I can't seem to decide which would look best with my car, flat black rims or gloss black. My car is black by the way.

thanks

Jonathan

 

It depends... what style of wheel you plan on going with?

 

they are work emotion cr kai that are gunmetal, but I want to powder coat them a different color.

 

I would do those in matte (not "flat") black. Flat is gonna look like some Honda primer job. The matte (although not shiny by any means) looks much cleaner.

 

If you have a black car, definitely go with gloss!

 

is matte closer to the color of the time attacks? I am looking to do that color.

 

although gloss would look good as well!

 

i believe you can do a semi-gloss, which would put it between the two.

 

Yup. The TA's are matte.

 

Matte Black


Matte Black


Gloss Black


Gloss Black


Gloss Black

 

Matte Black Looks amazing! thanks Andy! I should of put that on the poll

 

Matte and flat finish is pretty much the same. Personally, Im getting sick of gloss black, you see it everywhere. Matte(flat) black looks more racey and not common as gloss black. My vote is to matte.

 

now the question is to either powdercoat or get them painted.

 

Maybe it's just me then, but a matte black has a nice (can't think of the word for it) "shine" to it, while a flat has no shine whatsoever. When I repaint my wheels I'ma prolly do it matte instead of gloss.

Kinda hard to tell, but this is gloss w/red lip...


And this is what the Works are gonna look like spinning (stock Evo IX GSR/RS wheels look exactly the same as the Works)...

 

looks good but I think I will go matte.

 

Go for matte, because while it isn't dull like flat black it also isn't shiny like the gloss black, you can't see all of the details of the gloss black wheels as much as matte.

 

Good choice.

 

Post pics when your done. I was going to attempt something similar to this.

 

Matte or Gloss finish. Flat is definitely a no go.

 

Matte for sure!!!