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About to pull the trigger on wheels for a Starfire Pearl IS350. What color???!

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Old 04-10-14, 11:08 AM
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Default About to pull the trigger on wheels for a Starfire Pearl IS350. What color???!

After a month of researching I've narrowed it down to a wheelset and vendor I'll be ordering from.

Velgen VMB5's in a 19" staggered setup.

My suspension is being installed this week.
The last decision is what color wheels to go with for my 2011 Starfire Pearl White. I can't for the life of me decide!!!

Matte Gunmetal looks great so does Matte Silver. Here are MY list of pro/cons of each color.

Pros for Gunmetal:
EXCELLENT contrast to the white on my car.
Looks sportier

Con for Gunmetal:
Looks a little too tuner/car boy racer-ish..
Gunmetal on white seems a bit played out.


Pros for silver:
Looks cleaner and more factory-ish.
More mature/luxury looking

Cons:
Looks a bit plainer on white


If I had a darker color car the decision would be easy. I'd go gunmetal, but for me it's bit harder since I have a white car. What do you guys think?


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Old 04-10-14, 11:15 AM
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I would go with gunmetal.
Old 04-10-14, 11:43 AM
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I think you just helped me find the rims i want to purchase haha.

But Gunmetal would be a really nice color!!
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Gunmetal for sure!
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Those on the picture
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Looks like I'll go ahead and order the gunmetal. Thanks fellas. That's what I initially was leaning to
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They always say that Occam's Razor is usually how the human mind will conceive it's decision when posed with such choices....

Good choice.

(Occam's Razor states that sometimes the simplest answer is the first answer we deductively arrive to in the first few moments of situation. And in that, the simplest answer is the correct one) Nice job!
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