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Old 07-18-2011, 08:25 PM   #1
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your opinion on rims im going to paint

i recently bought a new set of rims for my camaro, i plan to dismount the tires off my old ones and paint them. im going to invest in some winter tires because my camaro gets driven year round..mount those on the painted ones and be set for the winter, so they are rims that will only be on the car for 4/5 months. i have a few different options i'd like to take but let me get some of njfboa's opinions.

we are dealing with the stock snowflakes, and its my first time painting but reading up it doesnt seem too difficult..the job will be rattlecanned.

this is the car we are dealing with



can go straight with black



all out gunmetal or gunmetal with the stock lip untouched



kind ricer approaches to follow, (flamesuit on) black with a red lip. picture photoshopped from tech



i always had a thing for gold rims too, but not quite sure how it would look on an f body, i see it on STI's..cant find pics of OEM gold rims on a 4th gen camaro



or i'd like to go with black with a gold lip, but also cant find any good pictures.

any input would be cool good or bad...asked an honest question wouldnt mind honest replies. thanks for the help in advance

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Old 07-18-2011, 08:39 PM   #2
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Keep them stock or just black...
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Old 07-18-2011, 08:43 PM   #3
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Old 07-18-2011, 08:46 PM   #4
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gold? no way black & gold = ta.
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Old 07-18-2011, 08:46 PM   #5
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Old 07-18-2011, 08:48 PM   #6
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Old 07-18-2011, 08:49 PM   #7
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Corvette magnesium wheels were "goldish"

I like the gunmetal/silver. Might look good with the lip untouched.

You should google Plasti-dip, pretty cool stuff.

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Old 07-18-2011, 09:08 PM   #8
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Keep them stock or just black...
i forgot to mention one reason why id like to paint them is recently i did a caliper swap and accidently got brake fluid all over the rim and completely screwed it up

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Corvette magnesium wheels were "goldish"

I like the gunmetal/silver. Might look good with the lip untouched.

You should google Plasti-dip, pretty cool stuff.

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i was leaning toward to gunmetal / silver. plasti dip is a rubber coating? or a paint...kind of dont grasp the concept from reading it lmao
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Old 07-18-2011, 09:09 PM   #9
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Corvette magnesium wheels were "goldish"

I like the gunmetal/silver. Might look good with the lip untouched.

You should google Plasti-dip, pretty cool stuff.

Edit: Via WBT 10th anniversary hurts t/a's

Gracias, but it's a 10th annivarsary Firehawk, not Hurst T/A.
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Old 07-18-2011, 09:43 PM   #10
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Damn it.

Its more of a rubber coating. Dries flat and peels off when you are done.
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Old 07-19-2011, 12:26 AM   #11
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I had mine in black. Didnt took too bad, but the zr1s I have now look way better
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Old 07-19-2011, 08:46 AM   #12
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look up the c6 corvette in black with the optional competition gray wheels.... do it!

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look up the c6 corvette in black with the optional competition gray wheels.... do it!
This ^^^
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Old 07-19-2011, 09:55 AM   #14
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No offense to Madness, but snowflakes on a V6 Camaro ain't no Z06 rims on a C6 Z06 with huge rotors and red calipers.
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Old 07-19-2011, 10:32 AM   #15
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hahah none taken...i thought he was just offering up a color combo.
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yes just for color combo referance
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Old 07-19-2011, 11:02 AM   #17
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hahah none taken...i thought he was just offering up a color combo.
I understand this. But I was trying to underscore that the color combo might not work as well a different setup.
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Old 07-19-2011, 04:30 PM   #18
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I vote white, or black with a white lip

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Very rough "subie style"...
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Uh oh, that actually looks pretty cool....
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Old 07-19-2011, 05:33 PM   #22
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Uh oh, that actually looks pretty cool....
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on the other handdd....





i say go w. the black and red.
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I did duplicolor's gunmetal wheel paint and it was pretty nice. High gloss black would be nice as well.
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I cant find it at the moment but on ls1tech there is a photo taken at nighttime of a black camaro with black snowflakes from the passenger side doing a burnout and it looks really well done possible satin black.
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Old 07-20-2011, 03:31 PM   #25
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Please let the time-attack style die out. Go with stock or paint them all black.
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