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[AllBlackBimmer]

I have a jet black E90.

Will be throwing some 19s on and have been looking around at the wheels I want.

Have seen a few alpine white E90's with black wheels and a white time attack ring - looks amazing



Now back to my car. The time attack rings I have found only come in certain colors - silver or white being the one I think we would look good on a black car - however, a polished or chome type of time attack ring would look even better! any way this can be done? Obviously you are not "painting" on chrome or polish. And with the vinyl or "sticker", you can't really get the polished look.

Suggestions?

My next option is to find a wheel that is both concave - think VMR CSL's, etc - but a brand that has a "lip" on their concave design.

--also what color would be better, gunmetal/gloss black/matte black/other on a jet black car?

[VMRWheels]

Getting a polished time attack ring on wheels would be pretty tricky. You may be able to polish the wheels first, tape off the lip of the wheel and then paint the surrounding wheel, but again it would be hard to make it look clean and once it's painted it may be hard to correct slight errors, such as unevenness in the ring itself. Some vinyl may look pretty close to polished though.





If you can find rings with that type of vinyl you may be able to achieve the look you're looking for. Plus, there's the added bonus of that it would be much easier to go back and reapply the vinyl if it didn't look the way you wanted.

[AllBlackBimmer]

Originally Posted by VMRWheels

Getting a polished time attack ring on wheels would be pretty tricky. You may be able to polish the wheels first, tape off the lip of the wheel and then paint the surrounding wheel, but again it would be hard to make it look clean and once it's painted it may be hard to correct slight errors, such as unevenness in the ring itself. Some vinyl may look pretty close to polished though.





If you can find rings with that type of vinyl you may be able to achieve the look you're looking for. Plus, there's the added bonus of that it would be much easier to go back and reapply the vinyl if it didn't look the way you wanted.

Perhaps I can buy vinyl rings and then place the polish vinyl overtop somehow?

[DISCOtecizzz]

Originally Posted by AllBlackBimmer

Concave + lip

Rotiform

Concave BLQ

Super Concave BLQ

[AllBlackBimmer]

Originally Posted by DISCOtecizzz

Rotiform

Concave BLQ

Super Concave BLQ

Thanks... but.. uhh.. those wheels are ugly IMO. You have the right idea though not a fan of those style mesh wheels - I like mesh-y wheels, but something a little cleaner like the VMR or Avant wheels.

Nutek has some concave wheels w/ lip im going to look into.

[Elliott@DetailAddict]

Gunmetal looks aggressive and classy at the same time on Black.

V713:Gunmetal 19":


V709:Gunmetal 19":


Vb3:Gunmetal 19":


Vb3:Gunmetal 19":

[AllBlackBimmer]

Originally Posted by Suzanne@DetailAddict

Gunmetal looks aggressive and classy at the same time on Black.

Vb3:Gunmetal 19":

That looks awesome, def a look I am highly considering - if I dont go with a lip or time attack rings, THOSE will be the wheels I will get... any more pics?

[VMRWheels]

Originally Posted by Suzanne@DetailAddict

Gunmetal looks aggressive and classy at the same time on Black.

V713:Gunmetal 19":
[IMG]http://www.velocitymotoring.com/links/secured/resize.php?img=../images/VMR_Wheels_BMW_3-Series_Black_V713_19_Gunmetal_1249.jpg&maxDim=918x 918[IMG]

V709:Gunmetal 19":
[IMG]http://www.velocitymotoring.com/links/secured/resize.php?img=../images/VMR_Wheels_BMW_1-Series_Black_V709_19_Gunmetal_1513.jpg&maxDim=918x 918[IMG]

Vb3:Gunmetal 19":
[IMG]http://www.velocitymotoring.com/links/secured/resize.php?img=../images/VMR_Wheels_BMW_3-Series_Black_VB3_19_Gunmetal_1352.jpg&maxDim=918x9 18[IMG]

The 1 series is actually running V710s, not sure why it's labeled as V709s! Thanks for the support though.