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Poll - Wheel opinions please

Alloy wheels and tyre discussion
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What do you think of these wheels

I like them - they work well with IL Blue
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24%
They're fine for track use but I wouldn't use them on the road
10
30%
I don't feel strongly either way
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No votes
Black wheels don't work on a blue car, as for the yellow stripe...
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21%
You've made a lovely car look like it belongs at a McDonalds drive through
8
24%
 
Total votes: 33

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Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by BMWZ4MC » Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:22 am

I was surprised that nobody commented on my choice of wheels in the "Zed Colours: ///M Interlagos Blue" thread http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic ... 0#p1016920 so I thought I'd run a poll. The wheels were for sale for months fitted with almost new P Zeros but remained unsold (perhaps for obvious reasons). Eventually the vendor reduced the price until it fell to significantly less than the cost of the tyres alone and I couldn't resist any longer. So, it's a simple question - what do you think? I bought the wheels to use with soft compound semi-slicks for track days, so if everybody hates them, my excuse is that a yellow sidewall is used in F1 for the soft compound tyres, so I'm just following their lead :P

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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by Taz » Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:27 am

I like :thumbsup: but think they may look nicer on my carbon black :)

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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by Bing » Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:02 pm

You missed an option – "They work, but the yellow line is questionable" :P
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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by BMWZ4MC » Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:45 pm

Taz, I think on a black car any yellow stripes might look a little like a bumble bee :P
You're right Bing. I had intended to remove the yellow line and either paint it black or perhaps polish and lacquer the rim, but it's starting to grow on me. I wouldn't park it next to my boss's car looking like that though! I think they look more aggressive than silver wheels and all black would be lost on a blue car, so these will work well as track wheels. At least only one person has branded me a chav so far :lol:
These were originally on a Dakar Yellow Z3MC that had a matt black wrap. The new owner wisely stripped the wrap then decided he wanted wider wheels with deeper dish. I think that the wheels would have looked better on his car if the were all black and they would have quite probably sold much more readily too.
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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by GP06Roadster » Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:46 pm

I'd paint em anthracite - nice wheels in the right colour
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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by BMWZ4MC » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:02 pm

Oh dear, a third of people now think I should be making doughnuts behind McDonalds :oops:
GP06Roadster wrote:I'd paint em anthracite - nice wheels in the right colour
I'm not sure about any dark colour wheel on a blue car, but I'll certainly consider it if opinion continues to follow the current trend :D
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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by Sae » Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:42 pm

:thumbsup:
That strangely works, I'm feeling the f1 look, but you need some tyre black/shine on to get full effect :)
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Post by mr wilks » Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:14 pm

At least you got some decent rubber with them :wink:
trackday set they work , day to day i'm not a fan
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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by GP06Roadster » Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:38 pm

BMWZ4MC wrote:Oh dear, a third of people now think I should be making doughnuts behind McDonalds :oops:
GP06Roadster wrote:I'd paint em anthracite - nice wheels in the right colour
I'm not sure about any dark colour wheel on a blue car, but I'll certainly consider it if opinion continues to follow the current trend :D
Yeh, not everyone's cup of tea but then.... :wink:
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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by BMWZ4MC » Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:26 pm

Granted that does look good - I'll take some more photographs and consider testing my painting skills :thumbsup:
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Re: Poll - Wheel opinions please

Post by flimper » Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:38 am

Track only for me
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