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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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Wheel Idea

So on my budget I cannot afford new rims, as much as I want a set of Bronze 5 or more spoke rims. For now I decided to try something and I photoshoped the idea to get some feedback.

Bascially it's Plasti-Dip spray (black) with 1/4" red pinstripe on the outter edge of the rim. I have looked around and it seems a nice viable option for cheap about $30 total for all the materials, then it's just my labor to do them.

Here is the image of what they MIGHT look like, this IS photoshopped.



Also as you can see from my sig, my car is BBP.

So thoughts? Feedback? I plan on starting this not this weekend but next.
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 12:13 PM
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It's doable--there are a few vids on youtube on this exact thing.
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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they will come out great and will look good! me and my brother-in-law did the same thing to his lexus wheels. they look great! i don't have any but i can get some and post some if you like.

the best of luck!
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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looks sharp.. the hardest thing to do is going to be the pinstripe..
I would try to make a template that you can lay over the wheel to try to get the roundest pinstripe
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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I have done pin-striping in the past, so it won't be that hard as long as I let the plasti-dip cure it's full duration before doing the stripe.
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 02:55 PM
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drag makes some nice rims with pin strips also TSW, i was thinking about getting some.

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iam personally probly going to get these:
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if i had an excess of money i would probly end up going with this:
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:06 PM
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Here is a quick render in photoshop on my car of what it could look like.

 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:48 PM
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i dunno about the black/red on the blue, but it's your car
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:51 PM
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Its a BBP, not blue :P
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:54 PM
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not a fan of the pin strip, rims would look good otherwise
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:56 PM
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are those red lines still considered cool? kinda played out...

i would just keep it stock or paint the entire wheel gunmetal/matte black.
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:56 PM
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Correction: I don't know about black/red wheels on a dark purple car.
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 11:35 PM
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That on red would have looked great. Maybe gunmetal with silver pinstripe?
 
Old Feb 17, 2012 | 12:04 AM
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all black, just not a fan of the pin strip. imo
 
Old Feb 18, 2012 | 10:13 PM
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Needs a little more contrast - not black on black. Maybe gunmetal like what this guy did to his stock rims:

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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 09:01 PM
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i added the pinstripe a while ago (maybe 6-8 months). no issues w it yet. plus, if i decide one day i don't like it, it comes off in two seconds.

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**note: my rims are gunmetal, not black**
 
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