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problemaddict
problemaddict Reader
9/23/09 10:19 a.m.

Pink is the new flat black:

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
9/23/09 12:12 p.m.

No - pink is still pink.

Rusty_Rabbit84
Rusty_Rabbit84 Dork
9/23/09 12:20 p.m.

Kawasaki Green

Keith
Keith SuperDork
9/23/09 12:30 p.m.

That's not pink, that's fushia. And teal is the new white. It's about time this color combo came back, the 80s are in again.

If I had more time, I'd make it black with teal paint splatters. But this will have to do.

ZOOMX5
ZOOMX5 New Reader
9/23/09 12:56 p.m.

This is my crap PSP attempt...How about a blue wheel with blue stripes? Sorry I had to change your hood to carbon fiber, looks good on a white car.

mtn
mtn SuperDork
9/23/09 1:25 p.m.

I say a gunmetal blue-ish

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago Dork
9/23/09 3:14 p.m.

That blue is definitely interesting. I hadn't even considered that as a viable color for wheels. Keep it coming guys, this is good stuff.

purplepeopleeater
purplepeopleeater New Reader
9/23/09 3:53 p.m.

No on the flouro pink wheels, someone showed up with tham @ an autocross last month on a white Urabus & it was hideous. This from a man who drives a dark purple MG with yellow wheels

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
9/23/09 4:25 p.m.
Keith wrote: That's not pink, that's fushia. And teal is the new white. It's about time this color combo came back, the 80s are in again. If I had more time, I'd make it black with teal paint splatters. But this will have to do.

I lusted after a redline freestyle bike that had that color scheme.

mad_machine
mad_machine SuperDork
9/23/09 7:14 p.m.

I am painting my saab dark forest green (a stealth colour) and I might do the centres of my RkIIs in bronze.

I am definatly going to look into the 130hp lathe.. or in my case.. the 185hp turbo powered lathe. My RKIIs are not so much kerbed.. but just scratched up on the edge

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku New Reader
9/23/09 8:47 p.m.

Clean up what you've got. Simple and classy.

Toyman01
Toyman01 HalfDork
9/23/09 9:10 p.m.

Paint them the color of brake dust, flat of course.

ZOOMX5
ZOOMX5 New Reader
9/23/09 9:16 p.m.

I am so lazy, I only clean the lip of my wheels most of the time, so the silver mesh looks gun-metal from the brake dust!

karlt_10
karlt_10 None
9/23/09 9:32 p.m.

I was going to go black, but from anything more than 20 feet away the wheels get lost. I also thought about painting them body color.

I've decided the factory silver wheels on my car will become a matte gray this winter. The idea came to me as a spatter painted my cargo area this past weekend......

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/23/09 9:38 p.m.

Green?

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/reader-rides/196/

RexSeven
RexSeven Dork
9/23/09 9:44 p.m.

How about "gunmetal bronze" like on my 5Zigen Fighters? Unique color, hides dust well:

5Zigen Fighter street rim

Photobucket

problemaddict wrote: Pink is the new flat black:

The ONLY reason he can get away with that is because the STi logo is pink.

ZOOMX5
ZOOMX5 New Reader
9/23/09 9:53 p.m.

In reply to RexSeven: The second shot of your RX, is that with alot of brake dust, or did you have the flash on in the first shot? Nice wheel color in the second shot, I don't see any bronze in the first. Must be more gun than bronze.

ditchdigger
ditchdigger Reader
9/23/09 11:22 p.m.

Flat and satin dark colors are an excellent way to hide your wheels. No matter how nice your wheels are they just look like some old nastly steelies from 20 feet away.

Now dark centers with a polished lip is just awesome.

I vote get some aircraft remover, peel the clear off the lips and repolish them and be golden

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago Dork
9/23/09 11:35 p.m.

I do have some aircraft stripper....

RexSeven
RexSeven Dork
9/24/09 6:57 p.m.

In reply to ZOOMX5:

The first picture was taken on a sunny day, the second on a cloudy day. The rims look more like the second pic in real life than the first pic. There isn't much dust on the rims because there isn't much rim, but what's there is hidden well by the color. It's a unique color to that rim (5Zigen doesn't make them anymore).

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
4/25/11 7:34 a.m.

In reply to hamidansari:

We need a battle ship grade canoe around here today.

fast_eddie_72
fast_eddie_72 Dork
4/25/11 7:39 a.m.
EvanB wrote: How about orange?

I can't see the pics, but YES. That's what I was going to say. It would look awesome!

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