Look at my sig and u can see that I've done the graphite rims....I did it kinda sloppy so imma redo them sometime next week or so but I am thinking graphite might not be what I want. I have seen Maximapolak's 5th gen with black stock rims and it looks sweet but he also has a nice deep blue to accent them....what do you think for my 99 SE.....black or graphite?

 

Well you have that whole "Knight Rider" theme going on, so I'd have to say go with black. I'm not sure if I would go glossy though, IMHO semi gloss would be better looking. Also if your planning to keep the center caps that silver color you might want to invest in a set of longer lug nuts & polish the lip's to accent the look.

Another color that "might not look horribly wrong" is a red color similar to your genII altezza's. It might break up the look or your car a bit, but may fit with the overall scheme of things. Whichever color you go with deffinitly polish the lip's though. It adds that additional touch of class for a DIY project.

 

Yea...i was definately gonna do the lip...I dunno why I just painted over it last time....guess i was sorta on time restraints....do u mean red for the whole rim or just the center cap?

 

red for the entire rim. It "might look decent" since everything on your car is either red or black already. If you plan on stripping the paint thats already on there off before you redo them. You might want to paint on of the wheels red to see how it might look. Keep in mind the red color is gonna look alittle darker since your painting over the dark paint thats already on the wheel. The red color will more then likely be alittle lighter if you paint over the bare metal silver color of the rim.

i'm not sure about the red thing though, might actually look good, but then again it may be alittle on the ricey side. you may as well spray one red to see what you think since you plan on redoing them anyway

 

Imma use aircraft stripper so I guess I might as well give it a shot on one wheel and see.....maybe someone wants to photoshop my pics from photobucket and give me an idea of red rims? hehehe

 

Post a link to your pic's. I don't have Photoshop @ the pad, but have something that can give you a crude idea of how it might look. Check out this link http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=339133 I just did some work on another orgers car. Mainly for my own personal use. I don't think he's seen them yet. Your gonna have to scroll down alittle....

Damn bro, I was just trying to do it on the photo you have posted above. I'm not gonna be able to do that type of work without photoshop. It's wouldn't be a big deal accept this lame *** software I'm using doesn't have a transparency adjustment for the sir brush. So when I try to paint with it, it's just coming out like solid red. It looks like dog duty. I'm sorry I wish I could help you out man....

 

i think red wheels work on certain cars (Maxima not being one of them)...other ppl just hate them completely. I think the se 5 spokes painted red would be ugly

 

Ya, I'm not really the biggest fan of colored wheels unless there the same color as the car. Colored wheels work best on white or black vehicles IMHO. i just thought he might want to see what a different color might look like since he's planned to redo the paint job on the wheels anyway. It's worth the effort cause if it looks like dog **** it's coming off anyway?

 

I was debating on taking apart my 3 piece raid wheels apart & painting the centers only the same forrest green metallic color as my Jetta. But I'm debating on if I want to repaint the entire car a different color. Heres a pic http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...caption=MyJett

Also, heres a picture of my friends GMC that I painted for him a while ago. I did this picture in Photoshop for him so he could see what it would look like completly shaved. Notice the 20" factory GMC wheels. I bet you never seen those non existant wheels before??? lol
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...g&caption=GMC1

heres a pic I just did on NYmax'es ride. Do those headlights look like anything you've ever seen before?
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...caption=NYmax1

 

Here are most of my pics:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v485/Tygiganto/

 

I need a password to access those pictures. I don't really want your password, so try to see how to make it work. If not just pic a good picture & post it like you did the black one above. I can save it to my hard drive. But like I said before it's not gonna turn out too good because the software on my computer doesn't have the proper tools. I'll give it my best shot though....

 

 

get it black!!!

 

powdercoated red, or anodized red would look good, paint would look like crap

 

Alright, I used the first pic you posted. Not the larger one. I will try to play with that one alittle bit also, but it's kinda dark around the wheels.

Note picture viewer warning.
"I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR **** ABOUT HOW CRAPPY THE WORK ON THIS PHOTO IS. IT WAS NOT GENERATED IN PHOTOSHOP, IT WAS DONE USING PROBABLY ONE OF THE CRAPPIEST PROGRAMS NEXT TO MS PAINT. THIS MEANS THAT CURVE'S, ROUNDNESS, DISTINCTION, ARE N/A. I SUGGEST LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE FROM ATLEAST 15 TO 20ft AWAY FROM THE SCREEN TO ACTUALLY GET AN IDEA OF HOW IT WILL LOOK."

