![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:20 • Filed to: miata | ![]() | ![]() |
This is the state of my wheels. Poorly masked peeling white that was done over top of the wheel weights that were on it, and the center cap was painted while on the wheel which means unpainted center of the wheel. Sigh.
So I painted them using some Rustoleum Metallic Bronze paint. Here it is mid-paint.
And here we have it on the car. I’m going to sand down the rim to shiny bare metal this weekend and then toss on some clearcoat over the whole shebang.
Much nicer than white, a bit more interesting (especially in the light) than black.
![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:24 |
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Silver Miatas are pretty rare I’d assume, looks great though!
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That looks great. Nice color choice too.
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Are they? This one is pretty beat up (take a look at dat panel gap in front of the hood) and has a few scratches and a couple chips but I’m hoping to get it looking pretty again. I like owning pretty things.
Super practical color, though. Doesn’t show dirt :D
![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:28 |
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I meant to get gunmetal grey. The color was 100% a fluke but I’m considering painting the currently-unpainted front lip the same color.
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They’re apparently pretty uncommon. 89-92 was the run. 1991 being the most common.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/re…
![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:37 |
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Very nice!
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I’m being completely honest here. The black just makes it look like it’s missing hubcaps. I’m sure if you cleaned up the exterior, it would look a lot better.
Again, that’s just my honest opinion.
![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:47 |
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This is the look I’m going for, more or less. Need to get some centercaps like those and I’m going to polish the lip down to bare metal then clearcoat the whole thing so it’s glossy.
![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:50 |
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Aah, Mine’s a ‘91 so I have the “common uncommon” color. Still neat to know, and a good argument for not respraying it down the line.
*mr regular voice* Rare color.
![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:55 |
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The black lip is a really nice contrast, leave it black!
![]() 11/17/2015 at 21:59 |
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The lip is actually unpainted, so it’s a grungy grey. I’m either going to paint it rustoleum gloss black or paint it the same dark bronze as the wheels for a bit o’ dat color coordination, yo
![]() 11/17/2015 at 22:21 |
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Ah, I get what you mean now! I was a bit confused before.
That’s going to look very nice!
![]() 11/17/2015 at 22:55 |
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Dude, me too!
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I had a set of those on my 323.
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Sanding the entire rim? Maybe leave some paint behind for a cool effect?
![]() 11/18/2015 at 02:59 |
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that one looks great, you should see my buddies $1000 straight piped drift pig of a Miata. yours looks factory fresh in contrast