Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
Lads, just looking for opinions as I have not come to a conclusion on this yet.
Have a set of dished style 24's that are currently plasti dipped black.
Not sure whether to keep them that colour or go with OEM or something else.
So fellow E36 aficionados - a poll! Hurrah :P
(Not my car..just for reference)
Black
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/IMG_1652.jpg
OEM
http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/a.../calendar1.jpg
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
OEM Staggered with polished lip and silver center. :cool:
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I think that Boston Green works well with Black! But all 3 mentioned look great; black, silver, silver centre and polished lip!
Was having a quick Google and stumbled upon the image below.
Thought gold with a polished lip, might work, but thinking about it, Im not sure if it would work with Motorsports!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g?t=1243457008
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
Just added the poll there :blush:
Yeah see I agree with all comments so far.
OEM + polished lip is a winner! But has it been over done?
Black looks good but is there too much black going on around the wheel?
Gold - Well I think style 5 and gold centers are a winner, not so sure on motorsports as they don't lend themselves to differing colours? That being said there is a set on e36coupe.com that have a polished lip and subaru gold/yellow center that look well. No pics of them on a car though.
I guess the reason this is a big deal to me is that if I go black I'm thinking right we'll go aggressive with the styling and if I go with OEM then it would be more the clean euro look.
Hmmmm......any other thoughts? Thanks for the replies so far! :)
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
Bastardised motorsports have been over done!
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
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Originally Posted by DoktorB
Bastardised motorsports have been over done!
I have two lovely sets and this is my third set over all. So I do like them. What would you class as bastardised? Anything bar OEM?
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
id like see a set like Ross described
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
OEM silver centres and diamond cut lips
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...psf07f1119.jpg
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...n/DSCF5687.jpg
Personally I think back doesn't suit Boston Green. Even though it's name is Boston Green Metallic it's actually a pearl colour so it needs a lot of light to make it look its best. The black wheels for me add a lot of darkness and make the colour look duller.
Then again I've never seen black wheels with boston green in person and it's hard to judge from a picture. Bring both sets to a meet Dave and we can see from there :P
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
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Originally Posted by nsheridan
OEM. Black looks wrong.
I agree but I can't say why though?:huh:
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
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Originally Posted by Venom
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Originally Posted by nsheridan
OEM. Black looks wrong.
I agree but I can't say why though?:huh:
Yeah, same. I think it's the contrast.
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
Matte Black if going with the agro look or graphite grey could be nice to for an in between. Or graphite grey and polished lips. ;)
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RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
Lads thoughts on these...remember on a boston green.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...newones403.jpg
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
I'd say they would look nice!!!! Different to standard centre and polished lip and I'm not mad on black
Wheels cos i think u end up loosing the look of most wheels in black
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Look cool thumbsup :cool:
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Anyone handy with photoshop that could give us a better idea of those wheels on a car?
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
really depends on what way your going with the car.
Stanced - Polished lip coloured centers
Track/street look - Black and aggresive
OEM - well, speaks for itself, keep them oe
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
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Originally Posted by EndaC
Anyone handy with photoshop that could give us a better idea of those wheels on a car?
Yeah I'd be very interested to see that also. We all know wheels can look good but on is a different story.
Anyone please and thanks! :cool:
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
Went for the Black center and silver dish in the end.
http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/...psd05712cd.jpg
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Originally Posted by Venom
If your happy with it then that's good, PIC doesn't show them off though
RE: Boston Green E36 What Colour Alloys?
yeah i get ya, afraid i don't have any better pics of them actually on the car at the minute but here's a couple to give you the idea of what they look like.
http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/...psb87ce204.jpg
http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1e81db6a.jpg
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Attachment 2731OEM on Boston green