS RE or E88, E07 obviously silver, gold, weiBgold and chrome look fantastic.
Man I really wanna do the .1 RS rear decklid/wing
Old 01-09-2024, 10:22 PM
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I will look at your car tomorrow and let you know!

Can't go wrong either way. Coffee conversation and I'll buy!!
Old 01-09-2024, 10:47 PM
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Definitely lose some wheel detail in black but i prefer gloss black on a white GT3, this is my winter wheel set so black is also functional for hiding road grime. The Riv Blue 991 is not mine.
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I like black or gun-metal wheels on white and silver cars, but silver/grey wheels on most colors.

Recently changed wheels on some of my other cars and it can be pretty fun to "try a new look".

I painted my stock wheels satin black on my white .2 but it does have a little different look with the grey center-locks. I matched the texture and color to the GT3 badge, people love them, but I am kind of thinking about going back to stock just for a new look.

Also considering a dark bronze. I ordered a 'winter' set for my Corolla that are dark bronze and they look really good with white see below. This color really looks good in person, and I would have them color-matched.



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Old 01-10-2024, 01:05 AM
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The correct answer is you deserve both and should swap them out whenever you do maintenance
Old 01-10-2024, 01:08 AM
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Black is so over done now. Silver is the best answer.
Old 01-10-2024, 08:49 AM
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Almost always prefer silver over black.
Old 01-10-2024, 10:26 AM
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Save Silver wheels!!
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Silver, which is ironic as I have black on white, but it's OEM for the RS.
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Old 01-10-2024, 10:57 AM
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BLACK
Silver is too ordinary.


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