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How to ruin the look of 108's !

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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by Toe-side » Sat Aug 09, 2014 11:06 pm

Each too there own .
Glad you have not been desensitised on what UGLY means by driving a tin top. :poke:
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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by Toe-side » Sat Aug 09, 2014 11:10 pm

mr wilks wrote:
Toe-side wrote:Looks fine to me .............. I have a silver set of 107's and satin black 108's Nice for a change. :)

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I think the satin finish,silver paint & lowered stance are pulling those off for you & hats off for breaking the mould :thumbsup:
perhaps a dark grey/graphite rim could work well with a black centre :wink:
Cheers. They are just a bit of fun but they they look a great on the car (my choice). Not every ones taste OEM wise but the car owes me nothing and I like tinkering!
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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by ronk » Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:13 am

Toe-side wrote:Each too there own .
Glad you have not been desensitised on what UGLY means by driving a tin top. :poke:
The car was designed as a rag top - then came a tintop version.
It's pretty but it was an afterthought :fuelfire:
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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by aquazi » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:14 am

I agree not being split and a one piece black isnt great... But i wouldnt call them ugly!

Look better then corroded!

I was almost tempted to give mine a black rim and silver star... But realised that would make them look smaller.

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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by CMO16V » Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:52 pm

they look better than my corroded set of silver ones :D I was planning on spraying mine all black and using them as my winter set

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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by mr wilks » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:02 pm

CMO16V wrote:they look better than my corroded set of silver ones :D I was planning on spraying mine all black and using them as my winter set
I can do you a px deal on a freshly refurbed set if you have a spare iphone you want shut of :oops:
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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by Toe-side » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:53 pm

I did split my wheels btw and polished each fastner.......very therapeutic.
Needed the detail of the polished bolts with the satin black. But very labour intensive.
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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by CMO16V » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:16 pm

mr wilks wrote:
CMO16V wrote:they look better than my corroded set of silver ones :D I was planning on spraying mine all black and using them as my winter set
I can do you a px deal on a freshly refurbed set if you have a spare iphone you want shut of :oops:

hi mr wilks, I will bear that in mind and let you know although i dont do i-phones :)

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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by mr wilks » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:37 pm

CMO16V wrote:
mr wilks wrote:
CMO16V wrote:they look better than my corroded set of silver ones :D I was planning on spraying mine all black and using them as my winter set
I can do you a px deal on a freshly refurbed set if you have a spare iphone you want shut of :oops:

hi mr wilks, I will bear that in mind and let you know although i dont do i-phones :)
Haha , not for me mate , the iphone is for my daughter who has just had hers stolen :x
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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by mr wilks » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:40 pm

I,m quite taken with "Toe side"s matt black finish & tempted to do the next set silver rim with satin black centre :wink:
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Re: How to ruin the look of 108's !

Post by Talksthetorque » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:01 pm

ronk wrote:
Toe-side wrote:Each too there own .
Glad you have not been desensitised on what UGLY means by driving a tin top. :poke:
The car was designed as a rag top - then came a tintop version.
It's pretty but it was an afterthought :fuelfire:
BMW have engineers, whose primary motivation is to fix problems.
:P

Anyway....Back on Topic. I think the worst thing about those wheels is trying to photograph anything black.......

See What I Mean....

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