Cheyne's Roadster Photo Diary, RIP Little Beast...:(

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Sat May 23, 2009 7:45 pm

UPDATE PAGE 1
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Thanks for the kind words matt, looking foward to seeing you again sometime.

I really want the 6ul's, but for now, these will have to do :mrgreen:

More on page 1 :wink:

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Sun May 24, 2009 5:43 pm

they look good on the car Cheyne.

should look brilliant when they've been given a good cleanup.

wheel finish, I would definitely say polish the lips, it's a must!

the centers, I think silver would look good, but may be a little bland.
whereas black will hide the intricate details of the mesh pattern.

maybe meet halfway and do a dark silver metallic centre, like a gunmetal or something?
darker than the polished lip to give nice contrast, but not too dark to hide the spokes.

I can do a quick photoshop if you want to get a rough idea?

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sun May 24, 2009 6:04 pm

I was going to say black but now that hks_kansei mentions it, gunmetal would work quite well.

A mate of mine has a red prelude with gunmetal/polished lip BuddyClub P1's. He too was tossing up between black and silver and eventually went the middle option.

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Sun May 24, 2009 8:00 pm

hks_kansei wrote:they look good on the car Cheyne.

should look brilliant when they've been given a good cleanup.

wheel finish, I would definitely say polish the lips, it's a must!

the centers, I think silver would look good, but may be a little bland.
whereas black will hide the intricate details of the mesh pattern.

maybe meet halfway and do a dark silver metallic centre, like a gunmetal or something?
darker than the polished lip to give nice contrast, but not too dark to hide the spokes.

I can do a quick photoshop if you want to get a rough idea?

A photochop would be great dude, i am a bit useless with it. Gunmetal, black and silver with polished lip please :mrgreen:

Jeo wrote:I was going to say black but now that hks_kansei mentions it, gunmetal would work quite well.

A mate of mine has a red prelude with gunmetal/polished lip BuddyClub P1's. He too was tossing up between black and silver and eventually went the middle option.

I think gunmetal may be the answer, i was also considering this colour when i was painting my daisy's but i went black instead. Will get the tyres off the new wheels in the next week or so.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:43 pm

sorry it took so long Cheyne, here's teh chop.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:43 pm

double post

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:47 pm

Awsome mate!, why does the gunmetal look more green though?

Thanks a bunch :mrgreen:

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:53 pm

CheyneX5 wrote:Awsome mate!, why does the gunmetal look more green though?

probably because my computer screen is ancient and is dying so it cant show colours properly.

looks fine on my screen

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:54 pm

is it me, or your red looks funny?

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:58 pm

sliq wrote:is it me, or your red looks funny?

I think that is due to his I phone's white balance...

Tough choice, not a fan of the gun metal as it is...

Old Dude · Postby **Old Dude** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:47 pm

What colour are you going to paint them Cheyne :?:

regards
Old Dude

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:50 am

Hey old dude,

I am still deciding

i am leaning more towards silver now, but still unsure. Work on these will start mid july when i get back from the U S of A :mrgreen:

Old Dude · Postby **Old Dude** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:51 am

I like the silver

, I think you loose to much detail with the black or gunmetal although they still look good.
I have the standard silverwheels on my Grace Green NB8B and have seen the same coloured car with black wheels and I think its a better contrast with the Silver.. :!:

But I am an Old Dude :lol:

Regards
Old Dude