S1 wheel respray - opinions wanted

[New Duke]

I'm going to get my track wheels resprayed soon. I really don't like how bright they are compared to my black body paint. Pic below. The contrast is jarring. I hate it so much that it stopped me being track day photos.

I wonder if black on black might be too much. The PZ grey might look nice. But the only reference for those I've found is Rover Stone Grey, which is much brighter than the PZ wheels were.

Any suggestions? Ones with a colour code are even better and earn you a gold star!

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[Milos_Balunovic]

Anthracite or gunmetal?

[warpc0il]

Check with the guys that you're planning to go to for the job, e.g. https://justwheelrepair.co.uk/standard-painted
as some colours can be half the price of others that look much the same, all depending on whether it's one of their "standard colours" or a "custom colour".

[Magsrx8]

I was thinking the same thing about the wheels on my velocity red S1, as I've got a mate who can refurb and respray wheels as a hobby of his, so was thinking something anthracitey/gunmetally myself

[SeriousSam]

Gunmetal is a favourite of mine, especially if the rim design lends itself to being diamond turned. Gunmetal grey with a polished lip, hard to beat that IMO

[Dom-PZ]

I put a dirty bronze colour on my 3 series touring the last time I changed the colour of a wheel... which may have been 12-13 years ago now!

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It would probably work well on a black car also?

No colour code so no gold stars for me, it was an off the shelf colour at Lepson's at the time, but appears to be custom now. Turns out I might not have been that much help

[Dr. FrankenRex]

Shadow Chrome is glorious, as evidenced by the Nemesis special edition (99% certain it was the nemesis?)

Can't find an RX8 pic, shockingly, however the ND MX5 came with shadow chrome from the factory:



Looks great against black IMO

[Jester*]

Go bold or go home.

[Juey]

'Rota bronze' on an Anniversary wheel. Tones down the brightness nicely but not sure how it would look on a std alloy though....
Original bright silver wheels
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Rota bronze Anni.

[New Duke]

Thank you guys. Really appreciate the suggestions (and photos!). There are some ideas here that I really like. I'll try to find some paint codes, I'm sure that'll narrow down the options.

[GreySilver Beast]

I had a set of alloys powder coated in Black and "Flash Chrome" by Lap Tab in Birmingham the silver is like chrome but doesn`t come across very well in the photo`s.

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[SeriousSam]

If you go to one of the bigger wheel refurb companies near you (MyAlloys are my local) they usually tend to have a display wall filled with wheels in an array of the finishes they offer. Well worth taking a look, and they're usually happy to let you take one outside to sit it next to your car for comparison with the paintwork. That's worth doing, because your tastes may not match ours, and you might find that a polished gold or lime green tickles your fancy. Wouldn't do it for me, but each to their own.

[wreeve]

I went with 2 cups of silver and 1 cup of black for a powder coat finish. Takes the edge off the silver wheels with a black car. I believe the Kuro had slightly black alloys for this reason (which I tried to match).

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[New Duke]

I'm off to City Wheels tomorrow to get these wheels painted. I was also planning to take a 5th wheel. One from my R3 that the wife managed to scuff the one time she drove the car. Only City Wheels no longer stock the colour that they painted that set of wheels with in 2018.

The other three wheels in that set are still pristine. Which I thought was good going (and why I think I've been a saint about the scuffed one). But I don't think I can justify getting the whole set repainted. So I'll try to get that one colour matched locally and just get the S1 wheels done tomorrow.

Thanks for the colour suggestions. I've got a couple shortlisted and I'll also see what they have in the showroom.

[New Duke]

Cheapest quote I can get locally is £100 for the single R3 wheel. For that price looks like I may as well get that whole set redone a new colour at City Wheels as well!