Opinion on painting rims...
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Opinion on painting rims...
The previous owner of my 7 didnt know how to avoid curbs or something, so I have decided to fix up my stock rims.
Im going to use this tutorial to repair the rims.
But I can not decide if i want to keep them Silver or paint them black. I really like the black/red look but I haven't seen a 7 that way so I'm having a tough time deciding. Help me out and lend your opinion.
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Im going to use this tutorial to repair the rims.
But I can not decide if i want to keep them Silver or paint them black. I really like the black/red look but I haven't seen a 7 that way so I'm having a tough time deciding. Help me out and lend your opinion.
Mitch
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Do what you want.
The previous owner of my car put curb rash all the way around every rim. I had to do something to them but didn't want to spend the time/cash to powdercoat them when I am getting rims in the near future.
I ended up painting them black and have gotten nothing but compliments since I have done it. Everybody thinks they are powdercoated too. It gave a very nice contrast to the white car.
The previous owner of my car put curb rash all the way around every rim. I had to do something to them but didn't want to spend the time/cash to powdercoat them when I am getting rims in the near future.
I ended up painting them black and have gotten nothing but compliments since I have done it. Everybody thinks they are powdercoated too. It gave a very nice contrast to the white car.
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I think I may paint mine too, but its gonna be a gunmetal color. Mine have road rash all over from previous owner, but I'm not gonna take the time to fix all the scrathes just some (even though I may end up doing all anyways once I do some). I'm just gonna sand them down paint them then reclear coat em. Make sure to use high heat paint for standing up to the brake heat.
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I wouldn't worry about the brake heat too much.
I just painted mine with some wheel paint I found on a website. I didn't add any special clear coat. They have stood up good for about 2 months now. I took them out on their first canyon run today and used the brakes A LOT. No change at all.
I just painted mine with some wheel paint I found on a website. I didn't add any special clear coat. They have stood up good for about 2 months now. I took them out on their first canyon run today and used the brakes A LOT. No change at all.
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