Black or polished Fuchs petals - your thoughts?

[steely]

My car's wheel petals are black and in need of touch-up, but sometimes I think it might look better with polished mag petals instead, so I asked our nephew to 'shop a photo for me.

I am thinking that I would like the polished look but can't decide. Can you let me know what you think?

Thanks

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[Ayles]

I'm a huge fan of the stock black or RS finish. Polish is a little too bilingual for my taste.

[Jeff NJ]

I have the same color car as you. I like the black centers better with Venetian Blue.

[megerian]

Polished

[RSBob]

The majority prefer black. Just do a search. I tend to not go with the purists, or I want to emulate race car wheels. I say do what you want since the answer here will be black. Just read the responses to follow. If you strip the targa bar, go with polished petals.

[steely]

Rick S (RSBob) - it is interesting that you would say that since I thought the combo was the exception rather than the rule. Only because a while back Wayne solicited tons of wheel pictures for some reason - he got pages of them and I can't recall seeing a mostly black wheel in the lot.

To Ayles - "bilingual" LOL
Jeff: sweet car

Thanks guys.

Any one else?

[SilberUrS6]

OK, how about this - a brushed look on petals with Scotchbrite. That way, not shiny, but still, the petals stand out. Of course, on that car, I think I'd just strip all the black paint off and leave them without any black.

I think Fuchs look best that way, LOL. I'll post an example: Hey, wanna see a picture of my nuts?

[Arne2]

I prefer the classic anodized look, so I had mine stripped and re-anodized in the classic style. Not cheap, but I prefer them this way. Black is too boring, hides the wonderful shape of the Fuchs petals. Polished is too much bling. RS is OK for a race-look, but I'm not hot on it for a street car.

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by steely

Rick S (RSBob) - it is interesting that you would say that since I thought the combo was the exception rather than the rule. Only because a while back Wayne solicited tons of wheel pictures for some reason - he got pages of them and I can't recall seeing a mostly black wheel in the lot.

To Ayles - "bilingual" LOL
Jeff: sweet car

Thanks guys.

Any one else?

Ha! Autocorrect! Should have been blingy...

[Nevergrowup]

I had gloss black petals and polished rim, but was a little bored with it.

So I painted the petals silver and went for a quasi-RSR-look.

[Cuda911]

Seems to me like black is the favored these days, but I'd choose polished any day over black.

[CRNT918]

Black window trim, black petals...

[cabmandone]

I like em' shiny

[T77911S]

big fan of polished or brushed. i had the painted and did not care for them

[super80]

Recently purchased a set of 16" Fuchs which had black petals, but were really beat up. I decided to refinish them myself and went with polished petals. Really like the look but damn it was A LOT of work.

[CCM911]

Stock is trick. Do not deviate. If they were meant to be polished, it would have been done at the factory.

[vesnyder]

I have the polished wheels from the factory and they are a lot of bling but they fit my car - and I am going for that "Miami Vice" look! On any other car I prefer the polished petals. The all black hides the details of the wheel.



Bling it On!

[Josh D]

Originally Posted by Arne2

I prefer the classic anodized look, so I had mine stripped and re-anodized in the classic style. Not cheap, but I prefer them this way. Black is too boring, hides the wonderful shape of the Fuchs petals. Polished is too much bling. RS is OK for a race-look, but I'm not hot on it for a street car.

^ This is my preferred look as well. I call it more of a semi-polish, or natural. Not fully polished to mirror. This look can be achieved with elbow grease without the expense of anodizing, although anodizing will require less maintenance.

[sky1jord]

Please!
Black centers with anodized lips. No chrome. No all-black wheels.
If centers MUST be painted, then flat finish only (minimum bling).

[IS300]

Does someone have close up pics of the RSR look.... are they painted???