paint cured on wheels(i hope), stripe is one
 

let me know what you guys think.
http://i19.tinypic.com/52zb49c.jpg
http://i12.tinypic.com/4z3akww.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/6gdq1w1.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/6hignrb.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/63wb029.jpg
and just because i love black and white pictures
http://i16.tinypic.com/53esc9v.jpg

i liked the all black the red is alittle out of place expct for the brake calipers.

Here's what I recommend: Get rid of that red and replace it with seagreen so it matches your car color. That will look very, very good.




I hope it's reversible.

Wait... you already painted it? Or is that photoshopped? :confused: :eek:

Er... I can't say I like that at all... the red is just way out of place. In all honesty, to me, it cheapens the look of the car.

nah............

I like it with the top up. When the top is down it might not look so elegant anymore.

I guess here we go with opinions again..everyone is different...hate to say it, but I love it!! I have been seeing this trend on very high end cars.. Lambos, Ferrraris,..etc. and wanted to do it to my wheels. Black with the red is hot. Just my opinion.

i guess its different because everyone wants to get some turbo twists and leave them as is, or similar 5 spoke wheels.
i really like multispoke wheels, and i love black, but it kinda blended in too much, so i wanted to break it up a little, and dont really want any green on my wheels :confused:

btw, its not painted on, its just a red pinstripe

I like how it breaks up the black on the wheels and tires, but I don't really like the red with your car. It doesn't compliment the Ocean Jade. Maybe another color would look better. Silver, possibly, or a light grey?

MY OPINION


The problem is that there is nothing to complement the red. If you had a red car, it'd look great, but it's very out of place.





Why red on your wheels but no green? Green matches your car at least. P-shop it and see how it looks :)

car is green, wheels and brakes are black/red.

if i wanted to compliment the wheels i would have painted them green, along with green brakes, green side vent grilles, green front grille, and while at it i would have got a custom green interior....
it owuld be way too much green

Looks like a collage to me. Just a bunch of stuff thrown on. Its kinda like this... The mona lisa is a good painting because its a girl and some light background, you are trying to have a girl, some light background, a helicopter in the back fighting a space robot, and some breakdancers from the 80's flopping around. Too much, tone it down. Simplicity is the foundation of elegance.

I don't see the calipers. I don't see any of the things you mentioned. All I see is a green car with black wheels and a red stripe.


I'm pretty sure that's what everyone else sees too.


Putting a green stripe does not mean, "LET ME PAINT EVERYTHING GREEN!", but it certainly matches your exterior a lot better than red. That's what I think.




Since you don't like green (ironically), staying with the black wheels might be good.

so you are telling me that you dont see red caliprs on here?
red stripe, red calipers, and painted (red again with gold) centercaps....
http://i12.tinypic.com/4z3akww.jpg

I personally would leave them all black...

Is that vinyl? How much did it cost you for the red stripe? I got quoted from a sign shop at $120 for 4 rings. Although that's with the rim size cut out also.
Like this....btw Techart wanted $500 for 4 rings.
http://uplode.us/images/5950techartwheel.jpg
A crude photochop of my car with flat black rims and yellow rim stripes. I'm planning to powder coat mine though.
http://uplode.us/images/6958boxsterblackrims.jpg

Get a set of Scorcher T/A tires to go with it.

http://www.tire-tyre.com/bfg/images/...r%20ta_red.jpg

You'll be the dopest gangsta on the block.

I still prefer the silver aluminum color. To each his own.

$2 at autozone.
its just vinyl pinstripe that you can put on your car

I think it looked really good before.

DJ,

I actually don't mind it.....it's different! ;)

for some reason in pics the stripe looks pretty big.
heres a quick pic of it up close (dirty can and wheels, but you get the point)
http://i13.tinypic.com/64141mv.jpg

Of course I see the calipers, I just meant that isn't what you notice when you look at the car (some might) but calipers, IMO, are anonymous enough where they don't affect the overall appearance of the car.



I hope you like it. At least it's reversible, right? No commitment :)

yes, its reversible, its vinyl tape pretty much, but its very thin.

im still confused how u cant not notice big red shiny red brakes behind a black wheel, it should pretty much pop out at you. at least thats what i see as soon as i see the wheel, not just mine, but just ingeneral

Your car/wheel looks great together!

But, honestly it looks too much like the old bias belted red wall tires of years gone by (even though its on the rim)

If this is the "new" style...well, I'm going have to sit on the fence.

:cheers:

I am looking at the appearance as a whole. By itself, the wheel looks good, but when you look at it on the whole car, it's not as prominent. (the calipers)





SEA GREEN STRIPES.

heres a photoshop of that
i actually dont care for that look at all
http://i16.tinypic.com/4ua9iix.jpg

I actually kind of like it with the red even though I don't really like black wheels. Then again maybe it's a flashback to my hotwheels days. Stick with it for a while to see if you like it.

LOL, the funny thing is that with the green stripes, the red calipers really do stand out.



Keep it till you get tired of it, I suppose. I don't have a better solution.

I agree with BM here. The green stripe makes the calipers stand out more and it compliments your car. The red stripe just doesn't go well with the car.

You don't have to go and paint everything the same color, but black and your green go well together. Red and your green just don't.

Gotta say, looks great with the green pin stripe, not so good with the red...

IMHO,

Nick

The black wheels remind me of police cars from years past that had simple black steel rims because the local governments didn't want to spend the money for hubcaps. OR someone had a flat and put their spare on. It just looks cheap in a Nascar kind of way.

But if you like them, then that's all that matters.

Djomlas wrote:
> let me know what you guys think.

It looks good, really. Maybe you could also echo the red for the air-intake grills..?

-- peer

Hi,

+1 - but if he likes them - his wheels, his car...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

You kidding, right? :barf:

My preferences, in order:

#1: No stripes
#2: Green stripes

Sorry, but red stripes just don't match the car.

If I were to do mine, I'd go black with no stripes.

porsche986spyder wrote:
> You kidding, right?

No, I actually think it looks good. And it might even work with echoing the red somewhere. But of course, most of us have different taste.

-- peer

maybe its pics as well.
i told my buddy that i painted them and showed him pics, he didnt like it,.
then i came over and he saw them in real life w the stripes, he was flipping out.
o well...
but you know, your car so do whatever you want. so yea...

i think it would have been way more controversial if i painted the wheels themselves some ridiculous color or something like that, but the stripe can be removed if i get tired of it. :)

Hi,

No need to justify - you like them, so ENJOY!...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

That's why some of us are ART DIRECTORS and others are NOT. ;)