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mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/17/17 11:14 a.m.

I am a fan of gunmetal simply because they are not white, silver, or black.

wheelsmithy
wheelsmithy GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/17/17 12:47 p.m.

Make your life easy, and paint them the color of brake dust.

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/17/17 2:27 p.m.

Always gloss on wheels, otherwise you'll never get the brake dust off of them without ruining the finish.

Gloss white is still the answer.

poopshovel again
poopshovel again MegaDork
7/17/17 7:29 p.m.
Javelin wrote: White

This is the correct answer. We used white "appliance paint" from Home Despot on the s00p3rturd.

Wall-e
Wall-e GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/18/17 5:39 a.m.

Gloss white shouldn't be too hard to keep clean but I'd go with a darker blue.

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse UltraDork
7/18/17 9:20 a.m.

Lowes/ Home Depot sells Rustoleum paint in a color called "Rugged". It looks like the flat tan color they paint the Humvees and stuff in the desert. I painted a set of wheels with it for my W123 and love it.

dculberson
dculberson PowerDork
7/18/17 10:04 a.m.

I love the FRS/BRZ in blue with white wheels. I think white is the right choice here.

pheller
pheller PowerDork
7/18/17 10:54 a.m.

Paint each spoke a different color of the rainbow.

Or paint them blue with two spokes painted red.

I dig that motocycle's half white/half orange setup, but I think it works because of the wheel design.

Rusnak_322
Rusnak_322 Dork
7/18/17 11:52 a.m.

I normally love white wheels, but I cant wait until this comes out -

World's blackest material developed as spray paint

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury MegaDork
7/18/17 12:39 p.m.

Im a biiiiig fan of gold wheels.

That said, I pretty much only like white wheels on Blue cars...occasionally red.

I also like orange for some crazy reason.

So, I did a really ghetto sorta-photochop-ish of a single pair of orange spokes on white wheels. I dont know why, but I like the "one spoke is different" look.

Obviously, you would want a really "orange soda" orange, and my weak skills were only able to get me this watered down orange color, but you get the idea.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/17 6:55 a.m.

White would look best but isn't the most practical color. Gunmetal could be a decent choice. I'll shop up some colors.

Dusterbd13
Dusterbd13 UltimaDork
7/19/17 7:00 a.m.

Try this picture

Really not a fan of the black, but definitely a fan of the fit.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/17 7:18 a.m.

That link redirects me to a Yahoo login page. Here are some white RPF1s with a complimentary 5-lug conversion and WRX STI brakes

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/17 7:23 a.m.

Gunmetal:

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/17 7:28 a.m.

Bronze, bruh!

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/17 7:31 a.m.

2 Fast 2 Orangous

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/17 7:34 a.m.

Matte silver AKA light gray:

Dusterbd13
Dusterbd13 UltimaDork
7/19/17 7:45 a.m.

Silver or white are the best looking.

I dig the brakes! Thanks fir the free upgrade!

I appreciate the help, man. I don't know how you do it so quick and easy. Next time you are stateside (challenge?) I owe you some beverages.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/17 7:55 a.m.

All I did was perspective-transform and paste the white RPF1s over your wheels like stickers in a separate layer, and then copy and colorify that layer, which is why the brake rotors also change color I could've cut the brakes out into their own layer but that would've taken a lot more time and effort.

Dusterbd13
Dusterbd13 UltimaDork
7/19/17 8:37 a.m.
GameboyRMH wrote: All I did was perspective-transform and paste the white RPF1s over your wheels like stickers in a separate layer, and then copy and colorify that layer, which is why the brake rotors also change color I could've cut the brakes out into their own layer but that would've taken a lot more time and effort.

Im sure that was English, but....

Thanks again man.

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury MegaDork
7/19/17 10:59 a.m.
GameboyRMH wrote: Bronze, bruh!

JamesMcD
JamesMcD SuperDork
7/19/17 11:19 a.m.
Rusnak_322 wrote: I normally love white wheels, but I cant wait until this comes out - World's blackest material developed as spray paint

"The firm says not to use the spray for 'applications where it is subject to physical contact or abrasion'."

einy
einy HalfDork
7/20/17 11:19 a.m.

In reply to JamesMcD:

Could one use that to eliminate no longer wanted individuals from group photographs ?!?!

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