Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Cheers, even if you are a little biased eh. Quick question:
I'm going to get the wheels refurbed and wondered would going for a graphite or darker colour be sinful, considering all of the car is original?

No! Don't do this, dark rims on a black car will look smaller. Just clean them up and keep original. If you want black rims 3 weeks of hard braking will sort it out. On that note, ebc green pads are good brake pads for the 306