05-05-2017, 04:36 PM | #1 |
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Feeling Blue - most bang for my buck cosmetic mod I've done!
I collected my i8 today with its standard Turbine wheels painted blue by a wheel specialist in Kent.
They did a great job Very friendly company that looked after my i8 well. For the money, I think this is best cosmetic modification I've done to a car. In case anyone else is interested, the wheel specialist I used is Lepsons in Gillingham. My contact was Helen@lepsons.com |
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And I know what you mean. I cannot think of any car other than the i8 that actually looks better with blue wheels! I normally only go for black wheels, if coloured. |
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05-06-2017, 07:22 AM | #10 |
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Allan, to be honest I completely forgot to specify satin v gloss They did them in gloss btw. I suspect satin might look even better I think blue accents generally work very well with the white i8 in particular, so the wheels just tie into the design aesthetic now. |
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The turbine pattern actually consists of three radii per spoke, only one of which is highlighted. It's fairly close to the W pattern when you look at it from different angles. I'd be interested in seeing all three spokes or radii highlighted, although probably in a burnished silver color rather than in blue.
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I'm not even sure if that's possible, and suspect not, at least at this stage. |
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05-06-2017, 01:44 PM | #17 |
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I just found this site that does i8 mods. The interesting point being you can use their "configurator" to play with painting the turbine wheels, and it paints all the spokes fully.
It definitely does not look as good IMHO, but would only cost half as much to do as it is much less labour intensive to do them this way. http://www.3dtuning.com/en-US/tuning...ies/coupe.2014 |
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I think a black or red or yellow solid colour i8 would work really well with the standard wheels painted in black btw. Black would be much better than the standard silvery alloy colour for those colour i8 cars IMHO. |
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05-06-2017, 06:38 PM | #20 |
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I usually hate colored wheels (non-black) but this looks good.
Also, I originally wanted an i8 in white with gray accents and when I found an amazing deal on a white w blue car, I looked into having the accents wrapped gray/black since the blue seemed too busy vs everything I've owned in the past. Now after a few months of living with the car, I not only love the blue accents but would get them again. |
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