Enkei Rpf1, Urgent Advice & Photoshop If Possible
 

Im getting tomorow MY NEW ENKEI RPF1 they are SILVER, Im thinking to paint them black with red lip BTW my car is P.P White.
what do u think guys, and if some one can help me by photo shop cause its really a hard decision, im afraid to paint them and don't like them after...

many thx in advance.
joe

i have seen them in black and they look really nice..as for the red stripe well seen it but not on the rpf1..sorry cant help other than they look good in black. silver on ppw looks good though

thx man ... i apreciate ur advice ...

Just do gloss black with pol lips or at least silver lips. Red lips are pplllaaayyyeeeddd out. Fuk time attack, it's lame. imo of course. ;)

don't paint it TA style, just do matte black. don't even think about painting the lip a different color. RPF1s have a thick lip to begin with making the wheel look smaller then it really is. so just go one color.

nice idea, what do u thing if i leave them on the basic color ???

the silver they come in is nice already, i was contemplating if i wanted to powder coat mines matte black or not, but then decided to keep the silver.

what sizes are you getting?

If I wanted black wheels I would buy black wheels. But that’s just me.

18''x10.5/9.5 offset 15...

can u post ur car with the RPF1 PLS ???

100% I agree with u .. but its a long story man,

I am a big fan of the RPF1. I bought a set that was powdercoated black for my Z and currently run them in silver on my S2000. r_seng is right about the thick lip, it's hard to make it look good with the lip a different color. Honestly I'd leave them silver as I am not a fan of the all black look. Here is a pic of them on my Z though:
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/enkei_001.jpg

^^^nice. what size and drop you running nate

That was 18 x 8.5 +30 front, 9.5 +15 rear. If I did it again, I would run the 9.5 +15 front and 10.5 +15 rear. Suspension is Tein Basics, the rear was lowered a little more after that pic.

nice pic , BTW my car is P.P white, and my brembo caliper is RED, that's why im thinking to paint them black WITH RED LIP as this PICS :

same size 18''9.5 +15 /10.5 +15 ...

I think that would look good. It has a stepped lip so you have 3 choices.

Paint the entire lip section red (~2"), leaving just the spokes black.
Paint the outer lip red, leaving the inner "lip" and spokes black.
Pinstripe just the outer wheel bead red.

IMO option 3 is the best. #1 would be a lot of red and make the spokes seem smaller than they already are. #2 might be decent but there is no natural line there to follow and there would be a seam between the 2 different colors. #3 is more subtle but would put some visual separation between the wheel and tire. Good luck with whatever route you go, but I would at least put them on the car first to see how you like the silver.

nice. I'm running 18x10.5 +15 all around. I'm about to install 15mm spacers on the rear to push them out more.

+1, ur 100% right,

clear BREMBO ???

It should clear brembo easily.

also, in the other thread where i told you not to do the red lip....it's really played out and everyone does it to stock wheels.