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What model year color of the 18" wheels change to gun metal?

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Old 05-30-14, 12:19 PM
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Default What model year color of the 18" wheels change to gun metal?

I believe the color of 18" wheels for 2IS changed from silver to gun metal sometime after the first 06 models came out. Was it 2008 or 2009?
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My 08 had gunmetal so I think it was that year.
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^^Yep........
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2008

2009 is the lobster claw wheels
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lol @ the lobster claws. Whoever invent the design is genius lol.
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Hey I like my lobster claws!
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I do too. It is just the way people call it "lobster claws" is funny.
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gun metal grey? NO..It's called brake dust grey!
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I love the gunmetal color. Hides the brake dust very well.
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