Pink is the new flat black:
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Sept. 23, 2009 10:19 a.m. problemaddict Reader
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Sept. 23, 2009 12:12 p.m. DILYSI Dave UltimaDork
No - pink is still pink.
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Sept. 23, 2009 12:20 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Dork
Kawasaki Green
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Sept. 23, 2009 12:30 p.m. Keith PowerDork
That's not pink, that's fushia. And teal is the new white. It's about time this color combo came back, the 80s are in again.
If I had more time, I'd make it black with teal paint splatters. But this will have to do.
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Sept. 23, 2009 12:56 p.m. ZOOMX5 New Reader
This is my crap PSP attempt...How about a blue wheel with blue stripes? Sorry I had to change your hood to carbon fiber, looks good on a white car.
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Sept. 23, 2009 1:25 p.m. mtn SuperDork
I say a gunmetal blue-ish
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Sept. 23, 2009 3:14 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Dork
That blue is definitely interesting. I hadn't even considered that as a viable color for wheels. Keep it coming guys, this is good stuff.
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Sept. 23, 2009 3:53 p.m. purplepeopleeater New Reader
No on the flouro pink wheels, someone showed up with tham @ an autocross last month on a white Urabus & it was hideous. This from a man who drives a dark purple MG with yellow wheels
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Sept. 23, 2009 4:25 p.m. DILYSI Dave UltimaDork
Keith wrote:
That's not pink, that's fushia. And teal is the new white. It's about time this color combo came back, the 80s are in again.
If I had more time, I'd make it black with teal paint splatters. But this will have to do.
I lusted after a redline freestyle bike that had that color scheme.
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Sept. 23, 2009 7:14 p.m. mad_machine UberDork
I am painting my saab dark forest green (a stealth colour) and I might do the centres of my RkIIs in bronze.
I am definatly going to look into the 130hp lathe.. or in my case.. the 185hp turbo powered lathe. My RKIIs are not so much kerbed.. but just scratched up on the edge
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Sept. 23, 2009 8:47 p.m. Gearheadotaku New Reader
Clean up what you've got. Simple and classy.
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Sept. 23, 2009 9:10 p.m. Toyman01 HalfDork
Paint them the color of brake dust, flat of course.
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Sept. 23, 2009 9:16 p.m. ZOOMX5 New Reader
I am so lazy, I only clean the lip of my wheels most of the time, so the silver mesh looks gun-metal from the brake dust!
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Sept. 23, 2009 9:32 p.m. karlt_10 None
I was going to go black, but from anything more than 20 feet away the wheels get lost. I also thought about painting them body color.
I've decided the factory silver wheels on my car will become a matte gray this winter. The idea came to me as a spatter painted my cargo area this past weekend......
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Sept. 23, 2009 9:38 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
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Sept. 23, 2009 9:44 p.m. RexSeven Dork
How about "gunmetal bronze" like on my 5Zigen Fighters? Unique color, hides dust well:
problemaddict wrote:
Pink is the new flat black:
The ONLY reason he can get away with that is because the STi logo is pink.
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Sept. 23, 2009 9:53 p.m. ZOOMX5 New Reader
In reply to RexSeven: The second shot of your RX, is that with alot of brake dust, or did you have the flash on in the first shot? Nice wheel color in the second shot, I don't see any bronze in the first. Must be more gun than bronze.
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Sept. 23, 2009 11:22 p.m. ditchdigger Reader
Flat and satin dark colors are an excellent way to hide your wheels. No matter how nice your wheels are they just look like some old nastly steelies from 20 feet away.
Now dark centers with a polished lip is just awesome.
I vote get some aircraft remover, peel the clear off the lips and repolish them and be golden
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Sept. 23, 2009 11:35 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Dork
I do have some aircraft stripper....
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Sept. 24, 2009 6:57 p.m. RexSeven Dork
In reply to ZOOMX5:
The first picture was taken on a sunny day, the second on a cloudy day. The rims look more like the second pic in real life than the first pic. There isn't much dust on the rims because there isn't much rim, but what's there is hidden well by the color. It's a unique color to that rim (5Zigen doesn't make them anymore).
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April 25, 2011 7:34 a.m. Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
In reply to hamidansari:
We need a battle ship grade canoe around here today.
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April 25, 2011 7:39 a.m. fast_eddie_72 Dork
EvanB wrote:
How about orange?
I can't see the pics, but YES. That's what I was going to say. It would look awesome!
