need an opinion, whats the coolest color paint for my used set of rims

[A20A3nD15]

i bought a used lightweight set of 15" white 6 spoke rims, they look pretty rough right now but should look good on my 3gen accord when i get done with em. i plan on painting them and havent decided on what color to go with. i dont like the white colored rims with the gold color of my accord.

everyone please give me your opinions, thx!

[TJ89Accord]

black, gunmetal, silver. PINK! lol.

tim

[A20A3nD15]

im leaning toward gunmetal right now, just to be different, but havent made my final decision yet

whats a good price for powdercoating? i have been quoted $20/ wheel, thats goos isnt it??

[BITESIZE]

GUN METAL BABY!

[Justin86]

Well what color is your car.

[iloveJDMblackrims69]

dude............... $20 a wheel............ thats a hella deal!

[A20A3nD15]

Originally posted by Justin86
Well what color is your car.

lts light gold or i believe it called "seattle silver"

[A20A3nD15]

Originally posted by iloveJDMblackrims69
dude............... $20 a wheel............ thats a hella deal!

spdboy bought a maroon powder coated manifold cover from a guy off ebay for $1. this same guy is starting a powdercoating business out of his own garage and told us that is what he would charge. i thought it sounded like a good price too.

[A20A3nD15]

my decision im trying to make is...

1. spend $80 on a nice powdercoat job?

or

2. or buy the 8 cans of gunmetal grey at the dollar store and try to do it myself? i have a good amount of experience painting things but not with rims. after the sanding, priming, and painting is over, what is the best stuff to spray for a top coat to protect the paint? anyone have any advice for me?? would appreciate it a lot, thx

[Micah 89LXi]

they make coatings for wheels...in autozone they are all right next to the wheel specific paints and such...i think i may do that to my LXI rims just cause they are boring...tho id rather get some spoked ones..i dunno depends on what colour i paint my car finally

[89accord_lxi_coupe]

since your car is the light gold or seattle silver, go with gunmetal. that combo will look the best in the end. when i redid my stock hubs i painted them with the stuff from autozone and topped them with 2-3 coats of clearcoat. they turned out pretty nice. If you can get powdercoating for 20 a wheel, get it. just my $.02

[goldyaccord]

Do gunmetal!

[BITESIZE]

AGAIN.....GUNMETAL BABY!!!!!

[hondamanlxi]

gunmetal is the shit!

[A20A3nD15]

majority rules! i went with the gunmetal! i just finished painting them last night, im going to let them hang for a few days and finish them up this weekend with a few coats of clear coat, ill post some pics soon as soon as i get the pics off my camra to show what they look like, thanks for all your opinions!!

[A20A3nD15]

btw... the rims on my avatar pic are not the same wheels, just wanted to see what black wheels would look like :)

[NXRacer]

I like the bronze color. It looks good on most cars. Not sure how it would look on the goldish color. My g/f has a 91 champaigne/gold accord and we're getting bronze powercoated wheels for hers and it should look pretty tight. just my $.02. Kinda late though since you already painted them........

[A20A3nD15]

Originally posted by NXRacer
I like the bronze color. It looks good on most cars. Not sure how it would look on the goldish color. My g/f has a 91 champaigne/gold accord and we're getting bronze powercoated wheels for hers and it should look pretty tight. just my $.02. Kinda late though since you already painted them........

awe dude dont do that, you should buy my Prelude Si rims for your girls car that i have laying in my basement, they'd look schweet! :D id sell em to you cheap too and i know for fact they fit the 90-97 Accords perfect

[NXRacer]

she already bought a set of 94-95 accord EX rims that she's having PC'd bronze. besides, she probably wouldnt want to pay to have them shipped all the way across the US. she's cheap that way..... :lol

[A20A3nD15]

good point, they'd be almost double for that shipping, the rims you have arent too much diff looking from the Prelude rims i have, they should look great in bronze, just curious what are you paying per wheel for the powdercoating?

[A20A3nD15]

here is a quick pic i took today one of my rims, they were originally white, and required a lot of elbow grease to get em ready to paint

http://www.geocities.com/primo28/gunmetal.html?1057793080990

[NXRacer]

i have a friend whos hooking us up for like 100 bucks for all 4

[A20A3nD15]

i went with spdboy to pick up a powder coated manifold cover for his 3.1 cavey he picked up off ebay for $1 , it turns out that this guy he bought it off of just recently made his garage into his own powder coating business. he says hell do a set of rims for $80.

sounds like a great price right?

it turns out spdboy was cleaning the powder coated manifold cover with a little de-greaser and it took a bunch of paint off it... i don't know but, shouldn't powder coating be able to stand up to a little drgreaser??

[NXRacer]

yeah, it sounds like the guy didnt do a good job of prepping before he PC'd or didnt do the job right.

[gameoner]

Originally posted by A20A3nD15
awe dude dont do that, you should buy my Prelude Si rims for your girls car that i have laying in my basement, they'd look schweet! :D id sell em to you cheap too and i know for fact they fit the 90-97 Accords perfect let me see pics of them rims and a price and i may be able to take them off of you. holla back:stick:

[dXsquared]

lol.. i saw a magazine buy 4 of those, chose a matte black color and powder coat em.. they were the exact wheels too.. started white... thats fucking wild!!!

Travis

[SPDboy]

Originally posted by A20A3nD15

it turns out spdboy was cleaning the powder coated manifold cover with a little de-greaser and it took a bunch of paint off it... i don't know but, shouldn't powder coating be able to stand up to a little drgreaser??
ummm yeah....it was my fault...carb cleaner is strong shit and I guess you dont wanna use it to clean out the intake when its off the car and has nowhere to go except on the paint, it was my fault, not the guy who did the PC job ( this carb cleaner was 5 bucks)

[A20A3nD15]

Originally posted by gameoner
let me see pics of them rims and a price and i may be able to take them off of you. holla back:stick:

*these will not fit 3G Accords*

92-96 Honda Prelude Si alloy rims, 15" x 6.5", 7-spoke
with 195/60/15 mounted tires included, 2 front tires are worn on the outsides, rears are good. They will also fit Accords from 90-97. Great rims for Auto-Crossin! I'm looking for $150 (shipping not included)

See some pics of the wheelset here...
http://www.geocities.com/primo28/forsale.html?1050990919010

[A20A3nD15]

Here's a link to a set just like mine on ebay where the reserve wasn't met at $202.50...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=38662&item=2417784221

[A20A3nD15]

Originally posted by DXHATCHBACK
lol.. i saw a magazine buy 4 of those, chose a matte black color and powder coat em.. they were the exact wheels too.. started white... thats fucking wild!!!

Travis

do remember what mag you saw it in? id like to see em :)

[SPDboy]

hey look at me......I can get my count up by replying to my own post 3 times in a row!!!

[SPDboy]

look at this guys www.ebay.com you can bid on things here

[SPDboy]

LOL ya know I am messin with ya A20A...and if not......I know where you live...........

[A20A3nD15]

hey spud err i mean spd, at least i was replyin to others ppls posts... well 2 out of 3 posts any way... maybe i was being a post whore for a bit, but mainly cause i havent been online in 4 days and was making up for lost time... btw thx for blowing the whistle on me

:lol

[SPDboy]

thats the only thing I'll blow on ya .............