New Paint for Wheels....Help me out Guys!

JDM555 · 10-13-2008, 11:56 PM

Hey Guys, currently, I have 17x9 +30 Rota Torque R's with 245/40 RE-01R's. They are FRSB from Suby Dude. I forgot to tell the shop that mounted/balanced/fitted them to NOT put in the center caps, and after, when I took them off, I realized when they put them in, they were pretty aggressive, so some paint was chipped off on all 4 wheels. I am also growing bored of the color lol. Here are a couple pictures.

I want to do a custom color. I don't want White, Grey, Black and have it plain. I want something nice, but nothing ricey either like pink or orange (no offense TimeAtk LOL). I was going to do this the proper way since rattle cans seem a little cheap. Also, I'm not doing powdercoated, I am going to search around for a friend with a paint gun and see if he can mix colors for me customly and come up with something.

I was thinking of a dark green. Something that appears BLACK, but in direct sunlight and up close, it has shades of pearl green, or teal. Somewhat like JBP. Not in direct sun, it's black, but when your in sun and look in angles, it has shades of gold. There is a website that sells tons of these pearl pigments to mix with colors or clear, so I'm not sure what I want to do. Olive green? Flat or Clear? Teal? Black with teal/green/blue glitter? With Pearl? I have NO idea. I have red lugs and horns BTW, I am willing to sell red lugs and buy BLACK and paint the horns, so LET ME KNOW PEEPS!

Here are a couple of pictures.
John

Here is a picture of the glitter that I would put in say some BLACK paint and mix it, or add it in the clear and paint OVER the black base...not sure.

grippy monkey · 10-14-2008, 12:02 AM

good! it will look good with some green and black lugs

the wheels look ok in pics but in person the bronze looks a little cheap

HYPHYmoment · 10-14-2008, 12:04 AM

seafoam ftw.. do it up.

Lamb155716 · 10-14-2008, 01:21 AM

yeah that is a good idea actually...it will play with the OBP quite well.

so steezy · 10-14-2008, 01:30 AM

gramlight flourescent yellow!!

JDM555 · 10-14-2008, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grippy monkey

good! it will look good with some green and black lugs
the wheels look ok in pics but in person the bronze looks a little cheap

Yeh, I think a darker look with this aggressive fitment would make it look meaner.

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Originally Posted by HYPHYmoment

seafoam ftw.. do it up.

Yeh, I think seafoam is the sickest out of the 3. It has a sick, metallic teal look.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lambdamaster

yeah that is a good idea actually...it will play with the OBP quite well.

YES! That is another thing that came into my mind, the Green/Blue sparkles in the OBP. That is why I want a teal instead of blue or just green.

Quote:

Originally Posted by so steezy

gramlight flourescent yellow!!

Yehhhh....No

Lol

JDM555 · 10-14-2008, 02:56 AM

Some ideas...ehh?

TimeAtk · 10-14-2008, 02:57 AM

JDM555 · 10-14-2008, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TimeAtk

Lol, there you are! Haha..

about color or about ricer statement? Lol...

TimeAtk · 10-14-2008, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by JDM555

Lol, there you are! Haha..

about color or about ricer statement? Lol...

Im sad

I need some gunmetal rims or something now...

JDM555 · 10-14-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jardine

what about like a dark glossy blue? i do really like the flake idea with the green though

Hmm, I don't like dark blue, I want it to be a little teal, and I don't think there is a dark teal out there, so I have to put a good amount of teal pigment/sparkles in black paint to give it a teal look. I'm still undecided.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimeAtk

Im sad

I need some gunmetal rims or something now...

Lol...dude, it's fine. I wasn't trying to be mean.

jardine · 10-14-2008, 04:00 AM

what about like a dark glossy blue? i do really like the flake idea with the green though

TimeAtk · 10-14-2008, 01:59 PM

For your info... you have a black car.. if you match that with something dark like dark green or dark whatever.. it will look like ****..

The only "non-boring" colors you can match or contrast with black are brighter colors, ie. Teal,yellow,orange,green, or white.

I think you should do pearl Lime green

pearl · 10-14-2008, 02:36 PM

dont do it.

9vapors · 10-14-2008, 03:22 PM

I like the moss green, but I'm biased...

northmiler89 · 10-14-2008, 03:37 PM

all sound good to me

dLo R6 · 10-14-2008, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDM555

whoaaa this picture is NOT the business. makes my head hurt.

anyway, i like your idea. i would suggest a more forest-type green pearl to mix in.. that would be sick

on a third note, do you have more shots of the wheels? i have been considering getting torques again, and i like the FRSB color.

JDM555 · 10-14-2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimeAtk

For your info... you have a black car.. if you match that with something dark like dark green or dark whatever.. it will look like ****..

The only "non-boring" colors you can match or contrast with black are brighter colors, ie. Teal,yellow,orange,green, or white.

