Chrome vs. Silver Painted Wheels
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Look at this from a practical standpoint. Chrome can be what everyone wants. When it's clean, it looks great. When it starts to get dirty, it's silver. Of course when it's completely covered in brake dust, you get black. What's not to love 
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Now back to the chrome wheel topic.
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Exactly. No chrome.
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I too am debating.....right now at painted.
I will go with Cyber Gray and really would like black chrome wheels.
I will go with Cyber Gray and really would like black chrome wheels.
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Here how it works
65 + year olds like chrome
45+ year olds like silver. ( with a little brake dust )
25+. Year olds like black
15 + kids like yellow brakes " that's what they call them "
I like titanium wheels but I'm from another planet .
This poll is not scientific ---- disclaimer----
65 + year olds like chrome
45+ year olds like silver. ( with a little brake dust )
25+. Year olds like black
15 + kids like yellow brakes " that's what they call them "
I like titanium wheels but I'm from another planet .
This poll is not scientific ---- disclaimer----
Last edited by green2000; Dec 7, 2013 at 11:15 AM. Reason: add sentence
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I have had horrible service with chrome wheels. For the long term, if you actually drive the car year round where it gets cold, they always pit from brake dust. road grime and salt. Hoping they come out with a polished aluminum wheel in the near future because, for me, they are the best. I hate the black wheel style. For what's available now, I'd go painted even though I think the painted is a little too bright silver for my taste.
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I have had horrible service with chrome wheels. For the long term, if you actually drive the car year round where it gets cold, they always pit from brake dust. road grime and salt. Hoping they come out with a polished aluminum wheel in the near future because, for me, they are the best. I hate the black wheel style. For what's available now, I'd go painted even though I think the painted is a little too bright silver for my taste.
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The chrome/paint/black debate will never be settled when comparing two cars side by side....now stroll both cars through a parking lot at 5mph and you don't even notice the non-chromed wheel car....it just fades in the background while the chrome wheeled car wheels just pop to beyond belief with the sparkle of a mesmerizing kaleidoscope effect (oh wait....I guess if you're under 40 you probably don't even know what a kaleidoscope is )!
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The chrome/paint/black debate will never be settled when comparing two cars side by side....now stroll both cars through a parking lot at 5mph and you don't even notice the non-chromed wheel car....it just fades in the background while the chrome wheeled car wheels just pop to beyond belief with the sparkle of a mesmerizing kaleidoscope effect (oh wait....I guess if you're under 40 you probably don't even know what a kaleidoscope is )!
)!And that's the exact problem for me...chrome too gaudy .... And I'm 62....
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Chrome wheels at $2000 are way over priced! Chrome will pit and if you scrape a curb they can not be repaired by the wheel doctor. On some exterior colors the chrome wheels look better than the painted. For myself, I would stick with the painted wheels, especially on the Z51 wheels. I have to admit though, the chrome does look nicer on the non Z51 wheel. INMHO...the non Z51 wheel is very bland looking. I think the designers could or should have come up with something better!
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I think I will stick with the stock Z51 Silver wheels. If down the road I need a change I will have 2000 toward some after market wheels or get the stockers powder coated. Thanks for the ideas.
Eric
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