by "Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
Published 10/09/2017 at 19:04
by "Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
Published 10/09/2017 at 19:04
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What color/s should I paint my wheels? I’ve been meaning to get around and refinish the wheels I picked up for my Mini over a year ago and finally got some time to do it. The wheels are a two piece design but weren’t really meant to be taken apart, so I’ll probably paint them as a one piece. Anyways, let me know what colors you think would look good and any renders would be great as well, thanks!
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
10/09/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 0
Black.
"C62030" (c62030)
10/09/2017 at 19:10, STARS: 0
Gold.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
10/09/2017 at 19:10, STARS: 0
Bronze.
"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123)
10/09/2017 at 19:12, STARS: 0
Since you’ve got that grayscale thing going, black with polished lip? Or if you really want one color to make it pop, red lip? I would say body color if your Mini was white or something with more color. But a lot of wheels are already pretty close to your Mini’s dark silver...
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
10/09/2017 at 19:14, STARS: 0
Anthracite center with the outer lip polished
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:16, STARS: 0
The dark sliver does make it rather difficult, hence why Im asking for opinions, haha. Im not a huge fan of black wheels just because they tend to blend with the tire and make it look like there’s a lot of empty space.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:17, STARS: 0
I adore bronze wheels but I’m not sure how they would look on the dark silver.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:17, STARS: 0
I adore bronze wheels but I’m not sure how they would look on the dark silver.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
10/09/2017 at 19:17, STARS: 2
Purple
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
10/09/2017 at 19:17, STARS: 0
Black center with a colored or polished lip.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
10/09/2017 at 19:18, STARS: 0
Also, what are you using for mud flaps and how are they mounted? I want to put a set on the rear of mine for winter duty.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:19, STARS: 0
This was what I was initially thinking, but Im worried that the color might blend with that of the car
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
10/09/2017 at 19:19, STARS: 2
Not black, black wheels are awful. Dark grey ftw.
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
10/09/2017 at 19:20, STARS: 1
White
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
10/09/2017 at 19:21, STARS: 1
I think the polished outer lip will nicely set the wheel off without losing it in the car like a black wheel on a black car.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:23, STARS: 0
I just got some really cheap plastic rally armor ones and used self tapping screws to go in the wheel liners. They don’t really work the greatest and one of the rears got half torn off somehow which looks properly awful.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:24, STARS: 0
White wheels would become brown within minutes where I live.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:25, STARS: 1
I’ve been waiting for the quality Oppo responses
"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123)
10/09/2017 at 19:28, STARS: 0
Yea. I think too much color on only the wheels would look out of place unless you had other things to match like handles, mirrors, or headlight bezels.
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
10/09/2017 at 19:29, STARS: 0
Bronze on dark silver aint bad. This was on my “thundercloud” 4runner though which has a bit of gold flake in the paint.
"TheRevanchist" (therevanchist)
10/09/2017 at 19:29, STARS: 0
British flag color.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:31, STARS: 0
To be fair, I’m open to painting all of those to match as well. I just made them black when I got the car because it was the easiest and most logical.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:32, STARS: 1
I wish, I have the most boring color for a Mini and had to get a greyscale Union Jack
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 19:34, STARS: 1
The other problem is that finding the right shade of bronze is rather difficult. I tried bronze wheels on my MR2 and they came out a litle too dark for my liking.
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
10/09/2017 at 19:37, STARS: 1
Yeah I only really like lighter bronze wheels. I vote anthracite for your wheels though if you dont want to venture into the bronze world again!
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
10/09/2017 at 20:22, STARS: 0
But srsly purple
"AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC" (addictedtom3s)
10/09/2017 at 20:33, STARS: 0
Gold center pieces?
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/09/2017 at 20:49, STARS: 0
Hard to do but if I could pull it off I’d be all for it
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
10/09/2017 at 22:33, STARS: 0
Gunmetal metallic. Or titanium. I did the gunmetal on my dark grey metallic S4 and it looked great. I went with the obsidian black pearl for my S8 that’s also dark gray metallic. I don’t like the black as much, I’m going to go with titanium after i switch to my winter wheels, but the gunmetal was really nice.
"average user" (avgusr)
10/09/2017 at 23:48, STARS: 0
dark gray or dark chrome.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
10/10/2017 at 05:21, STARS: 0
neon pink
"AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC" (addictedtom3s)
10/10/2017 at 11:31, STARS: 0
Aren’t those three pieces? Or are they the faux-three piece wheels that are made to look like you can remove the center?
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/10/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 0
Don’t.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/10/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 0
They are a two piece, you can take the little allen bolts out to seperate the outer edge from the center. But, they break easily, replacements aren’t readily available and there aren’t any reliable torque specs for putting them back on.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/10/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 0
Refinishing them in the stock silver is also a possibility if I don’t find a color scheme that matches well
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/10/2017 at 23:14, STARS: 0
The silver, gray & black works really well together. I really can’t think of anything that would be an improvement.
"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
10/10/2017 at 23:59, STARS: 0
It really does work pretty well. I don’t particularly like all the black accents, especially around the headlights and grille but they’re better than chrome. I might end up trying a gold center with a polished lip just to see but going back to silver is a distinct possibility.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/11/2017 at 09:29, STARS: 0
Gold could work. Mock-up one with Plasti-Dip first?