Your guys opinions matter most to me right now Below is a picture of stock wheels painted black on my car which i photo shopped on ! Thanks for your opinions guys... you all rock

 

Why on earch should OUR opinions matter to you? If you like them, that's all that matters. Don't be a second-hander.

 

I don't know what you are asking...are you asking:
a) How those wheels look, due to your photochop skils?
b) How thse wheels look on your car?

If a), then I think its pretty good...I suck at chopping photos so, yeah.

If b), then I don't think you should paint them. Paint chips. It's not ideal for rims. Powder coating is best and more durable. Just don't, EVER, spray Simple Green on powder coat! Its not good. In fact, it'll get pretty damn ugly! Anyhoo, I think N_rider89 may be selling his rims. They are OEM 18"s powder coated black. I've seen them in person, and they look really good. He even painted the center caps but left the mazda emblem silver--nice touch.

 

yes i like the powder coat black OEMs, saw this today for the first time, and i like it. wanna do 'em on my galaxy ghey

 

sorry mine are already spoken for

 

I like opinions before i do things myself. this way i can know if its worth doing or not .

 

If you paint them black, or powder coat, whatever..mask off the Mazda symbol, and paint to match your car (red), and would also look nice if they matched your brake calipers (which should be red )

 

Back in early '04 when I was waiting to take delivery of my car, I saw a guy post a photo of an RX8 meet from Japan, and one of the yellow cars had matte black rims. Damn it looked good! I went out and bought dark gray wheels for my winter wheels on my yellow 8, and I haven't regretted it for a minute. With certain colors of RX8 black looks amazing. With the color you have there I would absolutely do it. I would also think about how much gloss you want in the wheels. Anywhere from pure matte to high gloss and if you want some metalic in it. IMHO, I'd go for it.

 

the M from the caps pops right out

 

sounds like a plan im going to be doing it this friday... my friend paints his wheels all the time so ill get him to do it (he actually recommended that i should do it) Thank you all for your input... i cant wait to see how they come out! ill post pictures when its done!

 

ive actually thought about doing this to my winning blue, IMO i think it would look sick. BTW, you deff should NOTT paint them to a mirror look, go powder coated like everyone says. A mirrored looks will look like eh black chrome, which IMO isnt a great look on the stock wheels. so powder coated FTW!

 

no so cool.

 

It's pretty ghetto, but if you like how it looks go for it...

 

Get them Black Chromed

 

mine are black, but they weren't chrome. i hate chrome. sorry.


-Cody

 

Sigh. It's worth doing if you think it's worth doing, not if a bunch of other people think it's worth doing.

 

well thats the thing with people, some like to get opinions while others do not. I most likely was going to get it done either way... but now it is definite that I am going to get them powder coated! again id like to thank you all for your input on this! Pics will be posted shortly!

 

looks like someones got a leak on their taillight.. damn mines does too. i was thinking about doing this too but i think i would just buy a new set of rims instead

 

if I say it would be nice if u paint them in pink, would you listen ?

just do whatever you want ! Its your car, not ours.

 

If you like it... go for it.

 

black powder coated wheels look good

 

+1 im going to paint my wheels black and i really hate chrome.

 

silver_mazda has them on his car they look soooooo good. better then the unpainted ones IMO

 

You got any larger pictures? I'd like to see how they look on a lightning yellow.

 

Meh. I like the stockers just the way they are.