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Old 05-13-2010, 02:56 PM   #1
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Loving all the Midnight Blue cars! Had to post my lowered one as well I've been thinking of going black on the wheels as well, but liking the conrast of how the silver looks, so not totally sold on it just yet.

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Old 05-14-2010, 08:56 AM   #2
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Loving all the Midnight Blue cars! Had to post my lowered one as well I've been thinking of going black on the wheels as well, but liking the conrast of how the silver looks, so not totally sold on it just yet.

Your car is absolutely stunning. You could get by with black wheels, but ultimately, gun metal would look better, tenfold. Aero kit I or II?
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Old 06-29-2010, 07:53 AM   #3
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UPDATE

Inlcuded are two photographs of the vehicle with clear side markers, and all red tail lights. I am no longer purchasing a set of Forgestar F14's and I have I decided on a set of Champion RG5's within the next month or two.



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Old 06-29-2010, 08:29 AM   #4
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I generally like body and wheel color matched wheels on most colors except black.
The black rubber on black wheel just gets too muddled. Reminds me of a police car.
So I vote for gun metal. What I would prefer to see is a wheel that had combination of gun metal and silver. Like the 997 Turbo wheels where the wheel face is flat, the recessed parts would be gun metal and the top surface is silver...giving a dynamic 3-D effect of sorts.
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Old 06-29-2010, 04:26 PM   #5
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Siggy pic gives my opinion!

Here are more - http://picasaweb.google.com/KWullen88/BoxsterOZ#
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Old 06-29-2010, 04:34 PM   #6
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I generally like body and wheel color matched wheels on most colors except black.
The black rubber on black wheel just gets too muddled. Reminds me of a police car.
So I vote for gun metal. What I would prefer to see is a wheel that had combination of gun metal and silver. Like the 997 Turbo wheels where the wheel face is flat, the recessed parts would be gun metal and the top surface is silver...giving a dynamic 3-D effect of sorts.
The BBS RS/GT in Diamond Black were my FAV-O-RITES, but I couldn't justify $3500 for a set of wheels.
They are BBS's proprietary gunmetal with polished aluminum rims. Surprisingly, they were also much heavier than to OZ's I bought.
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Old 06-30-2010, 04:06 AM   #7
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Can't go wrong with the RG5s... although you might miss how easy it is to clean your carrera lights, or maybe you don't clean them at all because they're black.
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Another vote for gunmetal...I hardly ever have to clean my wheels because they never look dirty. Lol


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