black or silver wheels

[stelan]

I have a 99 with the twist 17" wheels, the clear coat is peeling off and I will be refinishing them, car is red, wheels are silver now, I'm debating between refinishing them in silver or black with red pinstripe around the rim, any opinions?

[aczyzewski]

Black. Plastidip works great. Not happy, peel it off. I've had it on for two years now with only issue being small spots here and there after a new set of tires. Touch up is easy. Cost me $4.

[Top_Ramen]

OEM Silver!. If they were 18" I'd say black, but I had mine black before(17" twists) and they made the wheel look too small on the car.

[Joe B]

Silver. Looks better with red.

[DrCactus]

Silver would look much better in my view

[BruceH]

Silver and then repaint your calipers at the same time if needed.

[Porsche9]

Factory silver.

Black is trendy plus the look of the wheel gets some what lost. From a distance it can look like black steelies that lost their hubcaps.

[BRAN]

hmmm...how about a classic Ferrari color combo...gold? Not the tacky shiny gold of course ...more like this

[epapp]

Plastic-dip is cool for the first hour. Then you realize they just look faded, flat, and brake-dusty a week later. If you have to stick with 17 twisties, I would keep them silver. If you had the ability to powder coat some 18s, then we're talking...

[78F350]

Tirerack.com, discounttire.com and some other vendors have a wheel visualizer tool where you can try different wheels on your color car. It's hard to find a good one where you have both a wide selection of wheels and a 986. Using a 987 you can see a few more options.
IMO, silver is the best with the red.
...and I would definitely say, not green.

[rjh986]

I am about to do the same thing. I have a 3X black S w/ Carrera 18"s which were slightly damaged by the PO's tire guy. I plan to have them powdercoated black locally in NJ for $600

[VGM911]

I also have to cast my vote for silver.....it's the best color for a red car.

[stelan]

Thanks for all the opinions, I think Im going to do factory silver with clear coat, color the crests and repaint calipers red

[thstone]

ANY color but silver! (ok, maybe not lime green). Why look like every other red Boxster? Stand out.

[DrCactus]

Great idea - that's pretty much what I have on my red car... looks sharp and classic !

[fredd5r]

Silver wheels with metallic copper calipers is a good combination also. Red calipers are too common.

[mariosp]

In my opinon the color of the rims depends also on the design...but I was wondering what is the best combination of black color car silver rims and calipers??

What do u suggest?

I am attaching a picture of mine and I would like to hear your feedback for chaning the rims color, they are 18inches.