what color?

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:43 pm

i'm trying to figure out what color i should powdercoat my BBS wheels, so help me!!

pictar for reference:

i was thinking gold because i liked the way my old p7's looked, my brother was trying to say black (i hate gloss black wheels) and the lady at the powdercoating place just threw WAY to many colors at me and i just couldnt decide.

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:58 pm

Leave them the color they are?

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:14 pm

anthracite

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:39 pm

Gold

kleinkid · Post by **kleinkid** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:42 pm

I am sure you know that you can get powdercoat in different % of gloss. Mine for example, are 60% black. Just reminding you. What ever color you get, you would probably want to keep the percent of gloss involved in your decision. If they are too glossy, they mirror reflect the road surface and make the finish of the powdercoat look distorted or mottled. On your style of wheel it might not be an issue though.

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:06 am

Can anybody photoshop some diff. colors on there?

dscoobydoo · Post by **dscoobydoo** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:22 am

Um, Why Jake are you considering painting them?

The silver on the red looks good with the FMIC!

beatersubi · Post by **beatersubi** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:25 am

Manarius wrote:Leave them the color they are?

x2, They look pretty good as they are.
Or a satin gunmetal would go well w/ your red/black scheme without being gloss black.

dwreck30 · Post by **dwreck30** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:28 am

Black on red looks good. I say black with a red stripe. time attack style!

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:30 am

well, they're all rock chipped and need to be "refinished" anyways, so i figure might as well try a new color

All_talk · Post by **All_talk** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:19 pm

How about silver on the rim and gunmetalish in the center, something like this...

I think it goes will with the kinda blackout thing you got going and highlights the wheels. All balck/dark always makes the wheels disappear.

Just a thought
Gary

dscoobydoo · Post by **dscoobydoo** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:30 pm

Why not black with a silver lip?
That would look cool.

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:39 pm

Either anthracite or gold.

BXSS · Post by **BXSS** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:54 pm

Black with red rim-piping (sort of like a pin-stripe on the outer rim lip/edge) Yamaha R1 Style!!!

livestrong14 · Post by **livestrong14** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:54 pm

I actually like the silver, but if you must paint them, british black would look amazing. Like the Forester STi conversion you guys did.

MPtyza · Post by **MPtyza** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:58 am

I would go with gold personally, I think it'd look real nice with the Rio Red.

skid542 · Post by **skid542** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:55 am

I'm not usually a fan of 'rimmed' wheels but that black and silver Gary threw up does look awfully good. It goes well with the black scheme you have going on with the car and still keeps the wheels from falling out of the picture. I put my vote to that.

Or gold.

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:57 am

Body color with polished lips

Trace · Post by **Trace** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:02 am

Hey I love that red! I wanna get my old faded silver to something spicy...what's the colour code for that? Thanks!

Arctic Assassian · Post by **Arctic Assassian** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:16 pm

I know the color is Rio Red.

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:19 pm

Yup, the color is most definitely rio red

and the BBS's are now purdy gold

smh0101 · Post by **smh0101** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:35 pm

Um pics dude pics

Dynamic Entry · Post by **Dynamic Entry** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:25 pm

+1 for pics of gold

but also when you blacked out the trim, did you paint or pull the chrome?

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:37 am

i'll post a whole mess of pics for you guys tomorrow

and the chrome on the front and rear bumpers were pulled off, but you cannot pull the chrome on the side mouldings off and i just cant get paint to stick to them (we practiced on my bro's car) so i just electrical taped over them and it works awesome and you can only tell when you get really close to it.

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:16 am

well, i dont have any pics of the BBS gold yet other than the dyno videos. but i did get some pics of the car the the wheels i borrowed from my friend while i had the bbs's powdercoated and a few from just before they were powdercoated

more pics here

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what color?

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