Current Events > If you were getting a sports car would you get black rims or silver rims?

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noticed that most sports cars i see have black rims, that i've noticed.

Black is usually for carbon fiber rims or to mask all the brake dust.

Would pick black, unless the car itself is black then might consider silver depending on the model in question.

Purple_Cheetah posted...

Black is usually for carbon fiber rims or to mask all the brake dust.

Would pick black, unless the car itself is black then might consider silver depending on the model in question.

for carbon fiber rims or mask brake dust? didn't really hear that

depends on the car and color of the car. In general black will look better, but rim color would not be something that would have any impact on my decision of a car.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

for carbon fiber rims or mask brake dust? didn't really hear that

I meant carbon fiber wheels are usually always black... because they're carbon. They're also really light and equal what would be magnesium wheels of old. That's part of why they're usually black, because less unsprung weight on a performance car using carbon fiber.
As a bonus you don't see the black brake dust/dirt if you actually ya know... drive them.

If you ever see a car with silver rims look grungey or this black film on them, that's most likely just brake dust and thus stands out, making the car seem unkempt.

I'd still pick black anyways, since nowadays they're probably carbon regardless of choice and it tends to work with any body color.