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mazymus 11-26-2010 08:54 PM

painting VR SF challange
 
i know i'll get flamed for this but:

I have the following rims on my car: (pic of the rims off some random site/car..)

http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea.../photo_10.html

is it possible to paint the rest of the rim dark gray/black to match the inner spokes? getting a bit over the chrome look on the car.

terrasmak 11-26-2010 10:49 PM

Paint or powdercoat, happens all the time.

Waiz 11-26-2010 10:57 PM

Yeah geterdone

Ask for a photoshop in the photoshop thread if you're still uncertain

mazymus 11-27-2010 05:46 AM

Thanks guys, very helpful

davidv 11-27-2010 06:44 PM

Would like to see photos of wheels on your car as is.

Waiz 11-27-2010 08:48 PM

For some ideas, this is what member 'zerafian' did to his set:

https://my350z.com/forum/members/zer...ure19309-a.jpg

mazymus 11-29-2010 03:58 AM

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thanks for the find.

i started a thread here with some interesting results:
https://my350z.com/forum/photoshop/5...challenge.html

here's a pic of my car (needs a wash!), but more pics on the above link

thanks again

davidv 11-29-2010 05:23 AM


Originally Posted by mazymus (Post 8806763)
thanks for the find.

i started a thread here with some interesting results:
https://my350z.com/forum/photoshop/5...challenge.html

here's a pic of my car (needs a wash!), but more pics on the above link

thanks again

I like the wheels. Gold might give the car some bling.

mazymus 11-29-2010 06:11 AM

Thanks man. Actually thinking of matching the gunmetal spike colors to the rest of the wheel, or all black.

zerafian 11-29-2010 06:27 AM

if you powder coat your barrels be sure to get a TA stripe...your rims will look like 17"s as mine did above.

edit: waizzz ya beat me to it...they looked small before I added the gold TA strip.

mazymus 11-29-2010 07:05 AM

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by TA stripe, is it the outer part of the rim?

AcidJake75 11-29-2010 07:09 AM

TA=Time Attack

Zerafian - I didnt think your wheels looked like 17s - pics of the new TA stripe please? I just wanna see..if you dont mind..

idrive_MD 11-29-2010 08:16 AM

a local guy did this on his RX8:

http://b.imagehost.org/0274/volksreturn1.jpg

Satin black lip with a dark gunmetal metallic finish for the center.

sry110 11-29-2010 09:03 AM

^^ I really like that color combo with the bright orange brake accents

sry110 11-29-2010 09:06 AM


Originally Posted by mazymus (Post 8806971)
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by TA stripe, is it the outer part of the rim?

TA = Time Attack = a style of wheels that has a brightly colored (typically red) strip going around the outer diameter of the wheel rim, where the tire meets the wheel. The brightly colored stripe defines / accentuates the OD of the rim. The worry with painting your wheel lips black is that the lip color blends with the tire color and the net effect is that your tires appear to be thicker as though you had a smaller wheel diameter.

I see what they are saying, but I'm still not sure I like the TA stripe on SF Challenges.

zerafian 11-29-2010 09:43 AM

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/...ce5dff9a17.jpg

ITOzann 11-29-2010 10:11 AM

black chrome or gold:thumbup:

BoomerZ33 11-29-2010 10:33 AM


Originally Posted by zerafian (Post 8807307)

sexyyyy :thumbup:

do something like this OP

mazymus 11-29-2010 03:09 PM

Gold looks nice on white, not sure on my color though..

zerafian 11-29-2010 04:57 PM

just combine two colors that would actually look good with whatever color your Z is.


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