What color should I paint my wheels? pic of my car inside

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07-26-2004, 06:30 AM

Colossus

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What color should I paint my wheels? *pic of my car inside*

http://s87266458.onlinehome.us/gallery/i30/i30_5

When I bought this car back in April, everyone was very impressed with the car except pretty much everyone said the wheels are ugly. Not only is the design ugly, but the wheels suffer from some slight road rash/wear. I read the 4th DIY for painting wheels and I'm interested in painting my wheels now.

Questions:

1. The DIY talks about using aircraft paint remover... since my wheels are aluminum / alloy, I'm assuming I don't need to remove any paint. Right?

2. Because my wheels are aluminum/alloy, will painting them still work?

3. What color would look best with my pearl white car? On Duplicolor's website it lists Bronze, Black, Graphite, White, and Silver. I wish there was a chrome or something, but I'm assuming that Silver is going to be the best bet with a white car. What are your opinions?

07-26-2004, 06:37 AM

I30tMikeD

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I would leave them alone, seriously. It's not the type of car that painting the wheels looks good on.

If you want, I will have my I30t BBS wheels for sale real soon. for pretty cheap too. They are much lighter than your stock wheels and they are a 1/2" wider.

07-26-2004, 07:01 AM

tomservo291

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I have to agree, I don't think painting those rims will improve their look. My type of rim (SE 5spoke) looks good painted graphite or even black, but that's a different story...