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Black wheels on Silver FTO?
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:08 pm
by Dan25
Should I paint the stock wheels on my 98 Silver FTO until I can afford some proper mags? I think it would look ok, what about you guys? Maybe paint the brake callipers too...
EDIT: Ok, I get the idea pretty quick - leave them stock. Thanks for the input guys
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:34 pm
by rock_it
I say don't paint em ... They don't look that good in black ... Black rims in general are good, but just not the stock FTO wheels... Save your cash ...
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:38 pm
by Astron_Boy
If you're wondering what the stock FTO rims look like in black, check out Tenjis for sale thread.
Gives you an idea atleast whether you want to go ahead with it.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:43 pm
by sublime19
I personally think it would look really retarded, just keep them as they are until you upgrade.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:47 pm
by knowhopetattoo
sublime19 wrote:I personally think it would look really retarded, just keep them as they are until you upgrade.
Not subtle but I agree.
Besides you can find a set of second hand wheels for quite cheap if you look around.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:48 pm
by Dan25
I couldn't find any pics of tenji's. Well I'm already getting the feeling that the general consensus is leave them silver, so I think that's what I'll be doing.
By the way, does anyone know if it's possible to get deep(ish) scratches out of the light up door sills? I just don't wanna make a new thread if I can help it.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:03 pm
by I8A4RE
Seriously im not a fan at all but thats just my opinion
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:35 pm
by nicholas
I think stock wheels painted black look cool. Just take the time and effort to do it right and get a neat finish first time round.
At the end of the day, if you're going to change them anyway, what have you got to lose?
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:10 pm
by knowhopetattoo
Dan22 wrote:I couldn't find any pics of tenji's. Well I'm already getting the feeling that the general consensus is leave them silver, so I think that's what I'll be doing.
By the way, does anyone know if it's possible to get deep(ish) scratches out of the light up door sills? I just don't wanna make a new thread if I can help it.
No mate....there useless ....best sell them to me...cheap...
If they're alloy you can sand the nscratches out and re-polish.
Start with like 100 or 120 grit paper...sand the scratches out....take a finer paper....sand the scratches from the first paper out....take a finer paper....do the same.....keep using finer paper until you get to 1200 or set (wet) then polish.
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:53 am
by J
Opinion: black stockies wont look that good mate..... All black only works on 17's and 18's with low-ish profile tyres.... Look at gpats (18") or steve/bushido (17"s) - they look nice on a different coloujred car because of the size of rim and tyre
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:25 am
by Astron_Boy
He had the pics on a different forum.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:36 am
by J
i've changed my mind, after seeing zouijheding's (or whatever your forum name is) car.
White with painted stock rims. It didnt look that bad, to me it at least looked better than stock, but im sure it was because it was lowered.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:08 pm
by xSlurpee
i did it to make my car look faster
i reckon leave them stock ...