Lotus Elise 111S Wheels

[J M Stott]

Hello all,

 

I am new to both this forum and Lotus ownership (well i will be on Saturday when i pick her up ) Hopefully it will be a great experience!

 

The car i have bought has black 111s wheels (carbon black i think he said) which look alright but my personal preference has always been silver wheels, my question is i have seen many people say the 111s wheels should be 'Smoked Chrome' has anybody got a picture of the smoked chrome wheels and a picture of just standard alloy wheel colour as i want to get them sprayed up before i pick the car up next saturday.

 

Thnaks in advance and soon as i pick her up i'll post some pics!

 

James

[un1eash]

Its hard to tell but if you look at the pictures in my garage I have the stock colour wheels on my car, they haven't been painted in the cars lifetime.

 

[J M Stott]

That is a STUNNING lotus mate, wheels definately do it justice in the silver dont they, they look like a normal silver to me (although could be my poor quality phone haha) if they are a normal silver then i have made my decision because they look great there cheers!

 

James

[Saint Matt]

They are a darker silver yes mate, mine are the same, doesn't seem to show up on any photos I have either though!

[un1eash]

Try not to get plain silver as they can appear bright and a little cheap in my opinion. They are chrome, if you google 'Elise 111S wheels' there's more pictures that show the colour better, this one shows them better also...

[J M Stott]

Thanks all great pictues, does anybody know where i can find the colour code for this as i think i will have to get the smoked chrome wheels after all!

[Alex B]

Seloc wiki. Might be able to help in this front.

Either website or iOS version.

[daves2111s]

I have the originals (2003 111s) and they are not simply smoked chrome. The spokes and centre are smoked chrome but the inner rim fades to black.

They look great but I think they stopped doing them this way because of matching problems.

The wheels on one side are slightly darker than the other. Only noticeable if I take them off side by side.

To re paint this way would quite expensive I guess. Much easier to do a solid colour all over.

[a7esk]

Here what I had on my Blue 111s which Allon White bought of me a couple of years ago.

Black Chrome .

[Alex B]

I have the originals (2003 111s) and they are not simply smoked chrome. The spokes and centre are smoked chrome but the inner rim fades to black.

They look great but I think they stopped doing them this way because of matching problems.

The wheels on one side are slightly darker than the other. Only noticeable if I take them off side by side.

To re paint this way would quite expensive I guess. Much easier to do a solid colour all over.

Mr 06 reg 111r has smoked chrome fronts with black inner wheel.

My previous 120bhp k series was same as well.

[J M Stott]

Hi Guys,

 

As promised i have uploaded a couple pics of my Lotus with its new silver wheels on

[chris_h]

Congratulations, I see the red paint is a match.

[J M Stott]

Yeah, cheers, pretty damn close, better picture of them here, My 111s next to my dads 360. Maybe one day he'll get confused and take mine and ill get his but i think i may just be dreaming there lol

[chris_h]

makes your number plate look massive, I'd get a 3/4 size one for the front (or one with less digits!!)

[J M Stott]

Possibly at some point, changed it to that REG as it was the closest thing to 'J STOTT' or anything