matt or gloss black

[maynard]

hey am booking for r in for wheel refurb and respray on monday.

cant decide between matt or gloss black. at moment im swayed more towards matt.

what do you guys think?

[stevenet15]

matt black looks practicly the same as gloss black after its been laquered anyway so not realy much in it tbh

[maynard]

oh rite, didnt realise that. the pics on the companies site show a big difference between the two to me.

[stevenet15]

ahhh i didnt read the thread i jsut saw wheels, matt and gloss and thoguht u were refirbing them yourself as when doing them with spray paint then they would basicly look the same after laquering the matt, but if your getting a company to do them they will be powder coated & not sprayed and will look totally different and like u say u can get matt or gloss, i prefer the matt look

[kev999_VTR]

Definatly matt black for me. But also depends on the colour of your car and what else you have done to it.

[Wayne]

matt black i would go for:y:

[maynard]

that my car, note it doesnt have the alloy fuel cap anymore - gone back to black.

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104978

i think matt too.

[bide_furio]

i recon matt too! would be a nice contrast to the cars colour!

[bridgesvtr90]

gloss!

[DJsaxo]

Gloss for me .

[makaveli144]

Dont get matt, matt wheels just look cheaply sprayed and as though someone forgot the laquer. Also means they just look dirty all the time even if they arent. Definately go for gloss.

[Hopcraft]

gloss without a doubt, when you have a nice clean shiny car, you dont want matt alloys imo, ruins the look of the car tbh

[Predator_R32]

im sure you can get a matt effect powder coating

[Saxo-Slag]

gloss ftw

[Wayne]

been looking at gloss black and matt black wheels think gloss black gives more shine to your wheels, go for gloss black:)

[rushy_23]

Which refurb place you taking it to mate. IMO black wheels on black cars is :ill:
Can you not go for a lighter shade, something like Renault charcoal?

[Wayne]

pug cossack grey or the colour rushy metioned would both look great on black cars also:y:

[OLLYVTS]

Gloss for me.

[maynard]

Which refurb place you taking it to mate. IMO black wheels on black cars is :ill:
Can you not go for a lighter shade, something like Renault charcoal?

im taking it to laptab near spaghetti junction.

this is their site, lower down this page is the finishes

http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/alloywheels.php#alloyfinishes

i still like the look of matt but still undecided. is booked in for this monday :)

[rushy_23]

Same place I had mine done at. Had a felling that was the one (or did I send
you the link to them in a PM?)

They wont mind you changing your mind once you get there, try and find some
pictures on black saxos on black rims. You may agree with me then. Theres no
contrast between the 2 colors. Looks a bit bland like.

End of the day if you like it go for it, but I think a nice light grey would be perfect.
When you get to the showroom check out the Renault Charcoal gray
I was on about. Its on the rack at the bottom in the showroom I think. Looks
really really nice.

Thats the color I originally was going for, but changed it to anthracite last minute.

[Martinsaxo]

Id say gloss all the way mate :y:

Martin.

[maynard]

erm no i dont think you did pm me them ones. possibly lol!

anyways, yeah im gonna do another search now see what i like again. have been planning this mod for 4 months now but had setbacks each time. hopefully between now and monday everything will be ok!

how did you find their service?

[djrem]

got pics to compare from?

[maynard]

ok yeah. this is my car:

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=104978

this is matt:

http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk/File/showimage.php?img=alloy15.jpg&title=Matt%20Black

this is gloss:

http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk/File/showimage.php?img=alloy5.jpg&title=Gloss%20Black

also bearing in mind im intending to turn it into a slag :p

[Wayne]

seeing those pictures of the colour wheels gloss black i reckon.

[rushy_23]

erm no i dont think you did pm me them ones. possibly lol!

anyways, yeah im gonna do another search now see what i like again. have been planning this mod for 4 months now but had setbacks each time. hopefully between now and monday everything will be ok!

how did you find their service?

Shall I be honest, they are good at wheel refurbing. But thats about it im afraid.
Ive had 3 seperate occasions where Ive found their work to be a load of shite!

1 - they sprayed my GTi badges anthracite and S2 rallye vents - paint wrong and flaked

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/rushy_23/Car/Refurb5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/rushy_23/Car/Jan%202007/Badges1.jpg

no primer, not the right color and not any laq. Was a sh1t job and the paint
flaked off. Ended up getting redone at a proper body shop. Crap work!
Check the color difference to the wheel!


2 - GF ZS wheel done white - paint flaked off centre caps!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/rushy_23/Car/May%202007/WhiteZS.jpg

and the boss lady had the cheek to argue and say that its not their fault


3 - When I had one of my wheels redone due to uber kerbing - dont wrong color!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/rushy_23/Car/Aug%202007/IMG_0082.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/rushy_23/Car/Aug%202007/IMG_0081.jpg

Again tried to blame me saying I told em the wrong color! I said bladdy
anthracite. Plus the car was right in front of them when they did it!
AND to add to insult tried to make me pay for twice due to it being redone again.


As long as its just a wheel refurb its okay mate lol.

[maynard]

oops...im booked in for a wheel refurb and respray. your not the only person ive spoke to locally who have said they aint great :s

[jimbo232]

I had my wheels refurbed and they were the dogs danglies!

[maynard]

did you use laptab or somewhere else?

[rushy_23]

oops...im booked in for a wheel refurb and respray. your not the only person ive spoke to locally who have said they aint great :s

Then you say refurb and respray, basically you mean they are going to correct
the wheel then do it another color?
If thats the case it will be fine mate.

Just dont ask them to do another bits on the car like centre caps, badges or
plastic bits.
They will do a half assed job unless they learned from the mistakes made on mine
which I doubt.

If its just the wheels they will come out great.

[rushy_23]

Heres how the S2 Rallye intakes looked after a proper bodyshop did them Maynard:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/rushy_23/Car/Mar%202007/DSC01049.jpg

Compare that to the crappy job laptab did with them:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/rushy_23/Car/Refurb5.jpg

Im not one to go on and slate a company that does do good work, but I wasnt
impressed too much. But again there wheel refurbs are spot on. So dont stress.

[Scattle]

Gloss Black imo.

[nazz1]

the matt in the pic looks a bit like gun metal

between them 2 I would say gloss

[maynard]

yeah thats whats happening to them! phew at least theyre good at the wheels then. well theyre standard vtr silver wheels at the moment with a bit of a kerbing from previous owner - not me!

anyways that and then resprayed in either of the blacks. not sure still :s

Then you say refurb and respray, basically you mean they are going to correct
the wheel then do it another color?
If thats the case it will be fine mate.

Just dont ask them to do another bits on the car like centre caps, badges or
plastic bits.
They will do a half assed job unless they learned from the mistakes made on mine
which I doubt.

If its just the wheels they will come out great.

[maynard]

got the wheels done today everyone! got to say laptab did an excellent job also cheap too. must recommend.

car looks completly different now i went for the matt black. will get pics up as soon as i can, ie when its light!

[dave1]

im in the same mind mate but i have the mango saxo