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Old May 5, 2022 | 11:02 AM
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Hello,
I'm not very active on the forum but I've tried all possible sources to get this information and failed. So I need to trun in for help from subject matter experts
I always thought that FSport wheels are coming in gunmetal color only, however I've got a set of wheels and one of them was damaged. This is second set I was planing to swap 2 weels that I have damaged from my primary set and then just piant the other set and make winter set of wheels out of it.

However the color looks to be black chrome (not even sure if its OEM or re-paint , looks oem but never seen wheels in that color)

First question, is this OEM color ? Maybe picture doesn't show it but it looks like black chrome





Second question, does anyone have 18 x 8.5 wheel for sale preferably in that color ? If not I'm looking for any color, can be damaged, I'm going to just re-paint the whole set
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Old May 5, 2022 | 11:13 AM
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Are these from a Black Line? Otherwise, they wouldn't be black chrome. I've owned a 2016 IS 300 AWD F Sport, and now a 2021 IS 350 F Sport. The 2021 and the Black Line have black chrome, whereas the 2016 had metallic gray wheels.




Notice the car at the bottom has a much different wheel color compared to the Black Line.

If it's black chrome, the only way to fix it is to have it re-chromed. It's usually just as easy to get a brand-new wheel. It's a little hard to say based on the photo, since it is dark, but yours looks darker/shinier than the gray metallic on the lower car.
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Old May 5, 2022 | 11:18 AM
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Thanks @arentz07
Yes those are black chome, my primary set is the gunmetal one (I got them online and I thought that it was same color just came out like that on photo)
They are in decent shape just one is broken. Not sure if black like was sold in Europe and if there is even an option to order new 8.5 rim in here


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Old May 5, 2022 | 11:25 AM
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OK. So, in short, yes, it's an OE color, just not the same color on most F Sports. I think the wheel is otherwise the same, so if you plan to repaint anyway, it should be fine.
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