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12th March 2012, 07:27 PM
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Opinions please?
As mentioned on another thread I am getting my wheels refurbed, im 80% sure I want to keep them as original, but part of me has always loved these powdercoated anthracite with silver spoke faces on this thread
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthrea...light=original I think they probably look great on that car because of its colour and not sure how they would look on my all black set up what you guys think? cheers 
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12th March 2012, 07:48 PM
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Look nice Brian.
How they manage to mask such complex pattern when they paint? I think they powdercoat wheels fully and then they machine the front surface ("diamond cut?") and then they lacquer the whole thing again.
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12th March 2012, 07:50 PM
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Go with 'Titan' which is what Audi use on the plus, which also comes with the black optics package you have.
Here are some photos that will give you an idea of what it will look like. http://audisrs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11258&start=0
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12th March 2012, 07:56 PM
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Keep them standard I reckon - think 2 tone would look a bit odd against black paint and it's nice to have some bling against your all black paint
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12th March 2012, 08:04 PM
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I vote for standard too, though I think the two tone looks equally nice
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12th March 2012, 08:30 PM
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Speak to Chameleon and see what they can do, but I'd stick with standard, or maybe the 'silver' which is what I had the 'old' D3 wheels done as (was gonna go 'chrome' but their lacquer had problems).
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12th March 2012, 08:35 PM
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I thought of doing the same when I had mine wheels refurbed by Pristine, near Milton Keynes. The guy there suggested anthracite with a diamond cut finish, but I decided not to for two main reasons:
1 - I wanted to keep them as close to the originals as possible, 2 - I thought they'd look a bit "thin" with the darker colour, and that this wouldn't suit such a big car, but that's very much down to personal taste. I might have put the refurbed alloys on in time for the Crieff meet...
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12th March 2012, 10:04 PM
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I went "black chrome" (black powder coat with a silver/chrome paint on top plus lacquer) about 2 years ago, and still love them when clean. Not too dark, and certainly not anthracite / titan dark and not bling. Check out my album / sig pic.
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/album.php?albumid=20 May go back to diamond cut next year - just for a change - but I like what I have. Zip
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13th March 2012, 04:49 AM
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