Would purple wheels put you off?

[OldGermanHeaps]

When we got it the wheels were tatty, all corroded so we had them refurbed. She liked a purple powdercoat with a holographic colour changing metalflake.
To avoid death or serious injury you need to let redheads have their own way.

Its £300 to put them back to silver.

Do you think the purple wheels might put buyers off enough to be worth 300 quid doing them again?

Moderator edit: no advertising

[Funk]

They would put me off; it's not even a great colour combo imo - whilst not a fortune to refurb, there's the hassle element as well. I'd be looking at others out there instead, or chipping you down a chunk on price to compensate for for the agg of getting them changed...

[Glassman]

Will look a different car with silver/grey/black wheels and probably will appeal to a wider audience.

Seeing that reminds me of a 993 I replaced the windscreen on some time ago, in Amaranth Violet. It had colour coded wheels.

[E63eeeeee...]

I suspect a lot of people won't even contemplate the hassle of getting their wheels refurbished, or even know what’s involved. Whether it will be worth it in terms of the sale price I don't know, but I would think it would be worth £300 to massively increase your chances of selling it at all.

[cossy400]

Would certainly scroll past that.

Id not like to insult you with a low ball off to compensate my time and the cost to put them back to silver.

Its also not likely to be the only one on the market to make it worth it. (to me anyway)

[Richard-D]

I wouldn't even open the advert. Anything that looks modified is a huge red flag to me. You don't appear to be the the typical 'modified car driver' but (assuming you aren't) potential buyers won't get to see that.

[Monkeylegend]

I would put them back to silver and bill the redhead. What was she thinking of.

I would not consider it even if if was the only one for sale.

[Freakuk]

Not that I am in the market for an E-Hybrid Cayenne, but if I was I'd instantly scroll past that just because of the wheels.

As the seller you may drop lucky, but for 300 quid to get them repainted I think it's a no brainer and would certainly generate more interest for buyers.

[SlimJim16v]

That's horrible. If I even considered it I'd have to factor in not only the cost to put right, but the hassle of doing it. I'd want £500 off.

[Simon_GH]

I’d be tempted to sell hose wheels if they’re in good nick and buy some standard ones instead for the purposes of a sale.

[Davie]

£300.... half that up here for a very good jobs, tyres refitted etc. For that outlay, I would as it immediately goes from questionably modified to nice, original example.

[OldGermanHeaps]

I thought as much. She liked the colour, so we went with it. I liked bronze.
Will get them redone in silver
The rest of the car looks good. Since taking those i have wetsanded and polished the whole car and ceramic coated it, the paintwork is like a mirror now, so fresh plain silver wheels is probably the answer.
Not many of the plug in versions for sale, but our mileage is high so will probably have a limited market to begin with.
Luckily over the 4 and a half years it has been very reliable and cheap to run, so 300 on the wheels is worth it.
Bit confused at the edit? Where was i advertising the thing? It isnt even for sale right now just looking for advice and opinion before we do anything with it.

Edited by OldGermanHeaps on Friday 24th January 15:45

[wyson]

I’d see those wheels and wonder if the motor has been tuned, car has been thrashed etc. Would put me off.

[wyson]

Monkeylegend said:

I would put them back to silver and bill the redhead. What was she thinking of.

Mate you aren’t married are you?

[Kingdom35]

This is brilliant. What an era we live in.
"Hassle" really! Most cars you buy these days need the alloys refurbed, all id be doing is if the car was good value, ask for the £300 off to refurb them.
The art of communication is dead with some of these replies.
Its a car, we have different tastes. Whats a few days for the wheels to be sorted back to "prestine" condition.....
Crazy world. I will wait for the powerfully built director responses of...."i have no time to do that, i need to be on a teams meeting with Cuthbert and Dibble"
Madness

[Monkeylegend]

wyson said:

Monkeylegend said:

I would put them back to silver and bill the redhead. What was she thinking of.

Mate you aren’t married are you?

Divorced twice and now living with partner for 25 years,

Not getting bitten a third time

[wyson]

Monkeylegend said:

Divorced twice and now living with partner for 25 years,

Not getting bitten a third time

[E63eeeeee...]

Kingdom35 said:

This is brilliant. What an era we live in.
"Hassle" really! Most cars you buy these days need the alloys refurbed, all id be doing is if the car was good value, ask for the £300 off to refurb them.
The art of communication is dead with some of these replies.
Its a car, we have different tastes. Whats a few days for the wheels to be sorted back to "prestine" condition.....
Crazy world. I will wait for the powerfully built director responses of...."i have no time to do that, i need to be on a teams meeting with Cuthbert and Dibble"
Madness

Are you going to buy it?

I know plenty of people who wouldn't be able to be without their cars for 2-3 weekdays without making specific arrangements. Not powerfully built directors at all, just normal people with one car, a job and a family.

[mmm-five]

wyson said:

I’d see those wheels and wonder if the motor has been tuned, car has been thrashed etc. Would put me off.

I wouldn't even wonder. I'd assume it had been and probably had a mileage blocker installed too

[wyson]

mmm-five said:

I wouldn't even wonder. I'd assume it had been and probably had a mileage blocker installed too