Go with the dark satin. Glass black wheels are a total nightmare to keep clean. You won’t regret it.

Very jealous as I would have bitten my dealers hand off for a Carpathian Edition but they have not come to Canada for some unknown reason. I’ve had an order submitted for a V8 since April and still not confirmed by JLR. Send pics or your CE when it arrives.

P.S I think all the press photos of the CE have dark satin wheels

 

I'm going with the grey wheels. Black to me is over done and everyone and the mother has it on cars of all shapes and sizes. I think the grey wheels will look good with the front fascia and Carpathian grey paint.

 

I went with the gray satin rims also. I have gloss black rims on my RRS. I don’t find the gloss black hard to keep clean, but I do think it’s over done and is a little on the showy “baller” side of style. Either will look great. The gloss black would go nicely with the gloss black hood and tailgate.

 

I had originally built mine with the grey wheels as well, but chickened out and reverted back to black. If I had done the non carpathian edition gloss grey paint I would have gone with the grey wheels, but I didn’t want to take the chance that the grey wheels wouldn’t match the satin grey finish of the carpahian edition, so I decided to match the wheels to the hood and the other gloss black contrasts rather than have black and two different greys on the car.

 

That’s exactly what I did, started out with the dark satin grey but chickened out back to gloss black for the exact same reason. After adding the wrap to the Carpathian Grey it looks Matte vs dark satin grey…I thought this may clash w/ the rest of the vehicle. I agree though that every marketing ad I’ve seen from LR seems to be with the dark satin grey wheels which gives me pause…hmmm. I also agree black gloss is overdone but maybe it’s best to play it safe at least knowing it won’t clash with the vehicle?! Thanks for all your input!

 

Yeah, it’s hard enough to get a sense of true color on a computer screen from actual pictures, I have no confidence whatsoever when trying to do it from renderings.

All the renderings I have seen make the so called satin grey wheels appear more like gloss grey. In the end they might end up perfectly matching the satin ppf on grey paint or they might look completely different … it might look amazing in real life but it also might look off, especially to my ocd sensibilities. Gloss black is gloss black, so at least one can have certainty about what it will end up looking like.

Still was a close call for me tho … with a real chance that when I see the grey wheels in person I might regret my decision.

 

I hear you Soelsea! I think we have similar brains around this wheel color issue. I kept thinking if only I could walk around one with each wheel color I would obviously know.

Then again I thought being in Boston with salt all over the roads would those gloss black wheels look awful 9 months of the year? If I hated the dark grey satin could I haces them dipped gloss black? In the end I’m sure either will look great but totally understand the OCD factor around the details!

 

Hi guys! Im considering a 110 V8 Carpathian Edition as well and have a few questions:

1. Did anyone get the Satin Protective Film from factory and if so, is it an extra cost option?

2. How kind of pricing can I expect? How much over factory invoice pricing can I expect?

Im a total Land Rover newbie and wondering if their factory ordering process is similar to what Ive done with BMW, AMG, Porsche in the past. Thanks!

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The satin protection film is standard except on the hood, roof and rear door.

 

Tried contacting SA to possibly switch to the satin dark grey wheels but the universe had spoken! Last Date of Change (LDOC or “lock date”) had already occurred. I’ll take that as a sign to stick with the gloss black -lol. I’m sure either will look awesome. Scheduled for 7/12 build date and August delivery. Siked! Thanks for all the input.