Painted my rims... opinions?

[Sennema]

So I've been thinking about what I wanna do with this car next year once the weather gets nice again... especially in terms of rims. I had a thought that bronze would look good with the blue, so I decided to do a sample... photoshop just isn't the same effect so I decided to paint my stock wheels bronze instead. Then at least I have something that sets me out a bit for the winter, as well.

For those interested I used 100 grit sand paper, followed by 220 grit, to sand down the wheels nice and smooth... and then bronze duplicolor wheel paint. I only used about 2 coats of paint on the rims, and it got cold as I was finishing so there's a bit of run on the rims but you don't notice that in the pics I have. Also I think I only let them cure for about 5-10 minutes before I drove... still no flaking though even after a car wash.

Onto pics...

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/nospooln/ef4da09a.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/nospooln/276a59d7.jpg

I'll get close ups later. I only have my cell to take pics cuz my camera is busted so next time I think of it I'll snap a close-up.

[zzyzzx]

Painted my rims... opinions?

It looks stupid.

[CactusWill]

I wouldn't say it looks stupid, but the color is not my style. Might be nice if blue and gold are local sports team colors or something, but otherwise I would probably go back to silver myself.

[AGT]

hmmm different but I think the colors are bad together. A little 80's if ya know what I mean but as long as your don't get any larger rims the same color

[wrestlingandrunning]

I like it, but there again it's not my car.

[natedawg9640]

i would have went higher than 220.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

it looks alright, but for that project, I would have went with a brighter gold, not bronze.

[JLw7123]

it looks ok

[Nate's Alero]

I dig.... i REALLY dig.... i like that a LOT

[mrmike]

I like it. The dark bronze goes good with the dark blue. Some nice bronze or gold 18's would be awesome on there.

[cherrington17]

if thats the color scheme your going to do your car in... awesome.

if thats the only thing thats going to be that color on your car.... horrible.

[dragon8807]

looks good, i like em

[StoopidAlero]

Ehhh, Just buy some rims. Not horrible...

[Chipmunk-Alero]

if thats the color scheme your going to do your car in... awesome.

if thats the only thing thats going to be that color on your car.... horrible.

^^QFT!

[hok666]

I like it

[Th0r]

That's a funny looking Subie... :p

I like it.

[Nate's Alero]

That's a funny looking Subie... :p

I like it.

That's Awesome..

[natedawg9640]

SUBIE?!

lol... not the right bronze and the blue is just... ohhh... just a TINY bit from WRC blue

[lonnie]

I like it but like others have said...I hope something ties into that color!

[20alero02]

i dont think it looks bad at all

[Cliff8928]

I surprised I like it. Now just do something with those calipers.

[Atmosphere]

I like it. Do you have the gold package too?

[Sennema]

Thanks for the comments.

To whoever said it, I didn't intentionally do it but the colours are close to my old high school colours. Not an intentional thing though.

I like the look... didn't have any gold wheel paint, but I like the bronze... plus there is the added benefit that I don't have to scrub off brake dust as often.

I thought about the calipers, as I had the wheels off the car. But by that point it was too late... I'll do something with them when I change my brakes in the next week or so. Not sure that anything will neccessarily tie into the colour. I am not about to paint my dash or anything... unless it goes black. I just think the bronze with dark blue is a good look. However I notice that it seems to make the wheel gap more apparent, so guess I'm gonna have to lower it sooner rather than later. Actually, now that I think of it maybe the emblems can be bronze too, to match. Rather than silver. But I dunno yet, I may not like it.

And to whoever said about buying rims... I would, but yesterday we saw some snow, so it's getting late in the year to buy rims that I won't be able to use for the next 6 months or so... thus for the time being this is it... if I still like the bronze look by spring time then I'm going bronze 18s