Lookie what I just got!! 16" 3 peice wheels... I know some of you will be pissed about me tarnishing a 10th AE, but for goodness sake, I think they look period appropriate and accent the car. I am going to paint/polish them and put some new rubber on them. ALSO I know I need to lower it.. the suspension is coming so chill..

 

Those are nice. No centercaps though huh.

 

i guess i'm just not much of a fan of meshies, or at least with low profile tires, too much wheel gap. there should be more 17+18" options available but they are super rare..

 

Missing one cap.. But I have the others.

 

they dont look too spectacular, but lets see how they look cleaned up.

 

What color should I paint the centers? Gold, white, charcoal.......

 

I thought we were talking apex seals haha. I love your wheel choice OP. I like meshies and its nice to see something different amongst all the 18 inch gaudy wheels people are putting on these days.

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they might look nice painted white, might.

if not gold and white look nice.

 

Nice pickup, as far as the centers go, maybe white? do yo have to paint them? If you really wanted to get sassy you could always spruce up the emblems and ....

 

Here is a picture with the centers in place. Thanks to those that like them..ha!

 

What are the widths and tire sizes?

 

16x7 Non staggard

Tires..I'll check But I want to say 205/50/16

 

Just ordered the other centercap.. Found it on ebay.

 

Needs moar lower!

 

I know I know.... It's coming..

 

Whats with your clear fender turn signals?

 

I made them... Usually sell them on ebay local ect. But they actually arent on the car in that picture..

 

BBS RS copies?

Either way they look good, I have RS's on my GTUs. If they're 32 bolt you can probably buy new lips and get some more dish.

 

Thanks! I think they are 30 bolt.. I'd have to go count.. And it is way too cold. I thought they looked like BBS RS reps..

 

^Go gold, would look nice.

 

polish all of it, so they dont look as small

 

I was kinda going for the age appropriate look.. The car is an 88' 16" wheels were like the largest wheel available then..ha!

Seriously though they are a little bit gold right now, I am strongly leaning towards a high gloss silver center with mirror polished lips.. Then re-do the centercaps with either a mazda emblem or an infini symbol...

I don't know if I can commit to gold, it looks good, but im just not sure..

I am not a big fan of the "chrome" look so a full polish is out..

 

Sounds good.
Whatever you do just don't do polished lips w/ a dark face, it makes your wheels look a size smaller, and w/ 16s that is something we can ill-afford.lol

 

Yeah.. I think that is why the 16" wheels looked small on my last Turbo Swap. These were gold and I painted them gunmetal. But they had a small lip..

 

I love the wheels. Also like the idea of keeping it period-correct. (Attempting to "modernize" a 25-year old design always strikes me as kind of a losing battle.) I think the fact that the tires are smaller overall diameter than stock is what is giving you the exaggerated fender gap look. I like the idea of silver centers/polished lip. I think gold centers might look a little too gaudy on the white 10AE, but everyone's taste is different.