Silver W208 CLK with black wheels? Is this mad or excellent?

[mb240]

OK, my car currently is a silver W208 with silver AMG Style IVs.

I am booking them in for a refurb, and question of colour has come up. They don't have a polished lip. Should I go for some almost black/athracite colour or keep the silver. The silver wheels look very clean and the bodywork paint is also in very good condition.

But would it look more badass if I went with black wheels (powdercoating or paint).

has anyone done this? I've looked extensively, but all I can find is black car with black wheels, with or without a polished lip (e.g., on two piece wheels).

Anyone got a pic of a W208 in silver with black wheels? Would it look like ****?

 

[BTB 500]

Not a W208, but member Bobby's silver C43 at a recent GTG:

 

[74merc]

I wouldn't paint them black unless they had a polished lip.

 

[Shude]

How's this?

 

[bobby]

I'm a big fan of this look (obviously!)

I chose a gloss black powder coated finish with polished lip - thus had 2 options - lacquered or unlacquered.

Unlacquered means you get a brilliant shine on the lip but you need to maintain regularly with autosolv (to remove brakedust stains, dirt etc.)

lacquered is more "factory" and slightly duller, less maintenance - but if a crack occurs then it gets un der the lacquer and you'll need to get the job redone.

 

[Howard]

That CLK looks

 

[BaldGuy]

Nick would you do the honours with my pic in this thread... maybe in body colour or graphite..... thoughts..

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=59730

Ta

 

[Shude]

As requested

 

[bobby]

Try graphite with that colour combo

 

[Shude]

Try graphite with that colour combo

Is graphite lighter than my previous pic?

Here is 20% less black

 

[74merc]

I'm a big fan of this look (obviously!)

I chose a gloss black powder coated finish with polished lip - thus had 2 options - lacquered or unlacquered.

Unlacquered means you get a brilliant shine on the lip but you need to maintain regularly with autosolv (to remove brakedust stains, dirt etc.)

lacquered is more "factory" and slightly duller, less maintenance - but if a crack occurs then it gets un der the lacquer and you'll need to get the job redone.

bobby, how much did it cost you to get the lips polished? I'm thinking about doing it to my type 2s when I get them refurbed.

 

[BaldGuy]

I like the 2nd pic allot..... mmmmmmm

 

[Shude]

I like the 2nd pic allot..... mmmmmmm

Here with some 18" styling IVs in 65-style.

 

[bobby]

3rd pic is the one!!! Do it BG! ;-)

bobby, how much did it cost you to get the lips polished? I'm thinking about doing it to my type 2s when I get them refurbed.

The cost to do all 4 wheels (refurb, colour change with powder coat, and polished lip - unlacquered) cost £350 inc VAT

 

[mb240]

How's this?

Wow! that looks excellent. But - my alloys are one-piece, so I don't have a separate chromed lip. I think that means it's all or nothing, unless I got the arms/spokes done and left the rest as the stock silver. The edge would then need to be polished up something horrendous.

That W208 looks really fantastic though, exactly what I was thinking of, with nice tints as well.

 

[Shude]

Wow! that looks excellent. But - my alloys are one-piece, so I don't have a separate chromed lip. I think that means it's all or nothing, unless I got the arms/spokes done and left the rest as the stock silver. The edge would then need to be polished up something horrendous.

That W208 looks really fantastic though, exactly what I was thinking of, with nice tints as well.

Your alloys are one piece but I thought that all modern AMGs have a polished lip! The styling I, II, III etc do.

 

[mb240]

Your alloys are one piece but I thought that all modern AMGs have a polished lip! The styling I, II, III etc do.

These are the ones I have:
http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/mercedes_alloy_wheels/clk_class_208_alloys/18_amg_iv_wheel_55

Unless I simply need to clean them properly! The two piece version of Style IV is very nice but at £4000, I couldn't really justify it as that is around 50% of the current market value of the car!

 

[Shude]

These are the ones I have:
http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/mercedes_alloy_wheels/clk_class_208_alloys/18_amg_iv_wheel_55

Unless I simply need to clean them properly! The two piece version of Style IV is very nice but at £4000, I couldn't really justify it as that is around 50% of the current market value of the car!

Look at where the spokes meet the rim, this area is painted. Next to that is the lip of the rim which is polished as factory standard.

 

[mb240]

Cheers for that Shude, I am going silver colourblind I think!

 

[gIzzE]

I would go anthracite, I think it suits the silver cars better than black, black needs to be a matte or silk rather than high gloss, the new BBS CH Black is a good example...

I had the style 260M anthracite wheels on my 3er touring...