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YOUR RESEARCHblack or colored centere caps on a triple black 996?
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Change the hood emblem to silver and go with the standard black/silver center caps.
black or colored centere caps on a triple black 996?
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Do you all think the regular black center caps (non-colored crest) look better on a triple black 996 aero, or the colored ones? I have the GT3 rims I think they are called Sport Design rims. I have the colored crests, but they are a bit old and don't seem to age well, so I was thinking of replacing them. So trying to decide if the non-colored look better......I think they just might.
No doubt about it. Change the hood emblem to silver and go with the standard black/silver center caps. Down the road you may want to apply black chrome to the wheels to finish it all off.
Thanks to Eric at Bumperplugs, I do have a really nice Silver Crest (very high quality I may add). I think I can get the set of non-colored crest caps pretty cheap too.
Here are the silver crests on a black 996
As they are the std issue, I think they make the car look less rather than more attractive.
Here are colored crests on the same car
Much better - IMHO
If you think about it, the reason everyone loves to install the clear turn signal lenses is because the amber ones stand out and ruin the fluid body lines. Same can be said for colored wheel caps. The silver rims are broken up by a colored center, instead of a silver/black matching center that continues the lines of the wheel.
Know what I mean? I like the silver/black center caps!
I go back and forth - but I think the silver/black looks better too. The issue with the colored caps are that they look like crap after a season or so, definitely do not hold their luster.
