ok so tomorrow im painting my stock 18's Gold. I have the metallic blue lugnuts from discount auto that i plan on spraying with some clear jus to give me some play bc you have to be very easy with them or they will scratch..i own a winning blue rx...i need some opinions on this setup..im gonna try to take a pic of the paint.

gold stocks? probably fail but good luck. post pics when youre done. aftermarket gold looks great with WB. i would just save up and do that

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Just paint them, it's only paint, if you don't like it paint it a different color. I'm seriously thinking about powdercoating mine

I love that gold i painted 3 cars in that color before

Sorry, but not a fan of gold rims. You should keep them stock.

i don't think gold would look very good on WB. maybe a darker silver color like gunmetal. aftermarket gold wheels would look a lot better.

well i appreciate all of your responses guys....im headed out to paint em here shortly. ill post pictures shortly after ...so check back later today for the results...if worst comes to worst ill jus pick up a dark silver paint and redo em...i hope not though..90 bux out the window..sheesh...im jus tryin to be different but i want it to still look tasteful..nothing too extravagant...so we will see.....thanx guys :PEACE:

COMPLETION!!!
finally finished..started around 10 and just got home 3:30...wow this came out way better than i planned...the pictures dont do as much justice but i have to say i love it...tell me what you think.
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its okay, but needs a drop BADLY
paint looks really good though

Paint looks good because it's fresh. I hope there were proper preparations to ensure that the paint stays that way..

As for the color, I was thinking more of a gold color when you said gold. This looks like a metallic burnt sienna.. Maybe your camera isn't capturing the brightness of the color?

To me, this is gold:

http://www.evolutionmr.net/img/forsale/wheels/goldte37.jpg

Not bad... I'm glad to see the paint has a hue of bronze in it... sort of STi rally car colors.

Put in some new springs or coilovers to lower your 8 and it'll look more killer.

Good job on the paint.

not really a fan of the color but at least lower it.

Paint looks good because it's fresh. I hope there were proper preparations to ensure that the paint stays that way..

As for the color, I was thinking more of a gold color when you said gold. This looks like a metallic burnt sienna.. Maybe your camera isn't capturing the brightness of the color?

To me, this is gold:

http://www.evolutionmr.net/img/forsale/wheels/goldte37.jpg
The color code and name states that this is a gold so i said gold but i see what your saying..and this was done by a pro..we scuffed it clean it blah blah...yes it was done right and the reason it looks good is bc it was sprayed professinally and theres a couple coats of clear :smoker:

hmm, not bad. having a pro do it is the way to go. you should slam your car and then i think it'd be alright.

Not bad at all. Too much for me, but it came out nice. Congrats.

THANX I APPRECIATE THE REPSONSES...I FIGURE AFTER ALL THIS TURNED OUT MUCH WORTH IT...$100 FOR PAINT COMPAIRED TO $1000+ FOR RIMS...SO ITS GOOD FOR ME NOW...AND I JUST GOT THE CAR LESS THAN A MONTH AGO..SO LOWERING SPRINGS SHOULD COME SOON AND EXHAUST IS ON THE WAY AS I TYPE

I like it! But I agree about springs and shocks dropping your car.

I was thinking more of a gold color when you said gold. This looks like a metallic burnt sienna..

Metallic burnt Sienna!??!?! Err...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2858621000_b64d3f5914.jpg?v=0

Thats the color I wanted but this is what I ended up with. I sand blasted them first the rattle canned them it works for me I guess.

Should have painted the center cap separately. Also the wheel weights are going to leave a mark the next time you get the wheels balanced.

looks good....however you should've taped off the valve stems, that just looks tacky

Didnt come out too bad!

Definately agree with the lowering, once you do it will be nice.

Too orange. Needs more bling. Not bad just keep up on them rock chips :)

Should have painted the center cap separately. Also the wheel weights are going to leave a mark the next time you get the wheels balanced.
yea i thought about that but like the rest of the back of the wheel it will eventually turn black im guessing...and i thought about taping the valve stems but they were already painted silver so i scuffed them up and sprayed em...im gettin different caps so that didnt bother me much ...but yea i get what your sayin..i was thinkin the same thing while doin them

Too orange. Needs more bling. Not bad just keep up on them rock chips :)
yea i dunno why but on the pictures it comes out lookin a lil orange...doesnt look like that really...im guessing the camera doesnt pic up the metallic and that probably helps with the gold bling effect...man these pics dont quite do justice because i love the metallic in the paint..it almost looks busy like i dunno its moving?

Haha your paint job made your wheels spinners.

Usually i'm not a fan of painted stock wheels..But they look alright on yours.

Haha your paint job made your wheels spinners.
no way...its the real deal..luceal.....they are spreewells...:lol:

yea i dunno why but on the pictures it comes out lookin a lil orange...doesnt look like that really...im guessing the camera doesnt pic up the metallic and that probably helps with the gold bling effect...man these pics dont quite do justice because i love the metallic in the paint..it almost looks busy like i dunno its moving?
must be a very coarse metallic in the paint

it looks ok. it would be better on black.

[/B]it looks ok. it would be better on black.
alot of colors look better on black...black is such a base standard color that goes with the whole spectrum...almost the same is true white....but i wanted to be unique..i could of easily threw a gun metal or hyperblack or something that follows the power curve that tried and true always comes out good....but ive done that before on other cars...im still lookin forward to a set of aftermarket this color in the future