BMW wheel advice?

youknowluke · 10-17-2015, 03:15 AM

Hi I've got a one series F20 in imperial grey. I'm getting the 4 wheels powder coated.. I'm wondering what colour to go with whether to stick with silver or get a nice gloss graphite grey finish like all the new m wheels. There 386m wheels. Anyone with any photos of different wheel colours with this car colour would be appreciated.

olszu · 10-19-2015, 10:28 AM

Maybe some kind of purple ? Grey fits very well with purple, specialy dark purple.

jethro7 · 10-26-2015, 05:58 AM

Since your ride is dark already, silver color particularly hyper silver gets my vote.

BeEmVe · 10-26-2015, 10:02 AM

I just redid our 355 wheels after I pooched one of them. We did a gun metal gray with a clear coat. They will be our winter wheels. I think they will look good given the car is glacier white. Our other wheels are silver and they look good too.

For your vehicle, being dark in color I would stick with silver. As it provides a nice contrast. I am not fan of all "dark" in color.

Twixboy · 10-26-2015, 10:25 AM

Whoa, what is that? A 1 series 3-door hatchback? Was that ever sold in the US?

Viffermike · 10-26-2015, 03:41 PM

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Whoa, what is that? A 1 series 3-door hatchback? Was that ever sold in the US?

No. It wasn't. Plenty of strings on why the U.S. doesn't often get 2-door hatchbacks exist; we simply don't buy them. Even among cars that are sold here in 2-door and 4-door hatch variants -- the VW Golf/Golf GTI comes to mind (and, interestingly, the Golf R only comes in 4-door) -- the 4-door version accounts for the vast, vast majority of sales: something like a 4-to-1 ratio. (By the way: The M135i is the 'beast' of this body style).

Viffermike · 10-26-2015, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by youknowluke

Hi I've got a one series F20 in imperial grey. I'm getting the 4 wheels powder coated.. I'm wondering what colour to go with whether to stick with silver or get a nice gloss graphite grey finish like all the new m wheels. There 386m wheels. Anyone with any photos of different wheel colours with this car colour would be appreciated.

Dude. The rest of your car has blacked-out "Sportline" trim. What's silver or gunmetal on it? The exhaust? That's chrome, not silver ...

Gloss black wheels. FTW! (My 'blackened' 228i M Sport):

youknowluke · 10-27-2015, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jethro7

Since your ride is dark already, silver color particularly hyper silver gets my vote.

I think your right can you attach a photo of hyper silver is it below?

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olszu New Member 0 Rep 14 Posts Drives: 120d Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: WWA iTrader: (0)	Maybe some kind of purple ? Grey fits very well with purple, specialy dark purple.
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BeEmVe Lieutenant 258 Rep 566 Posts Drives: '14 X1 x28i M-Sport Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: on the road to perdition iTrader: (1)	I just redid our 355 wheels after I pooched one of them. We did a gun metal gray with a clear coat. They will be our winter wheels. I think they will look good given the car is glacier white. Our other wheels are silver and they look good too. For your vehicle, being dark in color I would stick with silver. As it provides a nice contrast. I am not fan of all "dark" in color.
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Twixboy Captain 124 Rep 904 Posts Drives: '04 Z4 3.0i 6spd Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: MA iTrader: (2)	Whoa, what is that? A 1 series 3-door hatchback? Was that ever sold in the US?
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