New wheels installed today

Rox335i · 08-17-2023, 07:39 AM

Had black wheels before on my car and I think silver wheels look much cleaner on an estoril blue. Thoughts?

MEN54 · 08-17-2023, 09:36 AM

Enjoy buddy

LuxoM3 · 08-17-2023, 09:48 AM

Well *personally* I am partial to black wheels... matte black and a simple spoke design.
Mattte black as it actually SHOWS the shape/lines of the wheels. Gloss is a horrible black wheel choice - the glare-y finish hides the wheel design.

But that's the Creative Director side of me.

The news wheels on your car are VERY NICE sir!

AndrewC1989 · 08-17-2023, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Rox335i

Had black wheels before on my car and I think silver wheels look much cleaner on an estoril blue. Thoughts?

I like the wheels, I don't much care for the center caps if I'm being honest

Rox335i · 08-17-2023, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by LuxoM3

Well *personally* I am partial to black wheels... matte black and a simple spoke design.
But that's the Creative Director side of me.

The news wheels on your car are VERY NICE sir!

Yea, I had black wheels before but they look great when they’re clean lol. Not a big fan when they’re dirty with all the brake dust.

Rox335i · 08-17-2023, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by AndrewC1989

I like the wheels, I don't much care for the center caps if I'm being honest

I bought the red center caps from the wheel manufacturer. Will make it look better!

LuxoM3 · 08-18-2023, 12:12 AM

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Yea, I had black wheels before but they look great when they’re clean lol. Not a big fan when they’re dirty with all the brake dust.

Right?!

The solution? Ceramic pads my friend, Akebono Ceramic

StealthF32 · 08-18-2023, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Rox335i

Had black wheels before on my car and I think silver wheels look much cleaner on an estoril blue. Thoughts?

...... definitely better, but imo OEM BMW ctrcaps would complete the look!!

johnung · 08-18-2023, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rox335i

Had black wheels before on my car and I think silver wheels look much cleaner on an estoril blue. Thoughts?

I agree with you. Silver wheels really pop on a car, especially when the trim is blacked out. Clean and coat the new wheels with a ceramic coating to keep them looking like new.

StealthF32 · 08-18-2023, 10:44 AM

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I agree with you. Silver wheels really pop on a car, especially when the trim is blacked out. Clean and coat the new wheels with a ceramic coating to keep them looking like new.

Agreed.... 💯%

Rox335i · 08-18-2023, 04:43 PM

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...... definitely better, but imo OEM BMW ctrcaps would complete the look!!

Sadly the OEM caps don’t fit. The wheel manufacture has red caps. I think that’ll look good. Or I buy the bmw wheel stickers.

tturedraider · 08-18-2023, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Rox335i

Had black wheels before on my car and I think silver wheels look much cleaner on an estoril blue. Thoughts?

Agreed!! I hate black wheels!! I do not understand their popularity!! It’s like having a black hole on each corner of your car. And it makes cars look like unmarked police cruisers.

HM-2 · 08-19-2023, 04:04 AM

IMO Gunmetal or Ferric Grey is my favourite with Estoril, but I'm another one in the "hates black wheels" camp for the most part.

///M Wagon · 08-23-2023, 08:16 PM

I’m with you….silver on EB is the way to go

eff32fl · 09-03-2023, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rox335i

Had black wheels before on my car and I think silver wheels look much cleaner on an estoril blue. Thoughts?

Looks good! Agreed silver/light grey wheels look better on estoril blue. Not a fan of black wheels myself unless you have a black car and you're going for the murdered out look.

cfm56d7b · 09-30-2023, 03:39 PM

Perfect wheels. Sharp!

danb1979 · 10-01-2023, 08:17 AM

The blue absolutely suits the silver; wonder if you can get decent BMW wheel centre cap stickers to break up the all-silver centre caps at all?

I was in the camp of not keen on black wheels; absolutely hate gloss black (my F31 came with gloss black 403Ms and I got rid of them the weekend I collected the car and fitted 400Ms with winter tyres)

But bought an immaculate set of satin black 18" 405Ms off these forums (UK seller) and for me they work really well on my F31 with all the other black accents on the car too (M Sport lip kit, decals, trim etc)

I did think about ferric grey as well; but it'd have been another colour to add in and it wouldn't look right IMO

Ferric grey is a great colour IMO and it works with a lot of colours on cars; this was my previous Jap import E39 touring with 17" Style 66s in ferric grey

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LuxoM3 (formerly exe36M3) 47 Rep 61 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW 435i Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: NorCal iTrader: (0)	Well personally I am partial to black wheels... matte black and a simple spoke design. Mattte black as it actually SHOWS the shape/lines of the wheels. Gloss is a horrible black wheel choice - the glare-y finish hides the wheel design. But that's the Creative Director side of me. The news wheels on your car are VERY NICE sir! __________________ BMW CCA Member \| 2015 BMW 435i RWD, Stage 1 Bootmod3 Last edited by LuxoM3; 08-20-2023 at 01:35 PM..
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danb1979 Idiotic lifter of heavy stones... 1847 Rep 2,047 Posts Drives: 2015 F31 325D M Sport touring Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Preston, Lancashire - UK iTrader: (0)	The blue absolutely suits the silver; wonder if you can get decent BMW wheel centre cap stickers to break up the all-silver centre caps at all? I was in the camp of not keen on black wheels; absolutely hate gloss black (my F31 came with gloss black 403Ms and I got rid of them the weekend I collected the car and fitted 400Ms with winter tyres) But bought an immaculate set of satin black 18" 405Ms off these forums (UK seller) and for me they work really well on my F31 with all the other black accents on the car too (M Sport lip kit, decals, trim etc) I did think about ferric grey as well; but it'd have been another colour to add in and it wouldn't look right IMO Ferric grey is a great colour IMO and it works with a lot of colours on cars; this was my previous Jap import E39 touring with 17" Style 66s in ferric grey __________________ My car: 2015 F31 325D M Sport Touring in Glacier Metallic Silver - Keeping it OEM 'Plus' Project: https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1982298
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