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I don't mind the look of the 15" aluminum wheels on my RS, but I was trying to think if a way to make them look better than the medium BLAH grey they put on them

What do you think of me painting them Body color (charcoal grey metallic) but polish the flat accents a bright bare metal?

Here's a couple of shots of how it looks now, with a rough photoshop of what it might look like...

before

after




opinions?

Al Hasse

I did the same thing to the red wheels that were on my 89 so that I could use them as winter wheels on my purple 92, I changed the color to black.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...old-stock.html

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those look great! I hadn't thought of caliper paint, that's a good idea. If I can't find it in charcoal gray, I may steal your idea and just paint them black. I can't see why they wouldn't look good with a charcoal gray car

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nope.. no grey..

If I use caliper paint, it will have to be black...

hmmmmm....

RED_DRAGON_85

black matches anything

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true, and I wouldn't have to worry about changing the wheels of I change the body color slightly.

but still, there's something cool about body color wheels. I wonder if I could paint the wheels body color,and then use that caliper paint in clear to protect them? Or wheel paint?

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picked up an extra wheel today for $25, so now I have 5. I can work on one without disabling the car.

It's not the most pressing project I have, but I can get started anytime on it

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got another wheel question...

The wheel I picked up today is bare aluminum, no paint at all..

The parts of the auminum I was going to mask off and leave shiny have this textured ribbing on them, like tiny ridges. i can't see if the wheels I have on the car have this same texture because the paint is too thick. I like it, but I need to know if this wheel will match the 4 already on the car.

Do all of this style of wheel have that roughness on the flat parts, or are the painted wheel just smooth?

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ttt

anybody?

Al Hasse

Just machining marks, mine had them too.

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thanks al, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a difference between the painted wheels and the one with the bright accents

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i found an old thread with an interesting side by side...



It makes me seriously think about changing to bare aluminum instead of painting them at all.

At least for now, and I can always strip them now, paint them later. One thing is for sure, whatever I do, they will look better than the medium grey paint that is there now

what do you think would look better with a charcoal grey car?

aluminum
black with aluminum accents
Charcoal grey with aluminum accents