Wheel Lip Color Choice for a Charcoal Grey Z32

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So I'm thinking of upgrading the wheels to my oshow car so the existing wheels will be handed down to the Z to replace the OEM wheels. Those wheels are XXR 006, Gloss black with an anodized red lip as seen in my sig below. I've seen my wheels on black cars and white but have never seen them on a Charcoal grey car. I'm either going to either keep the anadized red as it will be a contrast to the the grey, which might actually look pretty bada$$....or get the lip painted to another color but I'm not sure what. What do you guys think?


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Hmm you should post a test fit so we can get a little taste then take it from there.. I personally have never been a fan of red accents though unless its on a red car..

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300ZXttZMAN wrote: I personally have never been a fan of red accents though unless its on a red car..
+1, I doubt it looks "right" with that color combo. Not sure what colors will work with Charcoal...

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If wheel dealer allow you for test driving with new wheel then you got perfect rim for your Z. I also did lot of searching for my Z car and finally i found perfect with my satisfaction.

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DCaff300ZX wrote:
300ZXttZMAN wrote: I personally have never been a fan of red accents though unless its on a red car..
Not sure what colors will work with Charcoal...
Me neither..... I personally think the 7spoke 18x8 G35 wheels would look great on a Charcoal Z. You could sell the Infiniti caps and then buy some Nissan center caps Which are the same color for a clean sleek factory look.

I have some 18" 7spoke G35 wheels I pulled the caps off of an 05 Sentra that I had here at the yard... They fit perfectly. :bigthumb:

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I'd say polished with a silver face, or chrome, with a silver face.

Or just all black. There's not many colors that look right on a charcoal gray car. I know it will be run-of-the-mill to do that, not sure if that's what you wanted to hear but that's my opinion.

The only color i could really see working is a very dark red with a polished lip. I'm imagining this color with work meister s1's.

If you're going for drift car status, I'd suggest glow in the dark paint. Glow in the dark Yellow if you can find it.


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