What color should I paint my wheels?

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Old 07-20-2011, 02:44 PM
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What color should I paint my wheels?

Im looking for some ideas to paint my wheels. I wanted to polish them but the price is looking like its going to be too much. So im looking for some colors to paint the center of the wheel.

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I don't get it. Which wheel is getting painted? What color is your car?
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Lol are you going to paint the spokes on the silver wheels or the red liped?
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Originally Posted by Maharajamd
Lol are you going to paint the spokes on the silver wheels or the red liped?
All of the wheels.


Im looking for some ideas on colors to paint the center of my wheels the lips will be polished. My car is black and all the wheels are getting painted. this picture shows the wheels when the previous owner first bought them. They have alot of oxidation so i want to paint all the wheels to lower the cost of restoration. So Can you please give me ideas Azine

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On NBP, with that style, I think shiny is best. No gunmetal or bronze or anything. I personally like contrast body to wheels. So, I would pretty much stick with the silver that's on there. That's just me though.
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bronze, purple, red, yellow, green, blue, bleu cheese, orange, red, fire, brown.

there are your ideas
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Originally Posted by Maharajamd
On NBP, with that style, I think shiny is best. No gunmetal or bronze or anything. I personally like contrast body to wheels. So, I would pretty much stick with the silver that's on there. That's just me though.
I wanted to do that but as of right now its 300 just to sandblast the wheels then god knows how much to polish all of them back to its original color you see there. Thats why i want to paint the spokes to save some money as i can get them done for almost nothing.
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So...paint the spokes like an OEM sparkle silver...
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I like that silver color.. even tho it may be "boring" or simple... it'll look super clean
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the people have spoken.

refinish the wheel in silver.
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Light gunmetal with a polished lip
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^I could agree with that bc of the polished lip... It would still have some contrast but have that dark sexy look
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Guys, I'm tired of reading the bullshit answers here.

Either give real answers to the OP's question or don't post.

And quit the complaining...

Does someone need to be banned before the crap stops?
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Gotta say I love the gunmetal thing, but if you want to keep them silver why don't you just put a clear coat on them to keep them oxidation free. It's not gonna look as polished at without the clear but it will definately keep the maintenance cost down.
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