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    Default Help!! wheel color change!

    alright i polished these wheels
    and dont get me wrong i love everything about them
    but they a a bittchh to keep up with
    they get dirty within like minutes
    i knew it would be bad but not this bad
    and i got bored of them never looking good cause they were always dirty
    so i have 2 options right now
    some kind of dark glossy red with a high gloss black lip
    or time attack colors..black with a red lip
    or any suggetions would be nice
    here is the car and wheels as they sit now


    Any opinions wanted please
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    keep them polished. get the rest of that red stuff out, then make sure they're how you want, AND THEN CLEAR COAT THEM <most important step. a shot of clear helps keep them alot cleaner and alot of people who polish their wheels seem to miss this step. Keep you a bottle of Dupont Teflon Wheel Cleaner (I swear by that stuff) and that will help keep the brake dust off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blank cd
    keep them polished. get the rest of that red stuff out, then make sure they're how you want, AND THEN CLEAR COAT THEM <most important step. a shot of clear helps keep them alot cleaner and alot of people who polish their wheels seem to miss this step. Keep you a bottle of Dupont Teflon Wheel Cleaner (I swear by that stuff) and that will help keep the brake dust off.
    i clear coated them when i first finished and tried in every way to make the look good
    but it took away from the finish so much it was stupid
    ended up having to start over on that wheel
    everyone in the polishing thread on ht said not to clear them too but i tried it
    no good
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    I clear coated my wheel and it turned out great! I didnt have polished so you'd have to layer it up and buff it out to make it bling. Hold on i'll see if i can find a good picture of mine...

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    Check these out. Not the best lighting but you can kinda see. These were painted and cleared with Duplicolor wheel paint/clear

    Just shootin some pics of the Accord

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    well the thing is the clear coat doesnt want to stick cause its a mirror surface instead of paint
    so it comes out really bumpy and i tried wet sanding and buffing the clear coat and no change
    i used duplicolor clear coat and it just wasnt to supposed to stick to this kinda surface i guess
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    if you do paint, I'd say go with gold or bronze. why red? gold/bronze with the polished lip would look pretty good IMO

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    cause they already were bronze
    dont have good pics of them but here is what they were when i bought them


    i want something different, hence the polish with red
    i cant go back to bronze on black
    everyone and there 4rth cousin has it
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    well **** a lot of people have red wheels too. if you wanna stand out, do green or hot pink or yellow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by admedlin
    well **** a lot of people have red wheels too. if you wanna stand out, do green or hot pink or yellow.
    could happen i dont know
    i dont see red with a black lip often though
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    white/polished lip

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    boo at time attack

    i say do that hyper blue color, its kinda popular but not YET overplayed.

    or just keep them polished. they are gonna get dirty either way.

    -darrin

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    Quote Originally Posted by blank cd
    white/polished lip
    i love it but a really good friend already has it
    and his are real
    mine would never compare
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    Quote Originally Posted by 0DISPLACMENT
    boo at time attack

    i say do that hyper blue color, its kinda popular but not YET overplayed.

    or just keep them polished. they are gonna get dirty either way.

    -darrin
    thanks for the input im considering everything
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    alright, take no more suggestions. Hot pink with a black lip --- flamingo style FTW

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    Quote Originally Posted by admedlin
    alright, take no more suggestions. Hot pink with a black lip --- flamingo style FTW
    haha i lirl'd
    if i could find i good pink or bright green color there could be a posibillity
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    Quote Originally Posted by NAG2I
    haha i lirl'd
    if i could find i good pink or bright green color there could be a posibillity
    http://www.mtncolors.com/
    pick your poison

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    Black, gunmetal, bronze (none of this lip stuff). All will look good.

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    I've always like this wheel color combo on a black car!


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    Give me a minute, and i'll hook you up...im saving a large file and photoshop is being slow......wwwww..

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    Quote Originally Posted by HachiDori


    hmm im really digging the black with the blue lip
    thanks man
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeweyWRX
    Black, gunmetal, bronze (none of this lip stuff). All will look good.
    i have had black wheels and bronze twice
    im just bored of the normal
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    yupp.

    Enjoy.

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    im pretty sure im gonna do black with blue lip
    maybe this weeked who knows
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