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Wheel Directory: OEM Wheels Painted Gold/Bronze

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Haven't got much of a chance to snap very many photos(Will update tomorrow with pics that actually show the gold hue). These wheels are my spares, but had to get rid of what I feel is a horrible 2 tone scheme.

But anyways, had some free time & space around a friends paint shop to prep & spray em. Original plan was to actually shoot with a mixed paint in the booth, but myself running off 2 hours of sleep didn't want to stick around for all that extra cure time. So I found some decent stuff that came in a can that cures good enough and did it the "ghetto way" ;)

*cell pics

Because cars always look cooler like this? lol

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...020_174433.jpg

Total time: 4 hours 15 mins from jacking to rolling it out; 2 of us prepping/painting. Shot 3 coats of color on each wheel, no clear. Used about 1 and a half cans, IF that... forgot what exact paint I used but I'll grab it in the morning.

Thanks to my friend Nick for being great at body work/paint wheels are pretty flawless, and providing the extra resources that weren't needed but did make the process a hell of a lot faster.

by the looks of it i think they came out great :thumbsup:

Looks great good job!

Good work and thanks

Thanks... All in the prep

Good job. Every time I see one of these pics of a solid paint job on the stock rims, I'm impressed. The stock rims are a nice design, IMO. The two tone paint, on the other hand, detracts from the design a bit.

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Originally Posted by Foobar (Post 510912)

I was about the say the same thing. I too like the stock wheels, but after seeing them in solid colors (and some plasti-dipped), I think they look even better as 1 color.

I love gold wheels on a white car too:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Shagaliscious (Post 510933)

Subaru has a long history of designing wheels that look good in any color BUT the one they come in. The simple WRX 16" wheels are a great example:

Blah:
http://image.motortrend.com/f/848519...wheel_view.jpg

Then pick any color and:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3136/2...4069c51c_z.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/b85fb65f.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6...c64da58117.jpg

^ I agree. Everyone does their stock wheels in silver though. I use some painted stock Subaru wheels as my winter set and they're great!

http://www.mysubie.com/user_images/v...c_8269_604.jpg
http://www.mysubie.com/user_images/v...c_4831_604.jpg

Can you describe how you prepared them for the paint? Good work.

Much better than the stock. :thumbsup:

your stock wheels look like some aftermarket ones. awesome job and it looks very good.

Looks great.. I too would like to know what you did for prep...