Wheel opinions - paint or polish?
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Wheel opinions - paint or polish?
I have a set of 626 Turbo 15 x 6 wheels that I plan on puttin gon my '79 GS with GSL-SE suspension. I'm trying to decide whether to polish them, or paint them. If I paint them, the centers will be graphite, with polished rim.
Here's the wheels as they are now, clear coat stripped and cleaned, but no polish yet:
Here's a Photochopped version with the centers painted:
The 205/60-15s shown in the photo will be replaced by 205/50-15 Falken Azenis or Yoko AVS ES-100s. Eventually the suspension will be lowered a bit, as well.
Opinions?
Here's the wheels as they are now, clear coat stripped and cleaned, but no polish yet:
Here's a Photochopped version with the centers painted:
The 205/60-15s shown in the photo will be replaced by 205/50-15 Falken Azenis or Yoko AVS ES-100s. Eventually the suspension will be lowered a bit, as well.
Opinions?
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I think it depends on if you keep your car red or not. Red with dark wheels look pretty good, but polished rims look good on pretty much anything.
I think it depends on if you keep your car red or not. Red with dark wheels look pretty good, but polished rims look good on pretty much anything.
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I'd have to go with polish.
Quick question on the wheels: how good are those things as far as brake ventilation goes? They look hella nice, but I would think they restrict air to the brakes pretty bad.
Quick question on the wheels: how good are those things as far as brake ventilation goes? They look hella nice, but I would think they restrict air to the brakes pretty bad.
#20
Originally posted by BARF1
Might want to repaint the car before you mess with the wheels, and in my opinion brown for any part of a car looks like complete ***.
Might want to repaint the car before you mess with the wheels, and in my opinion brown for any part of a car looks like complete ***.
Just thinkk dark grey.
And it's a lot easier to paint the wheels than the car. I gotta start somewhere! Eventually it will be repainted. Probably like this:
Keep in mind that this will be my autocross/street toy, so it can be, um, flamboyant, like a race car. I have a GSL-SE that will be my daily, and remain much more sedate-looking. The 626 wheels will probably go on the SE when this car gets r-compound rubber. Or, I have another set of the 626 rims - I guess that I could polish one set and paint the other.
Oh, and FWIW, I'm not crazy about brown, either...
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Originally posted by comradegiant
I'd have to go with polish.
Quick question on the wheels: how good are those things as far as brake ventilation goes? They look hella nice, but I would think they restrict air to the brakes pretty bad.
I'd have to go with polish.
Quick question on the wheels: how good are those things as far as brake ventilation goes? They look hella nice, but I would think they restrict air to the brakes pretty bad.
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Originally posted by ajmacke
powdercoat or satin finish polish nada de paint
powdercoat or satin finish polish nada de paint
The paint I intend to use is designed specifically for wheels. See here. I'd like to see how well it works. They do make it in clear, though...
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Painted one of them, just to see how it looks. I used the Duplicolor Graphite wheel paint. Cleaned and degreased, sanded everything with 400 grit, then the lip with 600 grit, then 000 artificial steel wool on the lip, then polish the lip with Flitz (good stuff.) 2 coats of graphite, 1 coat of clear, no clear on the lip, so's I can keep it polished.
Pictures:
On the car (well, posed beside the car looking like it's on the car from a distance and the right angle...)
And photochopped to make the tire blend a little better, and overlay the wheel on the front, too:
I like it.
I still have another set of wheels that I can polish instead, so no harm done.
Pictures:
On the car (well, posed beside the car looking like it's on the car from a distance and the right angle...)
And photochopped to make the tire blend a little better, and overlay the wheel on the front, too:
I like it.
I still have another set of wheels that I can polish instead, so no harm done.
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I guess I'm a little late to add my 2c, but polishing the face of the wheel, and painting the surface of the holes black would be pretty sweeeeeeeet!