What color should I choose?
 

I am thinking about having my Fuchs refinished. I have an Iris blue '86 cabriolet. I want to have them polished. Can not decide whether to go back with black. Match the cars color with polished pedals. Or, black with polished pedals.
What is your vote.

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My car.

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Matching color w/polished pedals.

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Basic black

Didn't see one with black w/polished pedals

Personal preference. I myself don't much care for polished Fuchs, prefer the original anodized finish. My wife thinks the anodized finish is a bit too bluish to compliment my chiffon car, but they'd work well on Iris.

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Polish the lips - paint the wheel centers Iris Blue

Mine is Light Blue Metallic, almost the same as your Iris blue. I didn't care for the standard anodized lip / satin black centre with that colour. The matte silver didn't complement the silvery-blue paint of the car very well, it just looks weak. Same goes for a lot of the lighter metallic colours like Platinum. After looking at a lot of photos, I re-finished my Fuchs with a polished lip and semi-gloss black centre. I did it myself as a winter project. I love the result. It's not to everyone's taste, but I think it compliments the paint colour very well.

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Darkly- noon your rims look great. Arne your too. David either would look great on your car. But I think the iris blue centers are just lost on the rims. The black just stands out so muck better.

I vote you call the PETALS... :) :) :)

...and Satin Black petals.

I agree with Darkly-Noon, that is the best look for the light blue metalic.
Here is mine
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My impression is that polished petals work well on cars with a traditional/subdued paint colour, it brightens them up a little. Bright yellows, oranges and the like do better with the black anodized centers. When I repainted my 86' coupe in it's original Garnet Red Metallic I went with polished petals and I think it was a big improvement.

+1 On the comment above.

If you went with the polished spokes/petals you could be just like Ted Varrick!

Couldn't find any pics of his cab, so this'll have to do...

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I like the black finish. Other than that, I think I like RSRish look better than polished but I may be a little biased (mine is also darker blue).

Found some pics! Kinda crapy, but that's what the interweb gives ya...

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Think about how much you drive your car and how much you like rubbing in polish on the rims.

Low miles+High love for waxing rims+nice garage= high gloss
High miles + Life is too short for that stuff+God forbid car gets wet in rainstorm= less gloss

BTDT,
Ron

I have wondered what a tone-on-tone look would look like. For my car (Casablanca beige metallic), that would be sort of a dark bronze. In your case, that would be black with a little bit of blue in it, for a very dark blue.