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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #10 on: 28 March 2023, 18:17 »
Far too anal in here for me but for daily driver winter wheels I’d be going mid grey. The colour will never pop but it’s practical, doesn’t overly advertise brake dust and is easy to clean if plenty of lacquer is used.
Or satin black with a good slippery coating to keep filth at bay.

Do the wheels actually need refurbing or is it purely a ‘just for the hell of it’?
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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #11 on: 28 March 2023, 20:36 »
Quote from: Exonian on 28 March 2023, 18:17
Far too anal in here for me

Do the wheels actually need refurbing or is it purely a ‘just for the hell of it’?

It can be fun at parties though...or so I'm told  :whistle:

They actually do need refurbing, seller dragged the alloys across the faces so they're all scratched, and as they're satin you can't polish them out, as well as a few kerb marks. If I could avoid refurbing I would.

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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #12 on: 29 March 2023, 13:52 »
On that evidence, maybe it’s just as well I have no friends to invite me to parties!  :shocked: 😁

Also, being a pauper I know nothing about Porsches either, but BBS do Himalaya grey and then there’s Ed30 Pescara grey if you want some sort of ‘originality’.
New Audi RS3 alloy wheel grey?

Or black. They already look really good on the car in black. Porsche satin black similar to that on the Scottsdales Rory is selling on this very forum looks pretty fab.
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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #13 on: 29 March 2023, 14:27 »



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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #14 on: 29 March 2023, 14:41 »
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Absolute wheel porn :cool:. Seeing that picture has just given me wheel envy! IMHO one of the best aftermarket wheel designs around, very OEM+ and in the best colour too.
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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #15 on: 29 March 2023, 17:40 »
Quote from: Exonian on 28 March 2023, 18:17
Far too anal in here for me but for daily driver winter wheels I’d be going mid grey. The colour will never pop but it’s practical, doesn’t overly advertise brake dust and is easy to clean if plenty of lacquer is used.
Or satin black with a good slippery coating to keep filth at bay.

Mid tone grey is the answer for winter wheels. 100% agree on the level of forgiveness they provide.

The TCR wheels are satin and even with coatings, they still look pretty grubby but are admittedly, a bit easier to clean.
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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #16 on: 29 March 2023, 17:46 »
Quote from: Exonian on 29 March 2023, 13:52
On that evidence, maybe it’s just as well I have no friends to invite me to parties!  :shocked: 😁

Also, being a pauper I know nothing about Porsches either, but BBS do Himalaya grey and then there’s Ed30 Pescara grey if you want some sort of ‘originality’.
New Audi RS3 alloy wheel grey?

Or black. They already look really good on the car in black. Porsche satin black similar to that on the Scottsdales Rory is selling on this very forum looks pretty fab.

Porsches are VAG parts bin products so you probably know more than you thought! Availability and their colour formulations are good, I don't think there is anything especially fancy about the paint other than the price they'd charge you.
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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #17 on: 29 March 2023, 19:34 »
Stupidly I forgot there’s a place that sells the platinum silver bbs beside my current site at work, and forgot to call in. Will do that tomorrow though as seeing in the flesh is best.

Lots of small bits and the tyres arrived though so will be able to get the ball properly rolling and also sold the old tyres already.

Satin black is great in summer but bit if brake dust turns them orange and dirt brown, a colour for the ocd which although I am, i’m less so in winter.

Was looking at my eddy’s pescaras the other day and they’re just a fraction too dark, I know i’m very fussy but I think’s worked well for me so far on cars. May end up borrowing a grey colour from bmw.
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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #18 on: 30 March 2023, 06:11 »
Quote from: AGB on 29 March 2023, 17:46

Porsches are VAG parts bin products so you probably know more than you thought! Availability and their colour formulations are good, I don't think there is anything especially fancy about the paint other than the price they'd charge you.

You are spot on as ever. Although I’m not quite so sure on my own knowledge as I spent far too many decades obsessing over alloy wheels and not always to good effect!
I was trying not to get drawn into this thread too much but it did tickle me reading the first page seeing the off the cuff quotes on paint codes. Brilliant stuff! Gotta love real car enthusiasts’ never ending search for perfection going into the tiniest details. The devil is indeed in the detail.
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Re: Wheel Colour Decision
« Reply #19 on: 30 March 2023, 15:43 »
Quote from: Exonian on 29 March 2023, 14:27



I dropped them up with the PS5's there for the refurb and went with the above colour, Porsche OB5 - Satin Platinum Silver
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