Well, i got tired of my boring bare metal rotas, so i decided to polish up the lip on them and paint the wheels.

Here is some progress:

Only polished lip


Polished and painted gunmetal





Im not really caring for the look of the gunmetal, i thought about a bronze, but i dont think bronze w/ a polished lip would look that great. And it seems everyone and their mom has black gloss wheels w/ a polished lip. Anyone got any other ideas for what color to paint the wheels? Also i have been using the duplicolor wheel paint, but only because i got it for free. Should i use an acrylic or enamel? Thanks.

 

black would work if you tinted the windows.

sunlit sand could work too

 

Nice work! I'm gonna paint mine charcoal next week.

 

Im supposed to get my windows tinted tomorrow as long as the weather holds out.

 

if you could color-match the spokes to your car, that would be pretty slick.

 

Keep us posted, My car is the twin brother of yours lol. i need some ideas to. Also my car info <---says sunsilt sand wich is sunlit sand <EVO> paint code but for some unknown reason it wont update to the fixed info i put in.

 

Looks pretty good to me. Get some tints and you should be good to go

 

there is a wheel forum
there is a picture thread
there is a members ride forum

 

more than one tint

 

what bout lowering springs?

 

I would have to agree with the drop. After you get that it will definitely set the wheels off and you'll have a better ability to determine which color would look better. Just choosing I would say body color and lose the dull mud flap.

 

I need to replace my tie rod ends, bushings, strut bearings, rotors, pads, and return my POS cv axles from oreillys. I plan on doing all that at one time.

Got the driver's side of the car done, I think I'm going to stick with the gun metal, i like it allot.

 

Thought about full polish? I think that would be nice.

 

I agree. A full polish (clay bar, wax and all). And a light (20-35%) tint job to set off the gunmetal wheels

 

ur front bumper doesnt match... the car was hit ?

 

That would be such a pita to keep clean, i painted the wheels mostly because i got tired of how dirty the wheels would get and how hard they were to clean and keep clean. Ill try it out on one of the wheels and see how i like it.

Yep, back bumper too.

I belive he is talking about polishing the aluminum like i did on the lip of the rim.

 

It almost looks if the back bumper is a little off too... Maybe it's faded?

 

...tinT

 

you beat me posting. ha

 

looks good but black out the rear side maker as well and here are some pics of my car to give you more ideas

 

Looks good, glad to see more sunlit sands around here. Now I dont feel so alone