S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 my cars booked in on thursday at The Wheel Specialist in Manchester to have my Nismo's sprayed anthracite/charcoal. I just thought with so many people having Nismo's it would be nice to do something a little different with them. I'm sure some with love them and some will hate them but i'll be sure to post the pics when they are done! Quote
M13KYF Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 looking forward to seeing the results. Are you going to diamond wheels. Quote
Beavis Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Will like to see the results as i contemplated doing this myself when i had the nismo's Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 looking forward to seeing the results. Are you going to diamond wheels. using these people Mike, got a good showroom with all the finishes and the guys seem to know what they are talking about. http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk/ only thing i'm unsure of is whether to go for their lighter anthracite or their darker colour? I'll decide on the day when i see the demo wheels but all opinions welcome. Quote
Beavis Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 looking forward to seeing the results. Are you going to diamond wheels. using these people Mike, got a good showroom with all the finishes and the guys seem to know what they are talking about. http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk/ only thing i'm unsure of is whether to go for their lighter anthracite or their darker colour? I'll decide on the day when i see the demo wheels but all opinions welcome. My only reservation is that you have a black car and imo may not work as well as a lighter coloured car. Quote
M350ZB Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Looking forward to see the results buddy Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 Yeah i fully agree Beavis, if i had a silver, white, yellow i would have done it ages ago and to be honest i looked into trying to swap my Zed for a red one until i realised how much money i'd lost!!!! One of my wheels has badly corroded so they need doing anyway it was just whether i went std silver or something a little different. Quote
Sarnie Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 I wouldn't go too dark mate. Have you seen livethemaxuk's anthracite Volks on a kuro? I think they are the perfect shade imo: Quote
Stew Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Will like to see the results as i contemplated doing this myself when i had the nismo's I think I missed this....... Quote
Beavis Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Will like to see the results as i contemplated doing this myself when i had the nismo's I think I missed this....... I contemplated in private Stew, but you never know what the future and moods might bring. I will look forward to seeing the results on this. Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 I wouldn't go too dark mate. Have you seen livethemaxuk's anthracite Volks on a kuro? I think they are the perfect shade imo......... i haven't seen this Sarnie, anyone got a pic? Quote
Stew Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Will like to see the results as i contemplated doing this myself when i had the nismo's I think I missed this....... I contemplated in private Stew, but you never know what the future and moods might bring. I will look forward to seeing the results on this. Must have missed the change..... I contemplated all my mods in private. It's my car and I'll ruin it if I want! Quote
Chris`I Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 If going Anthracite, I'd go for the darker. Are they going to be powder coated or wet sprayed? Quote
Sarnie Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 I wouldn't go too dark mate. Have you seen livethemaxuk's anthracite Volks on a kuro? I think they are the perfect shade imo......... i haven't seen this Sarnie, anyone got a pic? Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 that colour does look good, I definitely dont want any darker than this. cheers mate. Quote
Chris`I Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 I wouldn't go too dark mate. Have you seen livethemaxuk's anthracite Volks on a kuro? I think they are the perfect shade imo......... i haven't seen this Sarnie, anyone got a pic? Thats about the colour my Rotas are now. Also, are you keeping the polished lip? Darker anthracite looks excellent with the polished lip - but then I am bias! Quote
IanS Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Having looked on the website Si, hard to tell the difference between their Satin Matt Black and the Charcoal. See if you can match this that I think looks like an awesome combo: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/download.php?id=2513 Whichever you choose, will look good Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 If going Anthracite, I'd go for the darker. Are they going to be powder coated or wet sprayed? wet sprayed i believe, i've heard a few negative stories regarding powdercoating. Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 I wouldn't go too dark mate. Have you seen livethemaxuk's anthracite Volks on a kuro? I think they are the perfect shade imo......... i haven't seen this Sarnie, anyone got a pic? Thats about the colour my Rotas are now. Also, are you keeping the polished lip? Darker anthracite looks excellent with the polished lip - but then I am bias! the problem is the polished lip on the nismo's isnt that big so it may not look right. if i had a deep dish i would def leave it polished. Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 18, 2008 Author Posted November 18, 2008 Having looked on the website Si, hard to tell the difference between their Satin Matt Black and the Charcoal. See if you can match this that I think looks like an awesome combo: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/download.php?id=2513 Whichever you choose, will look good Hi mate, hope your well. Yeah he said the satin black is alot darker than it looks on the pic. He said they do two shades on charcoal whereas on the website thats the darker one. I do like that combo!! Quote
IanS Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 It will look awesome mate - keep saying I will get up to your neck of the woods so shall come check it out. Sure it will be an easy decision when you see some of the wheels first hand Look forward to pics once its done Quote
Chris`I Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Thats about the colour my Rotas are now. Also, are you keeping the polished lip? Darker anthracite looks excellent with the polished lip - but then I am bias! the problem is the polished lip on the nismo's isnt that big so it may not look right. if i had a deep dish i would def leave it polished. Small polished lips can look just as good. Old pic, but you get the idea Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 21, 2008 Author Posted November 21, 2008 Well i picked the car up last night and am really pleased with the results. In the end i went for the option called smoked chrome which i didnt like the sound of at all but its like an anthracite that reflects the light abit more, essentially its black with silver dusted over the top so in different lights it picks up the curves and edges of the wheel. Will get some pics later on and post them up! Quote
Chris`I Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Well i picked the car up last night and am really pleased with the results. In the end i went for the option called smoked chrome which i didnt like the sound of at all but its like an anthracite that reflects the light abit more, essentially its black with silver dusted over the top so in different lights it picks up the curves and edges of the wheel. Will get some pics later on and post them up! I very almost went for the same option. They only had some small 15" multispoke demo wheels with it on though so couldnt imagine it on mine. Cant wait to see the pics Quote
S1 HNK Posted November 21, 2008 Author Posted November 21, 2008 They look totally different dependent what the light is like, in the sun they look much brighter and in they dark they look very stealthy all opinions welcome...certainly easier to keep clean now! Quote
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