My 8 with rattle can wheels
Well it seems my wife and I have a thing about painting something around the time of a local drift event (I don't participate, just watch and wish I could)...last time was the roof and hatch of my busted BMW 318Ti (we painted the roof and hatch white to match the hood even though it was a red car). Well this time we got the urge to do my wheels to make them "stand out" a bit more and I do believe I accomplished that highly, lol. I plan to do them in a "Ken Block" style and paint one of the spokes white and put a rotary emblem in it and then shoot clear over them when it's done but I didn't have the time to do that this weekend...so without further adieu, here are the pics, whadya think?
My wife (Ashtin) painting them...she promised when this was over and we had a sunny day we would do a photoshoot with the 8 and my bro's 240 and ...her...;) https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25945 All primered up https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25952 First coat of ORANGE https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25948 Almost done https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25944 All done and sitting beside the car to see the contrast https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25951 Mounted and done, don't have any other good shots because it rained today and got all wet. https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25950 I also decided to tint my tails and do something I haven't seen done with them https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25953 And night shot with reverse lights on https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25942 I also learned a hard lesson this weekend about not allowing the car to warm up for a bit before shutting it down, I apparently flooded it yesterday and found out today when I jumped in it and tried to drive off and it wouldn't start, after trying a few different procedures it finally came back to life so I gave her a hug and took her for a spin. |
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Not sure how a feel... definitely stands out more. Need a pic of the whole car (side shot, preferably), at least.
Any particular reason she did the painting of your wheels? Sounds like a nice deal... |
She enjoys painting stuff so I let her do them, I cleaned and sanded while she taped, primered, and painted.
Here is a side shot I had on facebook, I was hoping it would be sunny today but I'm not getting that wish. https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25955 I am wanting to get the OZ Allegerita's in orange and this gave me an idea of how orange would look with my car. |
Not sure how I feel about them. Maybe throw some black lug nuts on there to offset the colors a bit better. The chrome makes it look out of place.
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Black Lugs for sure + Orange center caps.
https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=25953 /\This was an awesome idea. Looks great! You should clear coat them, wet sand and wax. The orange peel/matte disappears and it will look stock. http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1305467770 |
Isn't rattle can paint just going to chip of with road dirt and sand hitting them? So before long they don't look nicely painted? Some type of clearcoat might help.
I think it's a start of a look, definitely needs some orange accents somehow...mirrors, spoiler, something...consider this... http://porschebahn.files.wordpress.c...0664.jpg?w=500 ....obviously already way further up the food chain.. so it's possible for this car to get away with this look far more easily. |
Well.......they match your side markers.
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i dont like that color, bronze will look better
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it doesnt look bad, props for doing a different look. and I would get some sort of clear coat on it, you can get a semi gloss finish if you dont want to just go full on glossy. It will help hold out over time
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Thanks for the comments, I do plan to do black lugs with it.
The center caps are orange, but I just didn't have them installed during this pic. I plan to paint the Mazda emblem black, too. As far as clearcoat goes I plan to do that (I bought a couple of cans for it), I just want to do the wheels like the Ken Block wheels with doing a single spoke in white and do a rotary emblem near the edge of the spoke so I will clear them when I get that done. As far as tails go I'll give that a shot because I would rather it be shiny and smooth than orange peeled and matte. Also I plan to do my skirts orange but will get that professionally done. |
go vols
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Originally Posted by infatu8ed
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go vols
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Looks sweet.
I would have went for black and blackout the whole car but i like the orange a lot. |
Looks, cool. I would do the whole GT3 concept. U def need a drop though. Aand get some clear coat on there before the rocks chip away at it.
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Originally Posted by Juansito
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Looks sweet.
I would have went for black and blackout the whole car but i like the orange a lot.
Originally Posted by NYC Drift King
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Looks, cool. I would do the whole GT3 concept. U def need a drop though. Aand get some clear coat on there before the rocks chip away at it.
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Originally Posted by flametail
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I may look into doing clear coat this weekend, It doesn't get driven too much so I'm not too worried about chips. I have been planning on a drop and 10mm spacers to hold me over til I can afford my OZ's that I want. When I first had bought my car I Sprayed them black. I have a second car and didn't drive the 8 much and they got chipped up really quick... Also I didn't have a clear coat. |
Not my cup of tea but at least the paintjob looks decent
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Originally Posted by NYC Drift King
(Post 3978056)
When I first had bought my car I Sprayed them black. I have a second car and didn't drive the 8 much and they got chipped up really quick... Also I didn't have a clear coat.
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That is lame. Besides Mazdamaniac did that color already but at least he has Volks and it was kind of a joke. But if you like it, then congrats. At least you have a cool wife to make up for the lameness :lol:
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It will really be a head turner because of the bright odd wheel color.
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Originally Posted by monchie
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It will really be a head turner because of the bright odd wheel color.
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Going with ya'lls suggestions, I got some new lugs. They are the Muteki SR35's
https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=26619 Comparing them to stock https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=26622 Before https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=26620 After https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=26621 Done! https://www.rx8club.com/forum/pictur...ictureid=26623 Now all I have to do is wait til tomorrow for my other package to arrive and install that item along with pasti-dip my Mazda emblems (both on the wheels and on the car) to finally get rid of all the chrome and I'll be ready for Import Alliance next month! |
Cool nuts you have there, lol
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