I think you should do pearl Lime green

Ok, first off, dark color wheels on a dark car is NOT ****. Have you seen anyone aggressive black wheels on a black car? It is mean as FCUK! Look at some drifter silva's or s13's that are black/black with aggressive fitment and tell me if that looks like ****. Lime Green=FCUK no! The only color I'm willing to do is OLIVE GREEN or TEAL. But that is gonna attract attention and look a little ricer.

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Originally Posted by pearl

dont do it.

Can you explain pearl?

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Originally Posted by 9vapors

I like the moss green, but I'm biased...

Haha Yeh, your car is sick, I want to paint my wheels olive green, like actually olive green, but I don't know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by northmiler89

all sound good to me

Hmm, thanks? Lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by dLo R6

whoaaa this picture is NOT the business. makes my head hurt.

anyway, i like your idea. i would suggest a more forest-type green pearl to mix in.. that would be sick

on a third note, do you have more shots of the wheels? i have been considering getting torques again, and i like the FRSB color.

Uhhh...Search for my thread. "My New 17x9 +30 FRSB Torques" Or some crap like that, search my name and it will come up. I have a lot of pictures in it.

TimeAtk · 10-14-2008, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDM555

Ok, first off, dark color wheels on a dark car is NOT ****. Have you seen anyone aggressive black wheels on a black car? It is mean as FCUK! Look at some drifter silva's or s13's that are black/black with aggressive fitment and tell me if that looks like ****. Lime Green=FCUK no! The only color I'm willing to do is OLIVE GREEN or TEAL. But that is gonna attract attention and look a little ricer.

....Okay if you have any common sense in colors, you would already know that I was not referring to black on black.. and the examples you mentioned above are ALL black on black...

second of all in your above post you mentioned something like you don't want black rims.. how does my post contradict anything that you are saying?

I stand by my opinion that is, dark colors on black for example: dark green, dark blue, dark brown whatever looks like crap on OBP.

JDM555 · 10-14-2008, 05:39 PM

Well, sorry, from what I understand, you said something dark, and if it's dark green or dark blue, it will pretty much appear black unless in direct sunlight. So that's what I meant. And I didn't say I didn't want black because it was ugly, I just wanted something different. I already had black/black with my stockers.

So what do you think I should do then? Should I just run olive green like this helmet? lol (serious)

TimeAtk · 10-14-2008, 05:44 PM

^^

That would probably look good, if you did some little stuff to match it

MOBBiN · 10-14-2008, 06:27 PM

i had my old wheels painted with that same paint. there was about 6 coats of paint and it still chipped super easy

girodisc · 10-14-2008, 06:32 PM

Hey I saw this on the EVOM forum. If this is what your going for I say do it!

Johann @ Girodisc

Cinncyfan85 · 10-14-2008, 07:27 PM

How many "what color should my wheels be painted" threads are there going to be??

Anyways, I would go with the Olive Green.

JDM555 · 10-14-2008, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimeAtk

^^

That would probably look good, if you did some little stuff to match it

Yeh, I would paint my hella horns the same color. But now I'm not sure since the guy below says it chips easily...yay.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOBBiN

i had my old wheels painted with that same paint. there was about 6 coats of paint and it still chipped super easy

Damn it. Well, did you clean the wheels, and sand em, and reclean em, primer, paint, clear? Or did you just clean and add 6 coats of this paint? I'm interested.

Quote:

Originally Posted by girodisc

Hey I saw this on the EVOM forum. If this is what your going for I say do it!

Johann @ Girodisc

Haha, good EYE! That is the Evo my friend sent me a pic of. It was at HellaFlush this past saturday and that is after I told him the color I was looking for. He showed me this picture below. It's too much green, I want something with a little blue in it, therefore teal. But I like it, I think I'm going to go with a darker teal like that, not black with teal sparkles, I'll do the whole wheel TEAL so it will be sick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cinncyfan85

How many "what color should my wheels be painted" threads are there going to be??

Anyways, I would go with the Olive Green.

Ahhh stop complaining. At least I have nice wheels and not stockers lol

10-13-2008, 11:56 PM	#1
JDM555 Scooby Specialist Member#: 151449 Join Date: Jun 2007	New Paint for Wheels....Help me out Guys! Hey Guys, currently, I have 17x9 +30 Rota Torque R's with 245/40 RE-01R's. They are FRSB from Suby Dude. I forgot to tell the shop that mounted/balanced/fitted them to NOT put in the center caps, and after, when I took them off, I realized when they put them in, they were pretty aggressive, so some paint was chipped off on all 4 wheels. I am also growing bored of the color lol. Here are a couple pictures. I want to do a custom color. I don't want White, Grey, Black and have it plain. I want something nice, but nothing ricey either like pink or orange (no offense TimeAtk LOL). I was going to do this the proper way since rattle cans seem a little cheap. Also, I'm not doing powdercoated, I am going to search around for a friend with a paint gun and see if he can mix colors for me customly and come up with something. I was thinking of a dark green. Something that appears BLACK, but in direct sunlight and up close, it has shades of pearl green, or teal. Somewhat like JBP. Not in direct sun, it's black, but when your in sun and look in angles, it has shades of gold. There is a website that sells tons of these pearl pigments to mix with colors or clear, so I'm not sure what I want to do. Olive green? Flat or Clear? Teal? Black with teal/green/blue glitter? With Pearl? I have NO idea. I have red lugs and horns BTW, I am willing to sell red lugs and buy BLACK and paint the horns, so LET ME KNOW PEEPS! Here are a couple of pictures. John Here is a picture of the glitter that I would put in say some BLACK paint and mix it, or add it in the clear and paint OVER the black base...not sure. Last edited by JDM555; 10-14-2008 at 03:23 AM.

