opinion on wheel colour wanted!!

[moredoorAsh]

Hi all, i'm now onto thinking about the colour of my wheels

 

I'm not keeping the yellow but was thinking about red inserts as i have red trim or black to go with the roof and stripes.....But i'm toying with the idea of silver or red inserts and having the spokes black.

 

All opinions welcome

 

here's what they are going on

[Trevmk3]

black inserts and buffed webs and rim

[antz]

A few years ago I used to have Capri Laser wheels which I rubbed down and polished by hand and painted the inserts in Terracotta to match the car.

 

Gosh that picture must be at least 3 years old back when it was completely standard other than the wheels

 

 

Id go for all black 4 spokes if I was you

[Stu_B]

I prefer the black seven spokes that are on it

[marky4]

i prefer black spokes with polished rims

[Copey]

all black

[Twinkle]

i used to have a white ghia on 4 spokes and looked good with white inserts

[RossMK2]

polished with black or white inserts

[moredoorAsh]

I prefer the black seven spokes that are on it

 

They do make it look hard, at standard height at the moment though and its getting dropped a little

 

 

Thinking about all black now, i do like the polished look seems to be a popular look and i fancy something a little different.

 

Cheers all.

[retrorigg]

think the way to go with 4 spokes is to do them the same colour as the car, mine are all the original silver but im very tempted to paint the inserts black as my car is black, i dont want to have to take it off again if i dont like it ,

[moredoorAsh]

think the way to go with 4 spokes is to do them the same colour as the car, mine are all the original silver but im very tempted to paint the inserts black as my car is my, my dont want to have to take it off again if i dont like it ,

 

Think you might be rite there , saw a set on a motor on ebay which are all black, didn't look as good as i'd thought

Is your escort lowered in the pic? i'm thinking of going 1" or maybe 2" but i can't decide!

[MightySprocket]

paint/powdercoat them Graphite Grey keep the 'hard' look but it will also highlight the spokes

[retrorigg]

yes its lowered 1.5 on the front and back, but im about to drop the back to 2 inch and leave the front at 1.5,

i wouldnt paint the full wheel black but black and silver look good,

[cortinasgoneforaburton]

id say black with red inserts or all black with red calipers and drums

[moredoorAsh]

yes its lowered 1.5 on the front and back, but im about to drop the back to 2 inch and leave the front at 1.5,

i wouldnt paint the full wheel black but black and silver look good,

 

I'm liking the look with 1.5 " drop, i can't have slammed because of my driveway but i don't want a huge gap between tyre and arch either. Are they 185/60 tyres you have on there also?

Its handy to see other 4 doors with the same wheels for ideas

Why the drop to 2" on the rear? it looks level enough in the pics.

[moredoorAsh]

Think i'll get some paint and have a little play.

Silver, grey, black, white and red...lol...thank god i've got 6 wheels to experiment on

[retrorigg]

yeah i use 185/60,s , i just like the back to be slightly covered by the arches, it does sit more or less level at the moment but like the look of been slightly lower on the back , im gonna see how it looks as i have the blocks ready to try, if i dont like it ill go back to 1.5,s

[moredoorAsh]

I've gone for 2" all round, fingers crossed it goes over my driveway

[retrorigg]

make sure u get some pics, love to see how it looks with 2 inch all round

[moredoorAsh]

Will be a while before its sitting on all 4round 1's again but as soon as it is the pics will be on mate

 

Here is my projects post, will deff end up on here

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... highlight=

 

How's ur rear looking? have u got it dropped to 2" yet?

[2litreScapri]

Stick with the black rims, looks really mean and moody

[moredoorAsh]

I've sold the 1's that are in the pic, were 7j wide with 205/60's on and rubbed on archs, did look proper tough though

[retrorigg]

ive not dropped it yet as im just on with doin the engine bay, it was tatty under there so thats my priority at the moment, plus im in the middle of moving workshops so even the engine bay on hold for a month or 2, but once i get se up in new place ill get some pics on here of my progress