Bronze is grey is gold is bronzish

WBW · #1 (**permalink**) 06-16-2007, 12:02 PM

With bronze wheels, it seems like they are kind of a different colour between many manufacturers (no big surprise), but even the same wheel seems to look different in magazines vs. website pictures, and I don't know how they will look on my car in real life.

What do you think??

Consider this wheel that I am considering for my VBP fit:
Enkei RSV Bronze:
https://www.edgeracing.com/images/wh...front_zoom.jpg

It kind of looks like grey there, while in the wheelsnext.com ad in Import Tuner they look more like real bronze.

It also looks pretty sweet on their website:
http://www.wheelsnext.com/images/whe...SV_BRZ_1_W.jpg

How about in real life I wonder?

I saw a guy's "bronze" Konig Heliums and they looked gunmetal grey! Hope Enkei's are more on the ball with their painting.

p11wrg · #2 (**permalink**) 06-17-2007, 06:18 AM

This is the problem you have with looking at pictures on monitors. Whilst a picture in a magazine will be very very similar in colour etc regardless of where it was purchased, a reproduction of a picture on a website that you view on your computer can be tottally different to another pc.

Hence the web is terrible to portofolio a photogrpahers work, as everybody has different quality of monitors set to various colour and contrasts.

The only way to get the true colour of the wheel is to see it in the flesh.

From the 2 pics you posted I can see they are the same model of wheel but different. only way is to cross reference the enkei emblem at the 7pm position and see if anyone with them in real life can see which colour is more accurate. but I am inclined to to go for the 1st pic with the lighter blue emblem.

Al.

WBW · #3 (**permalink**) 06-17-2007, 10:01 AM

Good pick up on the emblems - didn't notice that. I wonder if maybe the first pic just has too strong a flash? With this in mind, I was more inclined to say the second pic was more accurate (more goldish-bronze than grey-bronze)....hmmm

p11wrg · #4 (**permalink**) 06-17-2007, 02:06 PM

Had a closer look at the photos and noticed that the 1st wheel is a 10 stud and the 2nd a 8 stud.

Look closer at the wheel spokes and you can see that the 10 stud are slightly thinner. Therefore there is also a high possibility that the wheels are different size: 10 stud is 18" 8 stud is 17".

Also, are you 100% sure they are not 2 different colours on offer?

Al.

WBW · #5 (**permalink**) 06-17-2007, 07:16 PM

Yeah, I figured the "thinner" spokes was because the camera angle is head-on rather than at the slight angle. A pic of these one someone's car would help out here...

IIEZ · #6 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 02:54 PM

They are totally bronze and not gold or grey. They look great. I also have another pic on the wheels post. Got them from EdgeRacing. Good service quick shipping. Enjoy.

WBW · #7 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 07:19 PM

Awesome thanks for posting your pic - those must be 17's? Is your suspension stock? I would be putting them on with tanabe gf210's and expect to rub, I think.

IIEZ · #8 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 08:25 AM

Yup, they are 17s +42 with 205/40r17 rubber. Its on stock suspension now, but I do have the GF210s. All the other members mention that they will rub when I put the springs on. Looks lke there is a a lot of clearance for a .9 drop in the rear. I think I wil be fine if there is no people in the back. There is only one way to find out... I will keep you guys posted.