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What color should i go?


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Well, On Driftindy a set of rx-8 wheels came up for sale and was a decent deal so i snatched up on them. The owner of the wheels said they were in good shape, less than 2 inches of curbage on all 4 combined. told me the middle of the wheels were power coated gun metal, they were and he also told me they were straight. i felt like i was getting a good deal so i went and picked them up. got them home and started looking at them and wow, these are crap! the powdercoating was done and it seemed like the person was in a rush, they came out wrinkly in some places and on the edge on every wheel where the powder coat stops the original owner painted it with a darker grey to mask the line and the clear coat is chipping away. sadly to my dismay, one of the wheels has a good bend in it.

 

Im taking the wheels to wheel medic to see if they can be repaired and to get repainted but i was wondering, what color should i go? I dont want to go black, if i wanted black id spray bomb them.

 

im thinking a satin silver like whats on the 35th AE 350Z wheels, Bronze, or a light gun metal.

 

what do you guys think? they are going on a white car.

 

heres some photoshops some one else did trying to figure out the same thing

Satin

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x287/llwdesigns/Photoshops/RX8_Satin.jpg

 

Light Gunmetal

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x287/llwdesigns/Photoshops/RX8_LightGunmetal.jpg

 

Dark Gunmetal

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x287/llwdesigns/Photoshops/RX8_DarkGunmetal.jpg

 

Bronze

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x287/llwdesigns/Photoshops/RX8_Bronze.jpg

 

Black

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x287/llwdesigns/Photoshops/RX8_Black.jpg

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I really hate the way gunmetal and silver colors look against a white car. I'd have to say black, bronze, or chrome, given what you seem to like I'd go bronze. I have come across so many good deals on silver wheels for my car, but I just can't take the chrome off even if they are extremely stock.
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IMO, don't go too dark. Get the paint code of the Canadian MS3's from a dealer.

 

I'm going to have WM do mine next winter after I put the snow shoes on.

 

Here's what I'm aiming for:

 

http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/106063980/original.jpg

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Tim that looks great!

 

I think im going to end up doing a Satin Silver/black combo like whats on the 350z, i think it will look good and pop out just enough to really set them off.

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