RCF Wheel Colour

Jgtcracer · March 24

My 2018 RCF is starting to suffer with lacquer peel on a few of the wheels and as a result feel I'm going to be getting them painted this spring. I've swaying between a bright silver and black. Any advances/opinions on either of these? Ive attached a couple of photoshopped pics for reference (middle is the OEM finish)!

I like the silver as it looks clean and OEM+, though the black appeals to the racer in me! Think I'm going to struggle to refurb to OEM spec due to the polished face and my location.....

jeffrosie6 · March 24

Black as it looks mean and menacing 😈

James605 · March 25

How about halfway? Mine are a kind of gunmetal grey and I like them. Not keen on silver wheels, and with black wheels I find they just look like a detail-less black void.

steve2006 · March 25

These are on my Celsior, done by a local paint shop.

Anthracite I think.

Jgtcracer · March 25

4 hours ago, James605 said:

How about halfway? Mine are a kind of gunmetal grey and I like them. Not keen on silver wheels, and with black wheels I find they just look like a detail-less black void.

The OEM wheels are gunmetal grey and although I like them, they look a bit flat…. Your car looks good but perhaps it’s the orange that makes it look different.

BillNick · March 25

Black for sure, goes great on the orange with black trims.

mr2lad · March 25

Hmmm 🤔 let me think about your choices…….BLACK possibly or black maybe or black defiantly

yeah id go Black 😉👍🏻,

Jgtcracer · March 25

2 hours ago, mr2lad said:

Hmmm 🤔 let me think about your choices…….BLACK possibly or black maybe or black defiantly

yeah id go Black 😉👍🏻,

Is there such a thing as too much black??😁

B1RMA · March 26

Not sure if satin bronze would go with your colour.

Jgtcracer · March 27

19 hours ago, B1RMA said:

Not sure if satin bronze would go with your colour.

I’ve had gold/bronze wheels before but think it would look daft on mine. Looks good on your car but there are lots of colours that work on yours. I’m leaning towards black but can’t help think silver is nice too!

Littorio · March 27

You cloud go the option I did to my OEM wheels.

(With new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric's on the rear)

DAW · March 27

2 hours ago, Littorio said:

You cloud go the option I did to my OEM wheels.

(With new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric's on the rear)

Nice, who did those If you don’t mind me asking?

My diamond cuts will need doing at some point, but would like to keep them looking standard & wondered if I could get them redone with the original gun metal grey, but with the front coated silver to mimic the original polished finish. Wasn’t sure if this was possible until I saw your wheels!

Littorio · March 28

@DAW David I got these done by Herts Wheels they also do tints and wraps which how I first found them, they are based in Frogmore near St Albans worked out at £400 for all 4 wheels.

Link to their site

https://www.hertswheels.co.uk/

DAW · March 28

@Littorio Hi Luciano, thanks very much for the info. I will definitely look into it & it’s not too far away which is a bonus 👍🏻

Littorio · March 31

@DAW No problem, I'll be heading back there soon myself as they have sourced black wheel and locking nuts for my wheels. I've been looking since getting the wheels done, I managed to find wheel nuts but had no luck finding black locking nuts. These guys with their contacts made a few phone calls and can get them.

If you go they are located next to a Toyota dealer (Steven Eagell) and behind a Gulf petrol garage, there's a body shop, mechanics workshop and EMP exhaust workshop all in the one place. EMP did my custom axle back Powerflex exhaust.

DAW · April 1

On 3/31/2024 at 5:19 AM, Littorio said:

@DAW No problem, I'll be heading back there soon myself as they have sourced black wheel and locking nuts for my wheels. I've been looking since getting the wheels done, I managed to find wheel nuts but had no luck finding black locking nuts. These guys with their contacts made a few phone calls and can get them.

If you go they are located next to a Toyota dealer (Steven Eagell) and behind a Gulf petrol garage, there's a body shop, mechanics workshop and EMP exhaust workshop all in the one place. EMP did my custom axle back Powerflex exhaust.

A handy place to know by the sounds of it & thanks again for the info 👍🏻