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    Re-doing wheels: what color?

    After my girlfriend hit a kerb, my front left wheel is bent, and I need a new set of wheels.
    So I bought a set that I am repairing but I am not sure what color I want them to be.

    The old wheels for reference:
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    This is how the car looks with the "new" wheels:
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    What color would you paint them? I'd like them to fit with the orange calipers.


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    If you weren't going with orange calipers, I would say metallic red. I think that would look pretty fire on a small hatchback. The benefit of having a black Mirage is that pretty much any accent color would look good.

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    Maybe color match the caliper with orange?
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    Or metallic red with one orange spoke?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JRB201 View Post
    What color would you paint them? I'd like them to fit with the orange calipers.
    Your black wheels looked the best with the orange calipers. Anything else would be a downgrade.

    Painted black wheels would look the best to me, but nothing looks worse than paint coming off painted sliver wheels. I would make sure they are done right. Otherwise, I'd rather not have the painted wheels at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post

    Painted black wheels would look the best to me, but nothing looks worse than paint coming off painted silver wheels. I would make sure they are done right. Otherwise, I'd rather not have the painted wheels at all.
    Well, I'll take this as a compliment, since I have painted my current wheels black myself.

    I'm thinking of painting them gun-metal grey or black, orange would be way to bright for me.

    Or metallic red with one orange spoke?
    I thought about this, but since I saw the new aygo cross with one orange spoke, I do not like it. if i had done it, it would be black with one orange spoke though.



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