View Poll Results: Black wheels: Love them or Hate them
Love Them
138
57.26%
Hate Them
103
42.74%
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Lets get the new week started: Black Wheels or Not
#1
Melting Slicks
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Lets get the new week started: Black Wheels or Not
Black wheels are all the rage this year, but will it carry? Do you think they cheapen the look to you, or do they scream contemporary.
Will they last or is this just a fad.
Will they last or is this just a fad.
Last edited by rothchilds; 07-29-2013 at 10:07 AM.
#4
Pro
Still on the fence for the black wheels and black mirrors/spoiler... or I go chrome wheels and white mirrors and spoiler...
#7
Burning Brakes
I do not love or hate Black, but I put hate because I prefer Aluminum or Chrome.
I actually have Black on my 911, but I would not have picked them. Everyone else loves them. I think black looks better when it has a Polished lip and it only looks good on certain colors. Blue with Black looks terrible, white or red looks good.
By the way the painted wheels chip to easy also and despite what you may think I find them more difficult to keep clean than Aluminum or Chrome.
I actually have Black on my 911, but I would not have picked them. Everyone else loves them. I think black looks better when it has a Polished lip and it only looks good on certain colors. Blue with Black looks terrible, white or red looks good.
By the way the painted wheels chip to easy also and despite what you may think I find them more difficult to keep clean than Aluminum or Chrome.
#8
Intermediate
VY over black around jet black. Actually my wife's first choice, too. Plus she wants the stick! God love her.
#9
Drifting
Dude, I'm officially classified as an old fart. At this age, a benefit is they just turn to dust ! But the question is, do the black wheels just make me feel younger, or look as if I know how to properly dress the car? Or both ???
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Either way I'd want to give you a high five. Congrats!
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I much prefer the look of chrome or high polished wheels so I'm not a real fan of all black wheels. If they just have a black center and a high polished lip, I think they look much better.
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I voted "Love Them" since this is the C7 section. The C7 with all the other black accents looks great with black wheels. Now for the C5 & C6 I prefer chrome in most cases. There are a few C5s & C6s here, imo, that look good with black wheels but most of those have aggressive mods that add to the "look" that makes the black rims fit.
#18
I think it depends on the body color. Bright body colors pop with the black wheels, as does the red or yellow calipers. I feel the VVT option, (carbon black spoilers & mirror) are a bit too much black with those wheels, so that's about the only option I left off.
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Black wheels were a fad 40 years ago, all we did was take off the hub caps.
That being said, I like the black wheels on certain colors. I prefer polished aluminum wheels with a clear coat finish, since they were not offered I ordered chrome wheels. I did respond to an offer here on CF, someone selling a set of black Z51 wheels when he gets the C7. I will buy them if the price is right.
That being said, I like the black wheels on certain colors. I prefer polished aluminum wheels with a clear coat finish, since they were not offered I ordered chrome wheels. I did respond to an offer here on CF, someone selling a set of black Z51 wheels when he gets the C7. I will buy them if the price is right.
#20
Like stated above, with all the black vents, black wheels look good on this car. I am 27 and would almost rather go chrome. Black does look good on the c7 but I'm just personally burnt out on them. Black wheels were huge in the tuner car scene. I want to see some nice gunmetal wheels on the car.