HERES THE DEAL.. I KNOW THIS BELONGS IN WHEELS THREAD BUT I NEED TO KNOW ASAP AND CANT MAKE UP MY MIND WHICH WILL LOOK BETTER..
this is the wheel, in 17inch that i have and i am getting them powdercoated bronze... im debating whether i should keep the polished lip or paint the whole rim bronze...
i plan on leaving these on all year round b/c of cobra rotor/q45 caliper**



thanks gentlemen

 

polished lip, and i'll take the rims in ur sig

 

agreed, the polished lip adds a nice contrast from the spokes of the wheel to the tire.

 

I hate polished lips........
go with all bronze

 

my old rims are 18'' hyper black ace's with nice *** chrome lip.. ZERO RASH.. shoot me a pm, bc they'll be goin up f/s soonnnn

 

yea, i agree. the polished lip is really played out. looks good on some applications, but where you can, go with the simple clean look.

 

a couple of questions...
1) what color is the car?
2) what trim? (ie chrome or body colored handles)
3) how dark is the bronze gonna be?
4)upgraded calipers have they been painted and what color?

if the car is a dark color and you have the chrome window trim/door handles definately do the polished lip.
just my opinion.

 

jsmax thats exactly what i was thinking too.. bc i got the damn trim around the windows in chrome and the handles as well...

repainted a dark metallic green (deeper than evergreen)
as for the bronze i was gonna dark but not too dark where its brown and not too light where its gold.... im lookin at a color chart tomm..
calipers are black

 

A flat bronze (more on the brown side) paired with a polished lip will look very nice.

 

yea i was going for a flatter color
we'll see... im afraid if going with anythign other than a 5spoked design.. in a 17 they'll look small and like **** at least i think

 

i got these on my max


17", same color... just wish I had a picture of them on the car to show you

 

go w/ the polished lip...imo

 

im def goin polished..

nice rims aznprid.. how much and where from??

 

Dirt cheap from a local guy around my town.

 

go with the polished lips, no one ever said u can't get some shine out of ur rims...

 

polished lip all the way... sometimes it depends on the color of the car but if you're powdercoating them bronze I say keep the lip.. the polished lip is only played out on mesh rims but either way I say if it's clean it's clean

 

update...i wanted the polished lip but theres more to the story like.. id have to sand the lips on all of them b/c their machined, andthen hit them w the buffer b4 i powdercoat them so their mirror finished, then i needed a drill press to drill out the lug holes bc they arent big enough, bc the one rim is brand new.. so im gonna buy new rims at this point.. im gonan go w a bronze 7 spoke or 8 not sure yet.. kinda like the nismo rims.. i was checkin out the 5zigens but thier pricey.. idk whether to go 17 or 18 for all season...?? hmm rims have to be the hardest descision ever......

 

Agreed... polished lips are played out. All bronze.

 

The newb chick votes all bronze!!!

 

not a big fan of bronze, keep it silver

 

im indecisive as hell. i found a rim that looks like the nismo rims... ther lite 5's by speedy


ya nay??

 

Bronze/polished lip....it'll look hawt

 

yay

 

hahaha dude honestly... if you dont just pick one, and stop lookin for rims, youll never be able to decide

there are thousands of rims out there and there will always be one you think you might like better. Just stick with your original decision and youll be happy once you get them on your car. Personally I dont like bronze rims unless theyre on a Suby. But if youre gonna go with them, get the lip polished It'll bring the bronze out in the rim.

-Mike

 

I like the look of the polished lip...

 

Are you a trendy guy or a classic guy? Polish lip is definitely a trend... Then again, the same can be said for anything beside plan jane silver...

Keep it solid and it will look better in the long run. Bronze does look good on certain colors.

 

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