if youve got the room to store id be holding onto a set you never know when you wil need a full size wheel, perhaps somewhere down the track you wish to have them refurbed or damage (buckle) a wheel, get a flat etc etc ..id be holding onto a spare set for sure

 

Oi Loikes this:

 

That's not for my taste - it feels like too much chrome all in the one place, and I think it wants some more chrome highlights. If I put chrome wheels on my car but kept the black trim, I think I'd have the same feeling... so the more I think about it, the more I think my answer to the thread title is "Whatever colour the trim is..."

 

.... but it's not a convertible!

 

So the only kind of wheels an XK should have is black, chrome/silver or whatever color the window trim is?

 

The black Kalimnos wheels look great in my eyes. The silver bolt thingies add some contrast so you don't get the full murdered-out look - painted calipers also help out with contrast as well.

 

We are talking about personal opinions here so if it was my XK (or any other car), yes. When designing a colour palette I like to choose a primary colour that accounts for about 60% of the colour, a secondary colour that's somewhere around 20-30%, and a highlight colour that makes up the remainder... On my car that's dark grey as the primary, black as the secondary, and red as the highlight (calipers and front grille badge). Concentrating all of the secondary colour in one spot looks out of place to me, so I like to have it in a few places. I apply these principles to things like logo design and paint palettes, but the more I think about it the more I realise this preference applies to cars too.

You'll notice all of this talks about "to me" and "in my opinion." On your XK? Couldn't care less 🤷

 

Dis one is alright too:

 

Same car, different wheels.

 

Saw those pictures online and I ended buying dees ones:

 

ooooh that makes way more sense to me, I think darker wheels suit this car nicely 😎

 

Ya, I like da wheels better than the chromey lookings ones.

 

Dem looks fine - it looks to me like those wheels on the other pics are larger or the car is lowered.

 

 

Wow, stunning.

 

Well, his was the inspiration, mine....just didn't come out quite the same! LOL!😂🤣
Someone in another post told me his was lowered plus had 20's front, 22s rears. All I know is it looks great!!👍

 

AND...I'd guess his pictures were taken by a professional. Mine....taken on my cheap phone, at a truck stop, on my way home from getting the wheels before the rain started. Just say'n...😂🤣