Well, after much debate in my head whether to leave the lip polished or paint it, i decided to paint the entire rim. Let me know what you think, I'm still not sure if I'm gonna keep them like this, but they don't look half bad.

Sorry for the crummy looking pics (camera phone) but hey, whattaya gonna do :shrug ::

Yay or Nay?

shoulda went with a darker color imo. not too bad tho.

Originally posted by injendsm
shoulda went with a darker color imo. not too bad tho.

that's exactly what i thought after i was done..lol. I thought the color was gonna be darker.

Yeah definitely darker since I know for a fact that green and dark rims look good :P

yea, i used duplicolor graphite. I'm thinking of maybe going black.

Originally posted by jsupetran
Yeah definitely darker since I know for a fact that green and dark rims look good :P

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im doing black tomorrow ^^. got them all cleaned up and sanded a little...did u sand and prep or did u just spray away? It looks good tho

yea, i cleaned them up real good, making sure it had no grease or brake dust, then i sanded them down very good, and then wiped them down with rubbing alcohol, and then finally painted them with 4 coats of paint and 4 coats of clear.

nice...4 coats of each...should last awhile ^^ Im just gonna do 3 coats paint, 2 coats clear. ill put up pics of the finished product as well.

you may want to wait a week while new paint cures before repainting, otherwise it will wrinkle the finish and you don't want that.

Go darker and leave the lip IMO. well,now you have to strip the lip.

well, im gonna go against the crowd here. i like it. i personally have a strong distaste for black rims...esp on dark cars. IMO if you buy new rims or you paint them...your obviously wanting people to look at them. when their black it all just honestly runs into the tires. i do however like a darker TONED (not black) rim with a dark car. it flows with the feel yet still allows you to make out details. and to be honest....everyone and their dog has black rims now.

disclaimer: i am in no way trying to step on any toes...just merely stating my opinions.

yea i like em but i would go a little darker and maybe put some more clear on it, i dont know if its just the pictures but they just don't shine, still looks good though!

I also suggest getting your car tinted to match your darker rims. Totally sets it off.

Originally posted by jsupetran
I also suggest getting your car tinted to match your darker rims. Totally sets it off.

Skirts too.

Originally posted by dsmmyth

Originally posted by jsupetran I also suggest getting your car tinted to match your darker rims. Totally sets it off.

Skirts too.

lol, i've been searching for 97-99 skirts ever since this ass on this site ripped me off selling me 95-96 when he told me they were 97-99, but yea, I've been wanting skirts for years now!

Anywho, thanks for the comments everyone, I appreciate the feedback and suggestions. Will definitely be going darker soon.

Originally posted by 96rs-t

Originally posted by dsmmyth

Originally posted by jsupetran I also suggest getting your car tinted to match your darker rims. Totally sets it off.

Skirts too.

lol, i've been searching for 97-99 skirts ever since this ass on this site ripped me off selling me 95-96 when he told me they were 97-99, but yea, I've been wanting skirts for years now! Anywho, thanks for the comments everyone, I appreciate the feedback and suggestions. Will definitely be going darker soon.

I think it looks really nice dude, but do us all one huge favor. Get a real digital camera. I bet your car looks really bad ass in person and your camera phone pictures really rob its soul. So please get us some nice pictures.