What color to powder coat wheels?

[feldm4n]

Ok so I have been looking at wheels as of late. I have yet to see anything I like on the CWP besides $800 a piece BBS wheels. So I have kind of been thinking maybe I will just powder coat the stock wheels white, and finish them off with a green lug or a burnt titanium lug. I understand keeping stockers don't delete any weight from the car etc. I actually really don't mind the stock wheels at all though. I also think black looks good but EVERYONE does it, it just isn't original at all to me. So anyways here are three different variations below I have created in photoshop. Let me know what you think looks good.

Just curious as to what you guys think of it.

Yes or No?

 

[mazda_dan]

white would look awesome on a white ms3 but i have a black mica and mine are powder coated gunmetal and that looks amazing to. if i had a white ms3 i would be doing gunmetal on my wheels but either way what ever color you do it'll look great.

 

[sanblaster]

Yeah, I like them in white.

 

[hominemodi]

all of these look good. the black makes the wheels appear even larger, which is very nice, but white looks cool and unique on this car. those green lugs look nice; maybe could be paired with calipers in same color if you went that way.

 

[feldm4n]

Also I am looking at the Muteki SR35 Lug Nuts close end. Question can we run tuner lugs with our stock MS3 wheel since the stock lugs are already tapered?

Also is the 12 x 1.5mm lug application the proper thread for our cars? Kind of just want to double check.

These are what is going on with the white wheels.

 

[Addison]

I like the white. A LOT.


Out of curiosity, how did you photoshop those colors so perfectly? I mean... it looks perfect!!

 

[sephiroth]

Neither. White wheels are absolutely *horrible* to keep clean, and they *really* look bad when even a little brake dust gets on them. Black sounds like a good idea in theory, but in a month when the dust has, again, baked on there or the wheel/tire gets discolored from it, you'll regret going completely black. Go gunmetal if you want a dark color, and I would avoid white all together.

 

[LaraS]

I absolutely love white wheels on a white car... HOWEVER... they are a royal pain in the ass to keep clean and look horrible when they are even the slightest bit dirty.

I painted my winter Racing Harts white and am boy am I glad to be able to throw my BBS back on in a few weeks... I'm getting tired of constantly cleaning them!

Ehehe. Either way... you should do what you want to do.

 

[MS3Steve]

To borrow from Monkey_3 I love the look of the Canadian spec "high gloss" wheels. Just thought I'd toss it out there as another possible look for you.

+1 on your photoshop skills!

 

[Mybeauner]

I've been tossing around the sam idea so I am glad you photoshopped them. Thanks for that.

With that being said, I like both black and white but know the white would be terrible to keep clean and may make you resent it. but im still up in the air myself.