[Lithium]

Hey guys, so winter is almost over and it's getting near time for me to put on my normal rims. I'm thinking of painting them a shiny black. What do you think? Here is a picture of the same rims I have:




Also, I am getting some brand new tires within the next month, what kind do you guys suggest? Right now I have Goodyear Regatta 2's on the car.

I was thinking maybe some Michellin or Pirellis?

[cold fusion 33]

Well... It depends on what sort of car you have. In my opinion, a car either suits black rims well, or it looks completely awful .

EDIT:
Ah, nuts, just saw the Toyota badge on the rims, my bad! Still, the same reasoning from before still applies .

This post has been edited by cold fusion 33 on Friday, Mar 11 2011, 14:51

[ska]

I'm sorry, but no.. Just no.

Why ruin a perfectly good (I assume) pair of stock rims?

[Lithium]

This is what the rims would look like.





This is what my car looks like.






I have tinted black tail lights and windows

[Lurch]

Rimz - rainbow.

Tars - super swamper boggers.



This post has been edited by Lurch on Saturday, Mar 12 2011, 05:17

[leik oh em jeez!]

Do you have a picture of your actual car?

[Lithium]

Actually, I surprisingly don't. I'll have to take some though. It's almost identical to that picture I posted though.

[sivispacem]

A word of advice- don't paint. Brake dust, road grit and even water will leave the finish terrible- at best, they'll look good for about 3 months and then look crap, and you'll have to sand all the primer and paint back off and start again.

If you wanna change the colour, get them powder-coated. Much more permenant.

[Lithium]

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 12:26)

A word of advice- don't paint. Brake dust, road grit and even water will leave the finish terrible- at best, they'll look good for about 3 months and then look crap, and you'll have to sand all the primer and paint back off and start again. If you wanna change the colour, get them powder-coated. Much more permenant.

Could they still be powder coated black?

Sorry if that's a stupid question, I don't know much about it.

[sivispacem]

QUOTE (LithiuM @ Mar 12 2011, 19:41)

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 12:26) A word of advice- don't paint. Brake dust, road grit and even water will leave the finish terrible- at best, they'll look good for about 3 months and then look crap, and you'll have to sand all the primer and paint back off and start again. If you wanna change the colour, get them powder-coated. Much more permenant. Could they still be powder coated black? Sorry if that's a stupid question, I don't know much about it.

Yes, you could.

[Lithium]

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 15:44)

QUOTE (LithiuM @ Mar 12 2011, 19:41) QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 12:26) A word of advice- don't paint. Brake dust, road grit and even water will leave the finish terrible- at best, they'll look good for about 3 months and then look crap, and you'll have to sand all the primer and paint back off and start again. If you wanna change the colour, get them powder-coated. Much more permenant. Could they still be powder coated black? Sorry if that's a stupid question, I don't know much about it. Yes, you could.

Would it be any more expensive?

[sivispacem]

QUOTE (LithiuM @ Mar 12 2011, 20:00)

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 15:44) QUOTE (LithiuM @ Mar 12 2011, 19:41) QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 12:26) A word of advice- don't paint. Brake dust, road grit and even water will leave the finish terrible- at best, they'll look good for about 3 months and then look crap, and you'll have to sand all the primer and paint back off and start again. If you wanna change the colour, get them powder-coated. Much more permenant. Could they still be powder coated black? Sorry if that's a stupid question, I don't know much about it. Yes, you could. Would it be any more expensive?

Short term, yes. You can't powder coat yourself, so you'd need to find someone to do it for you. Costs vary- a set of 16"x8" wheels power coated white, with an insanely harder laquer over the top cost me, from memory, a bit less than £50 a wheel- I think the total bill was about £180 for all 4. Sounds like a lot of money, but they lasted a year without flaking, which you won't get with a painted wheel. In actual fact, 4 years down the line (now on a mates R32 powered Mk2 Golf and getting some pretty hefty abuse) they look as good as they day they came out the oven.

[Lithium]

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 16:34)

QUOTE (LithiuM @ Mar 12 2011, 20:00) QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 15:44) QUOTE (LithiuM @ Mar 12 2011, 19:41) QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 12 2011, 12:26) A word of advice- don't paint. Brake dust, road grit and even water will leave the finish terrible- at best, they'll look good for about 3 months and then look crap, and you'll have to sand all the primer and paint back off and start again. If you wanna change the colour, get them powder-coated. Much more permenant. Could they still be powder coated black? Sorry if that's a stupid question, I don't know much about it. Yes, you could. Would it be any more expensive? Short term, yes. You can't powder coat yourself, so you'd need to find someone to do it for you. Costs vary- a set of 16"x8" wheels power coated white, with an insanely harder laquer over the top cost me, from memory, a bit less than £50 a wheel- I think the total bill was about £180 for all 4. Sounds like a lot of money, but they lasted a year without flaking, which you won't get with a painted wheel. In actual fact, 4 years down the line (now on a mates R32 powered Mk2 Golf and getting some pretty hefty abuse) they look as good as they day they came out the oven.

Nice! Sounds like that's what I'm going to do then. Thanks for the info.

[Dunpeal]

Just to confirm what sivispacem said.

A friend of mine wanted to change the look of his Ford XR6 Turbo (not sure what it would be called outside of Australia), and instead of buying a new set of rims he just got his powder coated black.

Only took a few hours to do (dropped it off before work, I took him to pick it up after), and they looked awesome in my opinion. Like brand new, different, rims. And it only cost him $200AUD for the whole lot.

[Lurch]

$3 rattle can job. Still looks as good today as it did a year ago when we sprayed them.

Of course, that's on steelies on a car with 4 wheel drums (no brake dust) so it's like comparing apples to oranges.

This post has been edited by Lurch on Monday, Mar 14 2011, 06:42

[leik oh em jeez!]

Galaxy 500. f*cking love it. Is that the headers turned out right behind the front wheel?

[Lurch]

QUOTE (leik oh em jeez! @ Mar 14 2011, 01:10)

Is that the headers turned out right behind the front wheel?

Yeah. It's loud.

[Lithium]

So as far as tires go, what do you guys think I should get?

My tire size is P215/55R17

I was looking at These.

[sivispacem]

QUOTE (LithiuM @ Mar 16 2011, 16:02)

So as far as tires go, what do you guys think I should get? My tire size is P215/55R17 I was looking at These.

Toyo T1-R or whatever they've been replaced with.
Pilot sport 3 or whatever the most recent number is
Falken can't-remember-the-number, will look up.

[Azazel]

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Mar 16 2011, 17:49)

Falken can't-remember-the-number, will look up.

FK452? Good, cheap alternative.