DPE Alloys polished or chrome???

[ian_79a]

Shopping for new wheels, and like the DPE alloys but not sure what finish, i like the black a lot but i have a black car and i think it might be to black, so was thinking polished but is chrome better? less mantanance? or just personal preferance

[Nickleback]

Nice wheels Ian, see what you mean, difficult call ? I like the black and the car would co-ordinate with them :cool: .
Perhaps one of our photoshop guru's could put them on the car for you if you supplied a pic unless anyone already got them and can show a pic ?
Otherwise perhaps Dr Nick has some in his libruary ?

[BigFas]

Chrome will need a LOT of maintenance in this weather. I personally would go for polished as maintenance would be carried out with wheel-wax and metal polish, no corrosion worries etc. Nice rim choice BTW :)

[mattj]

ive had chrome on a previous car and there a nightmare to maintain in this climate as were the polished rims i had. i think black rims are awesome

[lee330sport]

High polish or black, please dont go for chrome. Or what about a brushed finish effect?

[ian_79a]

couple more pics i found

[peppernick]

Polished gets my vote ;)

[Mikedav]

Or what about a brushed finish effect?

Im all about the brushed look! personally I hate black wheels... :eek:

[lee330sport]

Im all about the brushed look! personally I hate black wheels... :eek:Why thanks......:( ...only kidding. Dont see many with the brushed alu effect.Looks the nuts on light coloured cars.

[ian_79a]

can anyone tell me what the widest i can go and offset on 328i saloon want as much lip as i can get, alread have had arches rolled a bit, and still want to lower it i was thinking 19x8 front and 19x9 rear just not sure of the offset, thanks for all you feedback i think im going to go with the high polish with 8 spokes like the second pic

[Mikedav]

Why thanks......:( ...only kidding. Dont see many with the brushed alu effect.Looks the nuts on light coloured cars.

Ooops... :( Sorry, that wasn't very tactful! :) What I meant to say was that black wheels wouldn't be my personal choice? I think they look good with a polished lip (you can still gauge the rims proportions with a polished lip, whereas all black wheels just dissapear into the arch and tyre IMO) but just not my taste. I love the brushed effect / forged look of high end HREs / Fikse wheels, though they are serious money....

[peppernick]

I wouldn't go any more aggressive than 9.0J. As they are custom wheels, I'm sure that can be adjusted to suit your needs.

Here's a pic from my collection ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/EVeRcyCLinG/FINALS1/IMG_1235.jpg

[RDG 40]

silver on silver cars is always my fav hence why my car is as it is although these new black rims on dark cars are loking amazing and starting to turn me. The silver M3 with anthracite black wheels at the pod looked ace! (sorry don't know whos it was doh!)

[K3V HA]

I reckon polished would look great!! Where can i get a set of these wheels from, ive fell in love with the topaz one over the page!! :eek: :eek: :eek: [jam

[ian_79a]

Get in touch with roy he is pricing a set up for me at the moment ;)

[CA Automotive UK]

HI Ian

I too agree that polished is better for UK roads and weather .

By the way , that black M3 is one of our USA sponsored cars , belongs to BOB LEO ...:)

I believe you can fit the sizes you suggest without any problems , I would stick with standard offset , but some one may have different views on this, I stand to be corrected .

all the best