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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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Has anyone notice an outbreak in bright color rims? Been seeing this all over. A neighbor has 2 subarus one with pinkish rims and the other a light tealish blue

 

Your thoughts?

 

Example

 

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Storm-R/media/175017_498100505795_501995795_6543899_1768315_o.jpg.html

 

 

Ryan

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Depends on the car, colors choices and how its done. I am not a fan of plasti dip. I think its a great product - super easy to apply (and remove) but its just kinda tacky looking when you get close. I think if you're going to color your wheels you should have 'em powder coated or a nice paint finish. And yes, color match is much easier to pull off. Although Black seems to work on just about anything.

 

Ref; 8.1HD/Allison's sig pic. Black wheels on burgundy truck - looks great. Color match on the CAT wheels, just ike it belongs there!

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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The baby pastel colors were being done by girl car enthusiasts many years ago. Works for them, not me. But it's cool that they like them.

 

Frankly, I never got the logic of spending $1000-2000 on a set of wheels that were flat black. From 50 feet, they just blend into the tire and become unnoticeable. All that sculpted spoke stuff that cost $$$ just vanishes. Flat black just disappears. :dunno: I guess since the car makers all have gone to putting really great looking aluminum wheels on their cars, the renegade in us all wants something entirely different. In Socal, a huge number of trucks that are lifted/leveled and have flat black wheels. Maybe GM will make flat black wheels standard on trucks and then all the rage will be to go to chrome? :D

 

One of our members painted his (flat black) wheels a metallic bronze. I think it'll look pretty nice.

Wheels were always a fashion statement. The bright colors, chrome, polished aluminum, highlight machined aluminum, etc., all are noticeable style statements.

waumo1 Enthusiast

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Yes I see them around and it looks crappy to me.

Probably because when I was in high school, those who could not afford to get the brightwork and wheels rechromed or replaced just painted them so to me it says old junk painted. = cheap. I'm not a fan of the blacked out look either.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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I like black rims

 

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Ryan

waumo1 Enthusiast

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Blacked out rims do have the advantage of hiding Brembo dust!

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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Blacked out rims do have the advantage of hiding Brembo dust!

BS they do. That's my next mod the stock pads are awful shows a ton of dust. I will take a pic and show you. Going to swap over to hawk pads ultra low dust

 

 

Ryan

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Black wheels work on some cars but even then I'm on the side with Spurshot- the wheels just become a black hole from a distance and photos make it worse. American Racing and a few other companies are offering wheels with a PVD coating instead of traditional chrome so you can have the nice look and not have to polish them.

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

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BS they do. That's my next mod the stock pads are awful shows a ton of dust. I will take a pic and show you. Going to swap over to hawk pads ultra low dust

 

 

Ryan

Low dust pads trade performance for appearance. Have you ever tried the brake dust repellant? I've seen pics where someone sprayed half the wheel, looked like the stuff really works.

 

Armor All makes some called "wheel protectant"

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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Hawk pads don't compromise

 

The armor all stuff is junk didn't work on my wife's van. Collinite 845 doesn't work

 

 

Ryan

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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Black wheels work on some cars but even then I'm on the side with Spurshot- the wheels just become a black hole from a distance and photos make it worse. American Racing and a few other companies are offering wheels with a PVD coating instead of traditional chrome so you can have the nice look and not have to polish them.

 

That's the reason I never like black rims as they all look the same from a distance no matter what rim style it is, just looks like a black hole.

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