S8 Wheels

[fenn]

Their are "blotches"appearing on my 2007 S8's wheels - they are apparently caused by corrosion fronm the salt put on the roads -strange, bacause the S8 gets used only rarely,and is normally cleaned every time before being put back in to the garage. Whatever - i'm told that these are "diamond cut" and, having been refirbished once already, about a year ago it's not a good idea to have it done too many times and i should get them "powder coated" next time. which will last longer as well.

Thing is - don;t know what colour to do them -the car is black, and it's been suggested that i should have the wheels done in black(at the moment they're gunmetal grey wuth silver spokes), but I think that colour scheme looks good on such as M3's and Porsche 911's, but wouldn't suit the essentially covert nature of the S8, whcih is exactly whuy i like it( most people seem to mistake it for an A6 - only the V10 badges really give it away - Oh yes -and the noise when you put your foot down is a bit of a giveaway as well I guess!)

I'bve never been totally in love with the gunmetal grey aspect -thought of just putting them back to the standard finish as on the S8 if they wweren't "diamond cut"

Any ideas/advice?

[eldavo69]

Am not a fan of black cars with black wheels and prefer a contrast. So black wheels on light cars can look good, but not black on black for me.

The salt creep is all too common and only takes a tiny chip in the clear coat to take hold. Look at all the Mark V Golf GTI owners who ended up getting their wheels powder coated once the diamond cut finish started to go.

A shiny black car with shiny silver wheels always looks good - but you could go for something like BMW Shadow Chrome if you want something a little darker than the usual bright silver.

[cruiser647]

For me, shiny silver wheels are the way to go.

The only car NOT to have silver wheels with is the Impreza with it's standard gold wheels.

Black on black would be awful.

[PsYcHe]

Shiny is the way to go...Maybe not a full on chrome shiny, but I had my last A8's wheels re-done as a very bright silver and they didn't look too different from the diamond cut.

[JimS8]

I used to have a black Impreza which came with standard gold wheels, but my wife made me change them for silver ones!

[eldavo69]

Probably cheaper than changing the wife.