Which colour should I refurb my black 996 turbo wheels

[eg6-b18c6]

Like this....



Or this?


I really like both and usually I would be the first to say for people to go with their own choice, but I'm having such a hard time deciding.

Silver, look great when clean, less likely to offend future buyers if u decide to sell

Grey, look a little meaner I think, Hide dirt a bit better, bit different I suppose

Reason I've posted gt2 pics is mine has the bumper, engine cover, spoiler etc so a closer representation of how my car would look minus the yellow calipers

Thanks for looking

Edited by eg6-b18c6 on Monday 2nd June 19:59

[mr pg]

I had mine re-done in GT silver (as standard on the turbo S), which is what I think the GT2 pictured may also have. It's a subtle, but classy, effective difference, and thoroughly recommended.

[lanan]

I tried OE silver, black gloss, anthracite....but eventually settled on Mercury Silver.

[Adam B]

silver on a dark car IMHO - if I had a 996 turbo S I would refurb the GT silver to plain silver

[FarQue]

mr pg said:

I had mine re-done in GT silver (as standard on the turbo S), which is what I think the GT2 pictured may also have. It's a subtle, but classy, effective difference, and thoroughly recommended.

Agreed. A friend has a black 996 Turbo S with the GT silver wheels. A subtle improvement over the 'normal' silver on a black 996 methinks.

[eg6-b18c6]

Went for grey, although a slightly darker shade than the gt silver. Just looked a little bit too like the wheels were just dirty on some pics I saw to me

Pics to follow

[V8KSN]

Sorry for the thread hijack OP but can anyone tell me the official colour for these wheels?

Thanks

[KungFuPanda]

Recently refurbed wheels on my C4S.

[Shurv]

Liking the anthracite rims on the C4S, I was going to do that on my silver 4S last years but chickened out and went for OE silver. Next time I'd go darker. A black car can wear darker rims more easily.

[markrwadsworth]

Mine are a dark grey also. They hide the dirt a little better and actually compliment the Lapis Blue.......

[eg6-b18c6]

That's what I went for in the end, darker than the gt silver but not as dark as most of the others shown

Really happy with it

[Randompunter74]

The last ones pictured above look the best. In my opinion. "eg6-b18c6" ones.

Much better than standard, which look unfinished. The standard rims aren't very slick, so darkening the colour does make them look a little better i feel.

[Randompunter74]

And I think the red calipers also look very tidy in contrast.

[Stedman]

I think the original silver are the best.

[eg6-b18c6]

Aww cheers guys, refurbed the calipers while the wheels were off getting powder coated as they were looking rather tired. Fitted new discs and pads aswell and painted the disc bells in satin black barbecue paint. Has really lifted the look of the whole car. The rusty worn discs and flaky calipers and wheels were really letting it down even when freshly polished and waxed. Had the front bumper painted and the plate removed and a new splitter as the old one was cracked and painted basalt rather than the natural plastic it should be. Headlights were also tired so have wet sanded and polished them and painted the insides and washer caps in a dark metallic grey rather than the chrome which I always thought looked a bit naff on a black car