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Wheel color suggestions for Grigio Silverstone F12?

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  1. milrad

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    My Grigio Silverstone F12 has the forged wheels in diamond-cut/dark grey finish. I'm going to have them refinished and considering a color change, as the nearly monotone dark gray of the whole car is a bit boring.

    A suggestions or pictures of different options? I've never been one for all-black wheels. Windows are tinted to 35% and interior is Cuoio.
     
  2. DZ-96

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    A brighter bronze

    Check the galleries from the US custom wheel producers (HRE, ADV1, Velos, Vossen, Anrky)
    There you should find some good inspirations for a nice color.

    Daniel
     
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  5. milrad

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    Thanks! I was leaning towards a bronze or darker gold, but definitely would like to see as many options as possible.
     
  6. day355

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    Dark chrome ?
     
  7. 350MH83

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    I believe a similar color to the M5 CS wheels (dark bronze) could look good. In fact, I think a similar pattern would look great as well! Maybe @MDEL can do a quick photoshop:)
     
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  9. Wheels1

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    I had my grey dimond cut wheels painted gloss silver by dealer. In the pits at Silverstone 2016
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    and at home with red caps, not my best choice.
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  11. milrad

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  12. ANOpax

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    You've lost the contrast by going stealth with the centre caps and shield.
    As a result, the biggest contrast comes from those hideous reflectors which instantly draw the eye. Cover them up and see how you feel after that..

    I also have silver calipers. This is a OZ racing colour, Grigio Corsa which is lighter than factory grey but darker than factory silver.

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    I see your dilemma now, that is a tough one. Since everything is in the silver/gray family and carbon, maybe a crazy idea of a dark blue hue smoke finish? Dark bronze something would be the safer play to ties everything together. Other than that, just very bold options IMO.
     
  14. veelangs

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    I think we need to embrace bright silver again, they look good on all wheels especially with that steel paint you got.

    But also bronze and gold are great choices. I recently when dark bronze on my Bianco Italia FF.

    If you're bold though, you could consider a magnesium finish like dark blue or a very bold cherry blossom pink (pale and satin, not bright) would look really great :)
     
  15. milrad

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    Good point. This is my first Ferrari...on Pcars switching to clear corner markers is almost automatic, and quick and easy. Are equivalent clear or smoked side markers available for Ferraris, or do people just remove and wrap them?
     
  16. veelangs

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    don't see why that'd take more than about 5 bucks in dark film to fix

    seems to me you should aim to match it to your side indicator
     
  17. milrad

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    Yeah not even close to that bold....all my cars are white, black, silver, and gray :rolleyes:. I do have bronze Forgelines on a white GT4, but that's a track car. They do look really good with white though.
     
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  18. veelangs

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    To each their own! You gotta look at it everyday :)

    I know the carbon centers are an optional upgrade but I would steer you towards the yellow caps, even on the wheels as standard they'd give em some pop
     
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    Agreed. I didn’t like the OZ centre caps but I had to use them until my Indy sorted out how to fix the OE cavallinos to the OZ cap. You’ve seen the before, here’s the after.

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    I would keep the wheels that color and paint the calipers red. Blue might also be fun.
     
  21. veelangs

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    look much better

    I dunno what to do with my TE37s, traditionally they don't have centers. The newer ones like mine have two center cap options. I'm debating do I get centers or do I forget about them, They also make a blank center which I could silkscreen a white cavellino on them which I think could be a neat compromise.

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  22. ANOpax

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    The silkscreen idea sounds like a good one. Red instead of white to key with the rest of your car?
     
  23. veelangs

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    Oh no I don't have a picture them on mine yet, as it's at the AD still while we wait for the correct lug nuts to overnight parts from Japan.

    Mine is Bianco Italia and I have banana calipers

     

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  24. colonels

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    I would go aftermarket wheel design but standard alloy color. Blacked out rims just don't look right.
     

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