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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
I don't think anyone is decrying having the option. We're saying it's an overdone trend that doesn't carry the cachet it once held as this sort of cool, bad-ass custom look. A lot of the time it makes the vehicle look kind of basic and cheap, or -- to borrow a phrase from across the pond -- 'chavved out'.
The second CTS-V that photon posted looks friggin' beautiful. The first CTS-V with the blacked out elements looks like a retired rental car that was modded by Bo from SuperStore.
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Nah, there are good ways and bad ways to do everything. I've been blacking out wheels since my first car - 1984 Pontiac Acadian in 1990. I was 16, took it over to my uncles garage, removed all the wheels, masked the tires, prepped the #### out of them and then sprayed them with matte black paint. They looked 10x better.
I agree that trying to diy your own blackout situation typically fails miserably. I've left my Mercedes totally chromed out...kinda goes with the Buick-beige (TM you&me) vibe. Would I like it better blacked out? I guess not really because I don't think it would suit the car. Plus I just think wrapping chrome - while a notch or two above plasti dip - is still just too boy-racer cheese that I feel is beneath my sensibilities.
My wife's nightfall (basically factory black package) Telluride looks a bajillion times better than standard tellurides. It's a great vehicle to walk up to.
Daughter's Sportwagen is all black with all black tinted windows, but summers are on the factory chrome wheels. Winter wheels I bought her are a charcoal grey that look pretty bad ass. Couple that with her black snowboard pod and she has a totally sick ride.
So long story short, more options the better. For as much as I just don't like Subarus, I love those kinda bronze or gold wheels you see on STIs sometimes. It's okay to have fun.
One other thing on chrome - I don't enjoy detailing it and I'm a car-detailing freak. I always find chrome to be underwhelming when polished. Much prefer clean black or even putting some gloss product (depending on the black) to make it pop.