[Art__Vandelay]

Originally Posted by Myselfg81

will ask him and post them if I get them.

For me the grey and mirror like combo (diamond cut) looks more oem. Had tist colour combo on a diffrent bmwwheel on the g20

Sorry for my impatience, but I wanted to ask if you have been able to get anything here yet? I will have to decide in the next few days how I want to powder coat my 826Ms and it would of course be very helpful if I could get an impression of other examples.

[fanofbmwe46]

I found a reputable detail shop in my area that ceramic coats wheels for $50 a wheel (full wheel incuding barrel). I think I’m going to have them do that for my 826Ms right after I take delivery of my car. That should make them much easier to clean going forward.

[OwnerF16]

Originally Posted by fanofbmwe46

I found a reputable detail shop in my area that ceramic coats wheels for $50 a wheel (full wheel incuding barrel). I think I’m going to have them do that for my 826Ms right after I take delivery of my car. That should make them much easier to clean going forward.

Got my 826M wheels ceramic coated as soon as I got the car but they were on the car so no hope on the barrels. The wheels are tough to clean but the ceramic coating really helps!

[Flyer53]

Looking for a brighter wheel as well. Fire Orange and my windows are tinted a bit more than I want but the rock wheels are jut too dark!!

[Art__Vandelay]

Originally Posted by Flyer53

Looking for a brighter wheel as well. Fire Orange and my windows are tinted a bit more than I want but the rock wheels are jut too dark!!

There are obviously people who prefer silver wheels and all other manufacturers offer silver rims from the factory (the Porsche 992 GT3 looks perfect with the silver wheels). That's why I'm surprised that there is not a single photo of a G8X with standard silver wheels to be found to date.

I dropped my 826M off at the shop yesterday. It was very difficult to decide which silver shade to choose and with which finish (gloss, satin, matte). They will first depaint them, so I have a few days until the final decision. If anyone finds any photos, that would be very helpful.

[Hit_Apex]

Originally Posted by Art__Vandelay

There are obviously people who prefer silver wheels and all other manufacturers offer silver rims from the factory (the Porsche 992 GT3 looks perfect with the silver wheels). That's why I'm surprised that there is not a single photo of a G8X with standard silver wheels to be found to date.

I dropped my 826M off at the shop yesterday. It was very difficult to decide which silver shade to choose and with which finish (gloss, satin, matte). They will first depaint them, so I have a few days until the final decision. If anyone finds any photos, that would be very helpful.

I'll have pics this Saturday. Probably too late to help you choose but I went with a satin finish. My PC guy said he has 3 levels of matte clear coat. The first he said wouldn't do much to tone down a hyper silver like BMW/Porsche silver. The heaviest is not ideal for wheels cause it adds too much texture and would hold dust. I went with the middle choice. I'll know in a couple days if they work (ie don't clash) with FBG paint, but they look terrific unmounted. With that said, a brighter silver should look great on most colors - I muted a bit for frozen paint.

[Art__Vandelay]

Originally Posted by Hit_Apex

I'll have pics this Saturday. Probably too late to help you choose but I went with a satin finish. My PC guy said he has 3 levels of matte clear coat. The first he said wouldn't do much to tone down a hyper silver like BMW/Porsche silver. The heaviest is not ideal for wheels cause it adds too much texture and would hold dust. I went with the middle choice. I'll know in a couple days if they work (ie don't clash) with FBG paint, but they look terrific unmounted. With that said, a brighter silver should look great on most colors - I muted a bit for frozen paint.

Nevertheless, I'm very curious to see how it will look like.

It's really hard to decide when you don't have a chance to see real wheels in a certain color and finish (at least on pictures). Besides color and finish I thought about a two tone solution, with grey inner parts of the wheel and a brushed-like finish on the outside. A little bit like the bi-color 826M, but with brighter colors. That would be much more expensive though and since I'm not sure if that would even look better, I decided to go with a single color solution.

And the challenge is that I have Skyscraper Gray. The goal is to have the color of the wheels be lighter than the color of the car, to have the contrast I want here. But the question is how the 826M will look in a very bright silver shade and so I'm considering a color in between (Skyscraper Gray is pretty bright though, so there's not that much wiggle room there).

[Aalfred]

Just got my 827M powder coated in Roman Bronze. Looks a bit gold-silverish too lol

[Art__Vandelay]

Originally Posted by Hit_Apex

I'll have pics this Saturday. Probably too late to help you choose but I went with a satin finish. My PC guy said he has 3 levels of matte clear coat. The first he said wouldn't do much to tone down a hyper silver like BMW/Porsche silver. The heaviest is not ideal for wheels cause it adds too much texture and would hold dust. I went with the middle choice. I'll know in a couple days if they work (ie don't clash) with FBG paint, but they look terrific unmounted. With that said, a brighter silver should look great on most colors - I muted a bit for frozen paint.

Were you able to take some photos this weekend? Very curious how the silver 827M look on the car.

[Jhanksm3]

I'm looking for pics I seen on Facebook of silver 827 and I'll post once I find them

[static_void]

826Ms finished in Bengal Silver. Got these pics from a friend. I'm not sure who the owner is or where the pictures originally came from, but figured the thread could use these.

[Aalfred]

Hit_Apex Has these 827M in Porsche Silver

https://g80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=14

[Hit_Apex]

Originally Posted by Art__Vandelay

Were you able to take some photos this weekend? Very curious how the silver 827M look on the car.

Tonight!

[Hit_Apex]

A mix for comparison, not the best pics but in a rush

[Jhanksm3]

Silver looks better on that color, btw the white g8x was the car I seen on Facebook

[chicagofan00]

The silver definitely looks better with the FBG color.

[Laguna01///M3]

Originally Posted by static_void

826Ms finished in Bengal Silver. Got these pics from a friend. I'm not sure who the owner is or where the pictures originally came from, but figured the thread could use these.

20" all around is how it should've came.

[JTO24]

Wow, that Porsche silver looks fantastic!

[Art__Vandelay]

I was able to postpone my final decision on the powdercoat color for my 826M wheels a bit, but tomorrow I definitely have to decide. Both Bengal Silver and Porsche Silver look good. And basically it was clear to me that I would go with a matte/satin finish, but wonder how it would look like with a bit more gloss finish. That can look really good depending on the wheel design and exterior color of the car.

Another potentially attractive variant could be a bi-color style, with a lighter gray inside and silver on the outside surface (sort of a lighter version of the bi-color rims).

In any case I can't go too dark, otherwise it would lack contrast to the Skyscraper Gray of the car.

[Art__Vandelay]

Just picked them up today. Will mount them later, but here's at least one picture.

[OF Hero]

Originally Posted by Art__Vandelay

Just picked them up today. Will mount them later, but here's at least one picture.

Looks great!

[amrh]

Originally Posted by Art__Vandelay

Just picked them up today. Will mount them later, but here's at least one picture.

What color and finish did you go with?
Looking forward to seeing how they look on your car, since mine is SSG too.