Gold wheels with machined lip?

So i'm undecieded... I have the rims i wanted for a project. I'm gonna be painting gold (I think). The rims i got have a machined lip. So should i leave that and only paint the spokes? Or gold the whole rim.

 

I would think not hitting the lip with the gold would be a little tough, paint the whole thing it would look the best if you did.

 

i would try to leave the lip, really not that hard to tape off

 

the less you paint the less you have to worry rock chips and the lip seems to chip easily

 

too much gold would be butt....

 

its easy to tape off, leave it the lip alone

 

Pics would help.

 

blurry pic

 

My buddy just bought those wheels for his RS, black with a polished lip. They would look good gold with a polished lip, but loose the bling bling trim rings.

 

Yea theres only two rings not four... so they'll be gone.

 

Maybe I am wrong (and I haven't seen what it really would look like) but gold with a polished silver rim would look pretty tacky to my mind

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Alright now i have a crazy idea in my head to paint the spokes red...


Hmmm

 

Blood red spokes like this and black lip

 

No looked at those and wouldn't match any of the red my car has.

 

What kind of numbnuts paints a black lip on wheels ? Unless you're running whitewall tyres, it's just kind of pointless.

Stuart.

 

that numbnuts

 

Ok red with black accents

 

accents like what? flowers? what kind of accents do wheels have?

 

Something sort of like these...

 

Dirt Mcgirt

 

Alil MS paint fun, ohh and I could never color in the lines. LOL

 

leave the lip alone

 

just do the gold with polished lip it will look badass

 

Awesome ! And there's only one letter missing from the sticker to finish them off just right.

 

I dunno I've always been a fan of the straight up gold

 

Yes... but

I agree with this... Less to paint, and less to worry about chipping.

 

Anybody bored with Photochop skills? I dont have the program at work.

 

got frustrated because pic was blurry

 

Better?

 

Didn't turn out too good. The spokes were too white. It gives you an idea though.

 

powdercoat them in a bronze color.

 

Gold. Leave the lip. That's my vote. Oh, and then put them on my car.

:biggrin:

 

^ they would look good on your car..

 

I totally agree!!

With the gold. :biggrin:

 

So i'm gonna stick with gold w/ lip.

Now how should i go about doing this. I wanna do it by my self... So all of the Powder coating leg humpers... stay out plz.

I've been looking at RS refinished project. But still have questions. Any one know a good way to prep the wheels?

 

same way as you always prep...scuff, primer, paint for the best results

 

well that... and clear coat at the end. lol

 

Thats kinda what i thought... So for scuff just use steel wool? Or something better?

 

yeah, depends on the wheel really, i would assume the red brillo pad would be your friend on this one