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Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 16th, 2009, 10:13 pm
by Mnemonic
gold lip black centers

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 16th, 2009, 10:17 pm
by projectzemx3
Mnemonic wrote:gold lip black centers

and gold grills. im talking about your teeth :wink:

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 12:06 am
by solo_ryder
Bleh its settled. I am going gunmetal again. Matches my scheme

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:29 am
by SmoothMX3
NOOOO!
Solo... Go GOLD!
I was watching a video of random mx-3's last night. I seen a silver mx-3 with gold rims. It was the sweetness.
Go gold dude... You know that shyt will look hot.

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 10:16 am
by solo_ryder
I wanna do gold but its pricey and it dont match anything on the car unfortunately. I was driving/chillin in my car last night and checking it out under the light and I thought that silver or gunmetal would be the only good colors.. I have a plan for the rims though so its ok. :welder:

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 11:47 am
by SmoothMX3
:x :crying:

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 11:54 am
by solo_ryder
See what I REALLY wanted was gloss black with a polished lip. But that is super tricky to do apparently and it would be better to get it painted (which apparently my rims are). So I will stick with straight gunmetal.

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 12:28 pm
by projectzemx3
well i think that gold rims would look tacky, black is too overdone and actually i think gloss black can look "cheap" white is a sick color, i painted my bike white and i LOVE it. however after a solid summers riding the white has all sorts of scuffs from certain tricks and looks pretty garbage right now, so i wouldnt want to have white rims especially with brake dust.

gun metal has a solid look to it that isnt too flashy but is still a head turner.


what you CAN do about your chrome lip is to get a very fine grit sand paper and polish out the scratchs. then tape off the chrome and paint the spokes gunmetal. allow to dry, and then with the tape off - respray the whole rim with a clear.

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 12:31 pm
by solo_ryder
I am getting them powdercoated. Paint just does not hold up long enough for me. I do alot of high speed, long distance highway driving and it takes a toll on the rims. I know that powdercoating is super durable so I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and get it done right, but as a solid color

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 12:54 pm
by projectzemx3
yeah i hear ya.

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these were my old rims lol i wish i still had them but if you saw the state they were in when i sold them, well yeahh.....

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:07 pm
by SmoothMX3
I just got my rims powdercoated 'gloss black', So I guess that means they look cheap. :(
I've stated my opinion, and you've also gave me your opinions on different things. I'm sure
whatever you choose, it will look great. Make sure to update us bro. :2thumbsup:

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:14 pm
by solo_ryder
Gloss black is fine with me, I would just want to have a polished lip as well.

AND I told you to get bronze :P And you didn't so I guess we are even.

Anyways, I will post up pics when I get them back later this week

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 1:56 pm
by hppwdn
Those are 17s right? I had Gunmetal Motegi MR7s in 17" and loved them. Even though the design was a little too popular they still looked good. My only problem with the 17s is they make the brakes look so small. I went back to 15s and a beefy tire, mainly for traction and weight, but the brakes do fill up the rim nicely at that size.

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 2:31 pm
by solo_ryder
Yea I know what you are saying. I was really careful when I got the rims to make sure I got a rim that had a spoke that curved in, if you have a straight spoke like a mr7 then it makes the rim look bigger and the brakes smaller. I have had ppl ask me if I was running 16" rims at times just because of the spoke design

Re: What color should I powdercoat my rims? - Poll - REVOTE!

Posted: March 20th, 2009, 3:40 pm
by mazdax3speed
i vote a dark bronze color, i didn't actually vote in the poll though.