Wheel Colour Opinions

[Black33]

Hey all,

I wouldn't mind some opinions on an idea I have.

I have bought some r34 gtt rims and my options are:

1. Spend $100 fixing a scratch on one of them and putting them on my car

2. Spending $400 and change the colour of all 4 to a dark grey / charcoalish colour?

what do u guys think I should do????

It's for a black car and I've attached some photoshopped pics showing what they could look like, I guess, I want to know what the painted finish would look like, would it be ok or would it look crap because most wheels have coloured metal and not a painted finsh???

[Black33]

option 1

[Black33]

option 2

[dAVE]

$400 sounds quite expensive...

There is a company up here (gold coast) that powder coats for $45 a rim (was quoted that on my r32 wheels).

But, white will look nice on a black car, or a dark charcol will look sweet too.

[Black33]

what about the finish though, if i get them painted??

[akeenan]

bronze

[Black33]

yeah, my only worry is how bronze or charcoal or those sorts of colours will look in paint - normally wheels in that colour are like that because of the actual metals colour????

[akeenan]

bronze

[inark]

do a search for powder and find the thread i got quotes for rims to be done... from memory it was about 260 all up including blasting them down and taking the tyres off and puting em back on etc

[skylineakt]

Charcoal or bronze looks sick with a Blk Skyline.

I remember seen one of of my mates rims colour coated bronze and it looks great.

I not sure about the actuall colour being charcoal or bronze. My P1 (charcoal) has a small scatch and it seems like white underneath.

Your option 2 looks like it is Shadow Chrome. That is another option, they look pretty cool too.

Just to give you an idea.

[Black33]

looks nice - so did you paint or powdre coat your wheels that colour or did u buy them like that??

[TeeZnU]

IMO.. option 2 looks HEAPS better..

But at the end of the day... its up to you and what you like.. dont worry about what others think.. its your car not theirs.. Make it YOURS!! hehe

Hope that helps..

cheers

[RUS]

Option 2!

[adznight]

Bronze all the way. Just paid 4 mine yesterday! Mines black too and will look hot as!

[Black33]

any1 got an example of this bronze colour you all mention on some wheels??

[adznight]

Mine

[Black33]

it would be hard / impossible to get that finish in paint or powdercoating wouldn't it?

ps. sweeeeet wheels :uh-huh:

[adznight]

Ummmmmm, I saw a set of black 32 mags the other day that were powder coated and they looked sh*t hot. I can see any reason why not as it's not much different to the way they are made in the first place (some wheels not all).

[Hiroshima Screamer]

Originally posted by Adzmax

 

Mine

are they volks ?

[adznight]

They are Nismo rim manufactured by Ray Engineering (makers of Volk) for Nismo. Rays make about 20 different brands of wheels! Check them out at

http://www.rayswheels.co.jp/emenu/wheel.html