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Black Wheels on Imola Red Z4M Coupe

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Post by nickw6666 » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:52 pm

I'm thinking if I paint the original wheels black and then later want to sell the car. I can get them repainted in the original silver or alternatively put the car up for sale with the wheels black..
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Post by JMS05 » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:45 am

Interestingly and I have no idea why this was produced but you can buy a model in Imola red with the black wheels to match:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BMW-Coupe-2009 ... B009T6C892

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Post by nickw6666 » Mon Sep 04, 2017 6:23 pm

Yes, I saw this recently on Amazon and was horrified. What a dreadful looking model!

I've been after a decent Z4M coupe scale model in Iola Red but have not been able to find one until I saw this. Not sure what they were taking as the car has a chrome grill and black wheels, which is obviously not standard.

Its great though to see a model of the car available even if it is a bit of a shocker! :o
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Post by MrPT » Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:04 pm

Looks pretty good. Not as good as some other cars that have more black bits on the bodywork (e.g. Elise S2, 991.2 GT3).

I think dark grey looks great too, e.g. this (helps if you have mega APs in red also!).

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paulgs1000's Z4M looks good with dark grey 224s, despite being the famously hideous roadster:

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Post by Sam1977 » Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:20 pm

nickw6666 wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:52 pm I'm thinking if I paint the original wheels black and then later want to sell the car. I can get them repainted in the original silver or alternatively put the car up for sale with the wheels black..
Yes fair point and black in my opinion at least (even though I have only 36 posts ..) looks great.
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Post by DONDP » Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:55 pm

Was going to share some photos of my car but looks like I was beaten to it! Although, I also found a picture with the other 'shoes' on. Not quite black but a very dark grey....
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Post by KERMIT1970 » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:05 pm

I think you lose the definition of the wheels when there black. Dark grey look better imo with imola.
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Post by wspohn » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:32 pm

I like it more than I thought I would. A lot of cars being modded to black wheels and most don't take it as well..

I'm pondering whether a change in colour on a silver/gray coupe to rims in bronze or bronze-gold would work. Will have to do some image searching.
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Post by Beedub » Fri Sep 08, 2017 8:10 pm

Too much detail in the wheel is lost..... Way to much, BMW's Ferric grey is awesome, Grey in most lights but got some bronze in their too, very cool and really brings out the detail in wheels .
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Post by RedUn » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:23 pm

DONDP wrote: Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:55 pm Was going to share some photos of my car but looks like I was beaten to it! Although, I also found a picture with the other 'shoes' on. Not quite black but a very dark grey....
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Post by Papa_Zee » Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:22 am

Cracker wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:12 pm Only got a couple of pics of my roady on my phone at the moment, hope they help. IMG_2192.PNGIMG_2191.PNG
Cracker, those pipes amazing... what are they, please?
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Post by Cracker » Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:58 pm

Papa_Zee wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:22 am
Cracker wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:12 pm Only got a couple of pics of my roady on my phone at the moment, hope they help. IMG_2192.PNGIMG_2191.PNG
Cracker, those pipes amazing... what are they, please?
I bet they sound awesome!

Their RPI, yeah they look great & imo they do sound amazing. They are a bit love or hate them on here but each to their own.
Have a look & listen on YouTube, plenty off clips on there. Tbh they don’t do them justice. :evil:
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Post by wspohn » Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:20 pm

I second the RPI - I have them as well. I have never found them too loud, though many have complained of that.
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Post by Simon 3.2M » Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:23 pm

I'm thinking anthracite or ferric grey for my silver grey M
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