Nickel wheels?
08-21-2007, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Aug 20 2007, 05:02 PM
They're more like toenail clippings than bumpers.How's the white alcantara coming along?
I liked the Lido version.
08-21-2007, 12:37 AM
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Yiorgio,
You can have the wheels diamond-polished and a grey clearcoat put over for the same effect.
The RX-8 is available with polished wheels, but they look good for about 15 minutes in a UK winter. My X-1/9 had polished rims (80s BMW-look wheels) & they all corroded.
Apparently, it is a bad idea to chrome-plate alloy wheels, for it makes them brittle. I'm not sure I understand why.
You can have the wheels diamond-polished and a grey clearcoat put over for the same effect.
The RX-8 is available with polished wheels, but they look good for about 15 minutes in a UK winter. My X-1/9 had polished rims (80s BMW-look wheels) & they all corroded.
Apparently, it is a bad idea to chrome-plate alloy wheels, for it makes them brittle. I'm not sure I understand why.
08-21-2007, 12:52 AM
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Are the ones on the links I provided chrome plated or painted? What do you reckon?
I don't use the car when it rains and it doesn't rain that often in our corner of the earth but I do realize chrome plating the wheels is a dumb idea.
I do like Steven's wheels, even though they are not exactly what I had in mind. I guess I'll stick to gunmetal or something similar.
I don't use the car when it rains and it doesn't rain that often in our corner of the earth but I do realize chrome plating the wheels is a dumb idea.
I do like Steven's wheels, even though they are not exactly what I had in mind. I guess I'll stick to gunmetal or something similar.
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