View Poll Results: What color should I have them powdercoated?

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  • Gunmetal (again)

    4 36.36%
  • Silver

    5 45.45%
  • White

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Thread: I'm having my rims re-powdercoated...what color?

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    I'm having my rims re-powdercoated...what color?

    Due to all the nasty scratches all over my rims, I'm having them re-powdercoated by a friend of mine who owns a business that powdercoats.

    I'm only going to consider 3 options:

    Having it done in black (gunmetal) again.

    Silver

    White


    What do you guys think...and why?

    Zac

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    Well Black/gunmetal wont show as many scratches and dirt compared to the others. But I don't like the looks of the Black really on any cars.

    Silver I think would be nice.

    White would definately stand out against your paint and look nice, but it'd show the dirt a lot more.
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    That's a good point Micah. Silver really seems to be the best of both worlds.

    The only reason I would think of staying gunmetal is that I'm investing in a carbon fiber hood soon. But I think carbon fiber would go well with silver also.

    Zac

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    My vote is for gun metal it really stands out on your car. I think if you got white or silver it would just look weird.

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    I like black because it draws less attention from the car then other colors would, and ur not featuring ur wheels, ur featuring ur entire car.

    I picked some bland 18's for the galant because i didn't want my wheels to become the focus of my car.

    Black looks good on ur car, but black looks great on white cars.

    Silver would look good too, it's a great universal color.

    White would look good too, but harder to maintain.
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    Photoshop ur car with ur rims and 5 different colors and have a vote to get some help on ur decision.

    Photoshop these colors

    Flat Black
    Anthrecite
    White
    Silver
    Bronze
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    i like the way your car looks with the gunmetal wheels. i like the lowkey look, and yours pulls it off with the dark wheels and now spoiler and all. i think with the color of your car, gold wouldnt look quite so well. just what i think.

    Dustin

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    I'd vote Gunmetal or Bronze.
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    Yeah the guy that's doing them says I can have a choice of just about any color I want. If they didn't have it on stock, they would order it for me. He said they could even match the color on my car (which would look ghey...haha)

    BTW everyone....This guy says he can do this job for $200. I think he's giving me this special price, but I would say anything under 400 would be an outstanding price because this also includes the hideous task of removing the paint.

    He says it costs a little more if your rims are aluminum because they have to dip it in this expensive paint thinner/remover shit. If your rims are steel, then they just sand the paint off.

    Zac

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