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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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Black OEM wheels on blue?

Anyone here paint/powdercoat their stock wheels black or gunmetal grey on a blue car? I'm considering doing this and want to know what it looks like. Please post pics!

Pics of any color car will help me & others get an idea so post those too! Only ones I've seen so far are on a yellow car.

Brainstorm: White Rx8, high gloss black OEM wheels, deep dark tint
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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I don't have any pics, but a suggestion...

How about:
1) Dark tint all the way around
2) Blue body with BLACK painted ROOF & Pillars
3) Then...the shinny black deep dish rims

Sounds good, no?
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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I'm with you on everything except for the roof; I'm not a 2-tone man. Just my preference though. Point of the thread was for cheapos like me who could maybe sneak a powdercoat into next month's budget but not a set of Volks.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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Hey, your not alone in that. How much is it to powder coat 18" anyways? I'm thinking white...
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Phantom Menace
Hey, your not alone in that. How much is it to powder coat 18" anyways? I'm thinking white...
If you can drop off just the bare rims you should pay under $300 for a set of four.

While not OEM rims the below links will give you an idea of Black / Blue

https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...8&postcount=14
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=37769
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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about $200-240 for the set is prices I've read of people getting it for.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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thanks expo. However, I don't like 2-tone or anything other than 5 spoke on an 8. Does help the picture in my head though.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Looks good to me. Real low-profile and subtle. Not the "HEY LOOK AT MY RIMS" look.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 09:31 PM
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Its sharp I'll give it that. Though personally I'd much rather see a nice dark blue (for the car) instead of the current color.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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look here for pics: https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/paint-rims-black-thread-103926/
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 10:37 PM
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yeah I had seen those. Forgot about to mention the two black ones. One looks good and glossy the other is just flat spray paint (bleh). The one black one and the Yellow are what inspired this for me.

C'mon, blue, silver, grey, white, red (whole wheel), green or any of those special colors? Anyone paint them something else like gunmetal? or white?
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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"Ridin' Dirty"? Haha that's awesome!

I'll leave Pink to the girly Girlz.........besides I'm starting to think I'll be unique simply if I chose to go black OEM on blue
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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Do post pics, I'd love to see how they turn out.
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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 12:38 AM
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will do that when I do that. Might take a little while (Christmas budget crisis and all)
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