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Help! You pick.. Brushed Silver finish or Matte Black finish???

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Old 06-01-05, 10:39 PM
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Default Help! You pick.. Brushed Silver finish or Matte Black finish???

i'm in the market for a new set of wheels but cannot decide what fnish i want..
Please help me decide.

First, let me give you a description of my car.

I own a 1996 Alpine Silver sc300. it has a kit and it has been dropped..


I was almost set on the brushed aluminum finish, because I think polished wheels on a silver car doesn't look great.. so I was set on the brushed aluminum finish.. shown below.
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Old 06-01-05, 10:42 PM
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The windows are 5% all around, including the front winshield. I have tiny t&e carbon fiber mirrors (black) same mirrors seen on the t&e vertex soarer. I am also consider painting my headlight housing and brake calipers black.. so do you think I should just get the wheels with a black finish? To compliment all the black accents on the car?

Its a tough decision, I know some think black wheels are jsut a trend, and it may be ricy, but i've liked it for a while, and imo its timeless, well at least for now (then i guess its not timeless ), well just help me pick. Thanks
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Old 06-01-05, 11:25 PM
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OK, after waiting about half an hour and no reply, i am going to sleep. I hope to see some opinions in the morning! haha
Old 06-02-05, 12:04 PM
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Brushed is always a good bet. Black is already played-out here in L.A... I think it is just a fad.

That is an... interesting... wheel style. Very chunky. Is it CCW?
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i'd go brushed also.
post up a pickture of your car so we have a better idea.
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of those two choices brushed
Old 06-03-05, 05:29 AM
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Not feeling either one of them to be honest with you.
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i think they are sweet, with some aggressive offsets and some crazy lip..
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Old 06-03-05, 06:17 AM
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Here are a couple of pictures of the matte black finish on the silver car.

Since they are three piece wheels, do you think ti would be possible to order both the black face and the silver brushed face and just switch it up when I get tired of one look?
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One moreeeeeeeeeeeee
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If I have to choose, BLACK
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my votes goes for the brushed-finish. If you car was black then I would have said the matte-black - black on black looks hard!
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either way black or brush would look good.

what i think would prob. look good if you did a black top, cf hood, and maybe even a cf trunk then go with the black wheels.
heres a pic of a blitz MR2 with a black top to have an idea what it looks like. ive always been a fan of the black top
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what kind of wheels are these??? i think they look really nice with a low offset
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Originally Posted by 2FiVE8
what kind of wheels are these??? i think they look really nice with a low offset
They look like CCW Classics to me. I almost bought a set for my Cobra.
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