well as most of you have seen in my other thread... http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...ious-love.html, i got a set of nice M/FX35 18s, well, i was parked at the harware store and some @sshole dropped paint and got all over my front passenger rim, so i sprayed them black. Since then i had a rear blowout and i had to put my snows on untill i get a tire, so while they are off, i decided it time for nice paint, i love black rims, but im fixing this ride up for my girl who LOVES lime green so i wanted to incorperate lime green into the wheels, so with Chrismans help he shopped up a few renditions, basically they are the same but one has the chrome infinity emblem and the other is black, let me know what you all think, and as i make progress ill be updating with pics

Special thanks to Chrisman287, and my awesome girlfriend


Here are what im thinking...
black emblem

Chrome emblem

 

Pretty sick idea. Black emblem FTW

 

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.

 

haha im glad im not getting flamed for my idea lol, black emblem was Chrisman's idea and im thinking i love it!

 

 

I like the lime green and black accents better although that seems to be a pretty difficult task...

 

im gunna secong the black/green look, and its a hell of a task, but im up for it

 

A cardboard template would be easier than just masking off with tape so at least the area would be the exact same size.

 

very true, but where the green is going it is very pronounced and has edges to guide me, so first i need to gather up the materials, and then sand and prime them

 

To be completely honest with you man, I don't think it will flow well at all with your car. If it was a little more modded, and had more lime accent...maybe. I understand people have different tastes, it just won't look right if the wheels are going on the car in your sig. Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't read the thread you linked.

 

well i think the whole car is going gloss black with lime green accents this summer once i get the little bit more bodywork done

 

Definitely in for the whole makeover!

 

Can't wait to see how this turns out

 

It's called a project, not everything gets done at once MO!

 

True, but there is just some things that should be done in a certain order.
Going with a such a dramatic wheel color on a car that really needs attention applied to other areas is just going to look like complete sh#t.
That bright lime green color might work, and actually look good but only on a car thats ready for such a look.

 

Same with any project, you can go at it many ways, other things will suffer in the process. It really depends on what you personally think is the right order, meaning, you're comfortable with all of the bashing you may incur because of doing things a certain me (EG. Me doing the VQ35 last, I've spent more than 2x the money on other mods for the car performance wise, and still have not even been able to come close to a VQ35 in performance, but it's the route I chose, and I'm sticking to it, I'm happy to say I have finally made it to that destination where I am ready to begin the VQ35 process, the wheels for him are like me doing my Exhaust first back in the fall).

I'm holding my tongue till the final result, I'm personally not a fan of those "exotic" colors on plain cars, but we'll see in due time.... Who knows he could pull it off?

I just wish the best of luck to you MaxJammin!

 

Not really a good comparison, cause even with that exhaust it gave you gains, there was still a positive outcome to doing it perfomance wise. Not as benificial as with a 3.5 or FI but some still.

This is a cosmetic mod, so to paint the wheels such an extreme color that just screams " hey,look at me!" which would ok if the whole car is done up as well. But when the car is looking as if its seen better days it just makes one think "WTF"
Its like guys who spend 3-4K on wheels and put them on a 500.00 car, just doesnt make sense.
Back when body kits were in it was far too commmon to see them slapped on vehilces, unpainted which is another thing I could never understand. Why put it on, if you dont intend to paint it.
In the end, it his his car to do with as he pleases. Just seems likes there are so many other things he could focus on before painting his wheels bright green.

 

this. anyone who has half a brain would not put lime green wheels on a half black half gold max. i agree, it woukd look good once the rest of the car is done, but do yourself, your gf, and all of us a favor, and wait to do the wheels, at least until the car is all one color...some people make me laugh

 

Its your car bro u must start somewhere. That's y its a PROJECT u got a good idea keep it up

 

If it hasnt been said already im gonna say it:

This will look like ****. Don't do it.

the only way that can possible look good is on an all black maxima(pristine paint, not just well taken care of), that is pretty much slammed into the ground. Because that begs for attention otherwise, it will look like one of those "latinos" got there hand on some spray paint and went crazy.

 

What wrong with "LATINOS" and spray paint everyone doesn't have a compressor to paint and everyone doesn't have money to pay someone to paint them.

 

Exactly, things should be done in a certain order. It would be stupid If...


I put a condom on my ***** when I got dressed for a first date with a girl.











No correlation, just wanted to say it

 

I did

 

So many ways to attack this problem of doing lime green rims first, lets just leave it at we're both right.


Yes, it would be silly if YOU put a condom on YOUR ***** on a first date with a girl.

But for the rest of us....



jp bro, see you next weekend, i'll have the go pro, I got a DE-K challenger too, should be fun.

 

nice paint photoshop lol
def wana see the outcome looks unique

 

well, if all goes as planned, the car goes in for paint tuesday morning, and ill be without a ride for a few days and ill be doing the rims, as for the feedback, positive or negative, its all taken into consideration, but as far as the car goes, after paint and wheels itll be on the back burner. I got a miata im trying to get on the road, and trying to get my bike registered, ill post pics when i get it all home and together

 

are you going for the first one with the black emblem?

 

95% sure i am, im gunna do one with the chrome and see how it looks, but i LOVE how the black emblem looks in the pics

 

well i'm not really a fan of the layout of the lime paint and imo using a chrome emblem would make it way worse. please use a black emblem if you go through with this @_@

 

i did 2 centers for hahas...very poorly, and it gunna be black emblem for sure, and the cars all blacked out hopefully buy weds eve or thursday morning

 

yea if it's gonna be black and the rims are colored the emblem HAS to be black for sure lol

 

 

Check this thread out on G8 Forums.

http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39861

Would I do it, no but I like the way the wheels came out.

 

great link, as for all green...that to much for me, but i have been working on them all day, and running around for the paint guy, so i SHOULD have 1 done by toninght

 

Looking forward to seein it bruh!

 

well i did finish one rim, and is most of you said, didnt look that great...so, they will stay all black with green centers, this is how it came out, and i wasnt happy with the results...

 

isnt ur car gold? lime greeen black n gold? no


black or oem finish IMO

 

It actually looks pretty good from this angle. Can you snap some closer pics? Heck if you can pull it off with the rest of your whip paintwise, I say go for it.

 

cant get anymore pics, they are all black now, as is the car, i pick up the whip in the AM, and the green showed every flaw and imperfection in the wheel

 

Hmm. Still looking forward to when the whip comes back. Shes come a long way (in a pretty short amount of time) so Im itching to see outcome!