Nick, it would be better if I emailed you both of the pictures I have so you can compare them side by side. Your not gonna be able to compare these side by side off of my imagestation. So if you want to give me your email address & i'll send them to you....

original photo w/ alittle brightness added
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...g&caption=Nick

reworked wheels photo (VERY CRUDE) This is a 20footer So stand up & walk away from the screen when you look at it. Just to give you an idea of how crappy the software is that I used to produce this picture, just look at how out of round the front wheel is. This is because I cannot retain the curvature by using pretty much solid colors..
("I AM EMBARRESED TO EVEN POST THIS, SO PLEASE DO NOT LOOK DOWN ON MY SKILLS") If you do not beleive I know what I'm doing then I suggest you scroll up & look at the pic in my previous post.

"THIS IS FOR A ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT THE WHEELS MIGHT LOOK LIKE, SO GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTT & WALK AWAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE. FOLLOW THE 20 FOOT RULE & YOU MIGHT LIKE WHAT YOU SEE"
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&caption=NickR

 

bronze Baby

 

Nick here is the larger shot. I had to blow it out using alot of brightness to do the work & then bring the brightness way back down. So the color is way different then the original but the wheels are what your looking at.

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&id=4142722459

Personally I say go with semi gloss black paint & polished lip's.

 

haha, I like metallic neon pink

 

here ya go.

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...&id=4142720734

 

i like bronze, especially on blue cars, but black cars look about as good

 

Graphite.

 

What year is the back end of your car again? 96&98

 

graphite on mine....

 

I think the bronze looks kinda cool.
Maybe it is just me.
I think the graphite ones look the best though.

 

WTF is with all your PSing? calm down there dude. I already know what my car looks like inverted

 

Go with graphite..

 

I have graphite now............shoot...still can't make up my mind....just go to the 5th gen posts and look at maximapolaks car...black rims....sooooo nice but on a 4th gen....so undecided

 

Graphite. glossy black rims look cheap, ive seen them in person. Id go bronze though......

 

yeah, go with the bronze.
You would be almost original......because of maxima10to1. ha ha

 

No need to get harsh. If you don't like then you can lick a ball skin.....

 

im not mad, i just dont understand why you have photoshopped everyones car.....though you do great work, i dig the stock lights blended into one piece. Im just saying calm down man. no hard feelings ok

gloss black wheels:


i dont like these wheels black at all.

did you say you had black wheels...or graphite? almost the same thing. I like the graphite better.




bruce loves me

 

[QUOTE=Maxima10to1]im not mad, i just dont understand why you have photoshopped everyones car.....though you do great work, i dig the stock lights blended into one piece. Im just saying calm down man. no hard feelings ok.

i dont like these wheels black at all.

did you say you had black wheels...or graphite? almost the same thing. I like the graphite better.


No problem bro, no hard feelings. The first PS I did was on NYCMaxes ride, mainly for my own personal reasons. He has the chrome grill & I wanted to see how it would look with just the center bar remove, but leave the chrome sides. I did if because I'm thinking about buying a chrome grill & trying this mod. But since I can PS it I can get arough idea if it's gonna look decent or not? So that was my main reason for doing the pictures. And I felt since I did it, it was only right I let the owner of the vehicle now what I did. thats basically the reason you got yours. I could have let it be but I don't wanna be disrespectful to anyone ya know?

Also this kid Nick asked me if I could PS the wheels in red so he could see what it might look like since he's planning on repainting his stock SE wheels soon. I just mentioned to him it would be cool to see what they might look like in red since his car is basically black & red already, so red might go well with his color scheme.

It's all good man, I ain't trying to hurt nobody? No hard feelings or anything like that, just trying to do positive things in this world.

 

Bronze does look pretty good and I am getting a little sick of graphite after just 3 months so many bronze is what ill do.....what kinda paint did u use max10to1

 

i used the duplicolor wheel paint

 

I do like the bronze, but go gloss black with a polished lip~~

 

i have mine black..so hot...

 

got any Pics?

 

page 10 of his homepage...they are stock gle rims

 

This is what I want it to look like cept with stock 99 se rims....ahhhhhhhh soooo sexy:



By the way that is MaximaPolak's car...just borrowin the pic man

 

I've seen Polak's and in person...just want to see his rims on a black 4th Gen