Sorry maybe I'm old -fashioned but I don't like black badges or black alloy wheels.
I think of them as the car's jewellry which should be bright to set the car off.
+1 on that
-1 on that 
+1 on that ^
I think
What he said

As I've said on Jaker's thread, I ended up removing the rear badges and swapping the front for a Red Anniversary style badge which I picked up off of eBay for £3. I tried chrome on the rear and also red on the rear and neither really did it for me. I much prefer the clean look now.
As for the £3 eBay efforts, they are good while they last but after about 6 months I'd say they begin to corrode and the plastic red insert can lift off. But heck they're only £3 and hardly much of an effort to swap out for fresh one's once summer's back around.