reaper2022
09-01-2007, 09:23 AM
Well, in the next few weeks (hopefully), I'll be finishing up my civic's exterior (Mugen front lip, M3 sides, Type R rear lip, shaved moldings/gutters, frp z3 fenders, probably a predator frp hood) and getting the whole thing re-painted. I was talking my one friend a while back (when we did the suspension), and he told me he had a gallon of dark blue automotive paint that he'd give me.... for free. He also said he'd paint it, so that pretty much takes care of the paint. He admits he's never really opened the paint, so he doesn't know exactly what it looks like (he says he thinks it's a dark blue with flake), but hell... I'd take a bright pink paint job if it was free.
Anyway, here's where I start facing problems. The clearcoat on my wheels is peeling (really badly), so I figure I might as well re-paint them. But the problem is, I can't decide what color. I'm stuck betweenkeeping them black w/polished inner lip, painting the whole things bronze, and painting the whole wheels white (and having the inner lip painted to match the car)... Personally, I'm kind of leaning towards the white/blue wheels, but I'm not sure it would look right with my skinny-spoke wheels. I know bronze would look good with blue, but it's done pretty often... then again, I could do bronze and do the inner lip blue to match the car (using some of the automotive paint so it's a perfect match, of course). Anyway, anybody have any opinions on the wheel color? And I'd get the wheels powdercoated (a friend of a friend can getmy wheels powdercoated for next to nothing), but I just dont' want to have to pay to have thetires taken off and then put back on, so I think I'll just use wheel paint and tape everything off.
(and if anybody's wondering, the Predator hood is actually kind of clean for an aftermarket hood; no giant scoops or anything, just vents... which is a good thing since I have an aftermarket header that gets pretty friggin hot lol)
Anyway, here's where I start facing problems. The clearcoat on my wheels is peeling (really badly), so I figure I might as well re-paint them. But the problem is, I can't decide what color. I'm stuck betweenkeeping them black w/polished inner lip, painting the whole things bronze, and painting the whole wheels white (and having the inner lip painted to match the car)... Personally, I'm kind of leaning towards the white/blue wheels, but I'm not sure it would look right with my skinny-spoke wheels. I know bronze would look good with blue, but it's done pretty often... then again, I could do bronze and do the inner lip blue to match the car (using some of the automotive paint so it's a perfect match, of course). Anyway, anybody have any opinions on the wheel color? And I'd get the wheels powdercoated (a friend of a friend can getmy wheels powdercoated for next to nothing), but I just dont' want to have to pay to have thetires taken off and then put back on, so I think I'll just use wheel paint and tape everything off.
(and if anybody's wondering, the Predator hood is actually kind of clean for an aftermarket hood; no giant scoops or anything, just vents... which is a good thing since I have an aftermarket header that gets pretty friggin hot lol)