I have these wheels, but they are straight silver, and my car is a darker silver. Looks kinda weird.

 

 

I would leave them alone.

 

They HAVE to be painted. The clearcoat is coming off.

 

Stock finish or leave them alone.

 

see if you can get close to factory paint if not then i would say maybe gunmetal.

 

i say u paint them bronze

 

Stock finish. Clean them up and re-clear.

 

+1

 

Leave 'em the way they are. If you really feel the need to dress them up, you could always paint the little triangles near the center with a little darker shade of silver. But that's the most I'd do.

Bronze only works on Evos and Subies IMO. Or at least on a rim with a bit of a lip on it.

 

I agree! I think painting the entire rim bronze or gold would complement your car. Or you could try painting the rim red but leave the lip polished metal. Or bronze with a polished metal lip?

 

are you guys serious? Thats tacky as hell...


Im down with silver or graphite...but not bronze or red.

Would 1000 grit be good to remove the clear coat? Or is 2000 a must?

 

Black

 

There is a guide on here somewhere, it should be in the HowTo section in the 4th Gen forum. But according the guide you should use that aircraft paint stripper.

And the color I guess has been decided, silver or graphite is nice. But it doesn't stand out; but its all good. Its just most OEM wheels on here I have seen are painted black, or the colors that you suggested.

Which is not a bad thing, its just nothing new.

 

powder coat them black or have them re-done stock.

 

gloss black FTW!

 

gunmetal and black wheels are played out...

 

+ 2

 

not black... either re-finish to stock, or get ur paint code (kt3 most likely) and paint them to match ur car...

 

powdercoat them light blue

 

Color match them to the body paint.

 

I went with gunmetal grey on my Max, not overplayed yet here in Ohio. So I say go gunmetal or stock.

 

you gotta drop it first you know

 

Graphite or gunmetal would look nice.

 

car is dropped now. illumina kit.

pics?

 

Black

 

deff black, and go with a drop

 

LOL, no, not yet I don't. My wife took a pic with the new camera phone so the wallpaper is of my Max and 2 boys. I can take a pic or 2, but this old man has to figure out how to post pics!

 

would really like to see your wheels.

What color is your car? And what type of wheels?


Register at Photobucket dot com. (figure that out )

 

None of the above.

Sell them to the nearest fisherman as those are boat anchors.

In all seriousness, go with what JNcoRacer said.

 

Powered black or gloss black, but also try gun metal

 

i did my own wheels with black semi gloss engine enamel and they came out great, a lot of people actually believed they were powder coated. but its the prep work you gotta do first...my wheels were chipping from clear coat too.

i took 200grit sand paper and did all the wheels, then steel wool, then 1500 grit, then primer paint etc...


but black might work with yours...try getting someone to photo shop them

 

ha, i was waiting for someone to do that. Didnt want to impose though since im already bothering them with opinions.

Any one up for a photo shop?

 

you should do this color.. hasn't been used yet other then by me



Back to being serious, you should keep them stock color or paint them to match your car.. not a lot of colors go with silver unless you like bright wheels that stand out.. flat black or silver is my choice..

 

i would say 1.) refinish and clear coat again or 2.) powdercoat a gunmetal.

 

BBS makes a color called brilliant silver, it would be cool to do and/or model that color on those wheels. I think it really sets off pearl and gold cars, especially a night.

 

i would have to say keep them the stock color

 

i like silver-black,i think it is gonna look sharp

 

i would say leave them alone, but if you really want to paint them paint them black and give the car a decent drop.

 

YUK!!

You should leave them the same color/get them painted stock color again. and maybe you could fill in the little triangle thing thats towards the center with black that would look ****.