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10-14-2008, 12:02 AM	#2
grippy monkey Scooby Guru Member#: 131067 Join Date: Nov 2006 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: LAX Vehicle: your "stance" sucks	good! it will look good with some green and black lugs the wheels look ok in pics but in person the bronze looks a little cheap

10-14-2008, 12:04 AM	#3
HYPHYmoment * Banned * Member#: 178234 Join Date: Apr 2008 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Mill Creek Vehicle: Fail POS 5x100 WFC #035	seafoam ftw.. do it up.

10-14-2008, 01:21 AM	#4
Lamb155716 Scooby Specialist Member#: 155716 Join Date: Aug 2007 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: 07 Yeti AS-R SLc Vehicle: 2008 Spesh Pitch Pro 2010 Spesh Roubaix Elite	yeah that is a good idea actually...it will play with the OBP quite well.

10-14-2008, 01:30 AM	#5
so steezy Scooby Specialist Member#: 142506 Join Date: Mar 2007 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: F T L C // I L L E S T Vehicle: 07 WRX Limited Wrong Fitment Crew #002	gramlight flourescent yellow!!

10-14-2008, 02:56 AM	#7
JDM555 Scooby Specialist Member#: 151449 Join Date: Jun 2007	Some ideas...ehh?

10-14-2008, 02:57 AM	#8
TimeAtk Scooby Specialist Member#: 170432 Join Date: Jan 2008 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: On the Apex Vehicle: 3076 Apollo Rotation

10-14-2008, 04:00 AM	#12
jardine Scooby Guru Member#: 119595 Join Date: Jul 2006 Chapter/Region: RMIC Location: utah Vehicle: 2005 forester xt aspen white	what about like a dark glossy blue? i do really like the flake idea with the green though

10-14-2008, 01:59 PM	#13
TimeAtk Scooby Specialist Member#: 170432 Join Date: Jan 2008 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: On the Apex Vehicle: 3076 Apollo Rotation	For your info... you have a black car.. if you match that with something dark like dark green or dark whatever.. it will look like ****.. The only "non-boring" colors you can match or contrast with black are brighter colors, ie. Teal,yellow,orange,green, or white. I think you should do pearl Lime green

10-14-2008, 02:36 PM	#14
pearl Scooby Specialist Member#: 147215 Join Date: Apr 2007 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: New Jersey Vehicle: 2010 Mazdaspeed3	dont do it.

10-14-2008, 03:22 PM	#15
9vapors Scooby Guru Member#: 92582 Join Date: Aug 2005 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: IA Vehicle: *	I like the moss green, but I'm biased...

10-14-2008, 03:37 PM	#16
northmiler89 * Banned * Member#: 157163 Join Date: Aug 2007 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: N. Kingstown, RI Vehicle: 2008 STI Silvarrrrrrrr!	all sound good to me

10-14-2008, 05:39 PM	#20
JDM555 Scooby Specialist Member#: 151449 Join Date: Jun 2007	Well, sorry, from what I understand, you said something dark, and if it's dark green or dark blue, it will pretty much appear black unless in direct sunlight. So that's what I meant. And I didn't say I didn't want black because it was ugly, I just wanted something different. I already had black/black with my stockers. So what do you think I should do then? Should I just run olive green like this helmet? lol (serious)

10-14-2008, 05:44 PM	#21
TimeAtk Scooby Specialist Member#: 170432 Join Date: Jan 2008 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: On the Apex Vehicle: 3076 Apollo Rotation	^^ That would probably look good, if you did some little stuff to match it

10-14-2008, 06:27 PM	#22
MOBBiN Scooby Specialist Member#: 128441 Join Date: Oct 2006 Chapter/Region: AKIC Location: Prudhoe Bay / Eagle River Vehicle: 2006 STi WRB 01 BRP RS, 01 Silver XJ	i had my old wheels painted with that same paint. there was about 6 coats of paint and it still chipped super easy

10-14-2008, 06:32 PM	#23
girodisc Former Vendor Member#: 177674 Join Date: Apr 2008 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: B-ham WA	Hey I saw this on the EVOM forum. If this is what your going for I say do it! Johann @ Girodisc

10-14-2008, 07:27 PM	#24
Cinncyfan85 Scooby Newbie Member#: 188350 Join Date: Sep 2008 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Somewhere; I dont care... Vehicle: ABC DEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ	How many "what color should my wheels be painted" threads are there going to be?? Anyways, I would go with the Olive Green.