To paint my wheels, or not?

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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 12:04 PM
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To paint my wheels, or not?

Hey guys. I was thinking about painting my wheels black (I'd be doing it myself).

Here's what my current wheels look like:



And the painted wheels (photoshopped):



What do you think? It's about a day's worth of work.
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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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those are stock 98-99 3.0?
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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 12:30 PM
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Go for it. I think it would like nice with that color
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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 12:33 PM
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Instead of black, photochop a gunmetal color..
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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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fuck i love your paint....yeah try a gunmetal or at least a "less black" than that, but either way itll look good, do it up, itll be worth the bit of time and cash you put in


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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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^^ definatley paint them, but yeah, a less black or gunmetal would be pimp
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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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powdercoat > paint.

do yourself a favor, it'll hold up better and it'll look better.
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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nice dragon......

I personally painted my rims for the hell of it. If your bored, and wanna do it the cheaper way, go for it. You can always powder coat them later....
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 10:43 PM
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo. Don't do it. If you could some how get them powder coated gold, that'd be hot on your "black" car.
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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black spray paint looks ghetto if you do it wrong..esp when its real dull like most spray paints come out like...powder coating them would be nice. I think if anything, you should powder coat them black, personally i think gunmetal wheels would be too much of that dark grey color..go with black, just do them right
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 11:28 PM
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powder coat them any color in the world and they'll good compared to any spraypaint u name
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon084


i want those rims!!!! the stock alloy or chrome
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon084
powder coat them any color in the world and they'll good compared to any spraypaint u name
Get them powder coated, i'm not feelin the photoshop, i think it's too dark, but you never know till u try
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by EPS CL
Hey guys. I was thinking about painting my wheels black (I'd be doing it myself).

Here's what my current wheels look like:



And the painted wheels (photoshopped):



What do you think? It's about a day's worth of work.

what color is that car?
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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what color is that car?
not a stock color, thats for sure. PPG black pearl he said I think in his sig...
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 12:27 PM
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not a stock color, thats for sure. PPG black pearl he said I think in his sig...
The black pearl ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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