What color should I paint rims?

[Alfredo24.pr]

I am getting tired of my current charcoal gray rim color. I want to change color but do not know which. Every tip is appreciated. please help me decide.

[CanuckQx4]

Color match to the car

And no green fog lights

[Alfredo24.pr]

Color match to the car

And no green fog lights

But which color exactly?

[SBK03SE]

First off, the black and white scheme is nice!
Second, +1 to the no green fogs.
Third, Gold or Bronze might work. I would go Platinum Graphite though (that's my next paint when we get some sunshine)

[Alfredo24.pr]

Gold or Bronze sounds nice...but platinum graphite looks kinda too much like stock so I dont really like :/
anyway I was thinking about a more shocking color that would match my green fog lights (I like them because they identify my path since almost no one has them)

I was thinking...

(brace yourself)

Option 1:
rims --> takata green (like the Volk TE37s) http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZqPOCQI5E5o/T ... +green.jpg
lug nuts --> white
calipers --> (if I could fit the track 350z's OEM brembo brakes) white with the brembo logo takata green

Option 2:
rims --> charcoal gray (leave them like I have them now)
lug nuts --> takata green
calipers --> (if I could fit the track 350z's OEM brembo brakes) just like this http://thepowdercoater.com/gallery/albu ... embo~0.JPG

[CanuckQx4]

Cops easily spotting your car is never a great idea when driving like you stole it. If they dont catch you, they remember you. Cops hold grudges.

[Chris.m]

Color match to the car

Agree, and If you want to paint lug nuts, do it in red.

This way if people ask you why you painted them, instead of sounding like some ricer, you can say there are Nissan's vintage racing colors, which makes you sophisticated, not a ricer.

[Alfredo24.pr]

Cops easily spotting your car is never a great idea when driving like you stole it. If they dont catch you, they remember you. Cops hold grudges.

yeah..anyway my path is still easily identified and I turn off my green lights when driving like I stole it. What about option 2 (charcoal gray rims, green lug nuts and green calipers)?

Agree, and If you want to paint lug nuts, do it in red.

This way if people ask you why you painted them, instead of sounding like some ricer, you can say there are Nissan's vintage racing colors, which makes you sophisticated, not a ricer.

haha, but I already had them red and did not really like them, besides they do not match my green fog lights.
Don't you like option 2 (charcoal gray rims, green lug nuts and green calipers)?

[SBK03SE]

Every forum has a Photoshop guru, how come we don't?

[miamiheat3332]

Dont do lime green rims please. Make it clean and sleek. Maybe a tad of flashy like mine .



I dont think lime green fits on anything except drift cars, and even that is shoddy.


I would either color match your rims to your body, or do a subaru wrx bronze type i think would look good with the white.

Or if you get aftermarket, chrome, or polished silver.

[Alfredo24.pr]

Every forum has a Photoshop guru, how come we don't?

I dont really like the bronze look on my white path and I will keep the stock rims so my main option is the following:

this is the best I could do

[Chris.m]

Don't you like option 2 (charcoal gray rims, green lug nuts and green calipers)?

I don't really like that shade of green at all. It kind of hurts my eyes.

White does look really good though

[Alfredo24.pr]

its badly edited so it will look brighter
white on white is good, but the path being an SUV it will look like Santa's sled

[Chris.m]

Good news!

As I was googling "Suv with white rims" to prove that they don't look like sleds, I came across the solution to all your problems!





See, you can keep the rims silver or graphite, then just paint the tires white! Great Compromise!

Then you just have to get your wizard mechanic to install the extra set of wheels and your good to go!

[miamiheat3332]

L - O - L, wtf is that contraption? *Heres our next event* our circus pathfinder...

[Alfredo24.pr]

Nice. Lol

[Chris.m]

L - O - L, wtf is that contraption? *Heres our next event* our circus pathfinder...

From what I remember, this was a one-off for a shiek of some middle eastern country.

Its a Nissan Patrol with an extra set of front wheels that can rotate around the first set to climb stairs. (or something like that)

[BoostMyQX4]

[SBK03SE]

Yea, the thing is, white would look way too close to OEM like ^.

[lzrj]

I would say have them polished. Nothing goes better with a white vehicle. I'm not big at all into black or dark color wheels that seem to be popular today. To me black makes the wheels look like they are just covered in brake dust, very dirty, and/or just never washed. There is a way to go about it tastefully and a way to make them look cheesy. Seems like the younger you are the more you want to do to make your car stand out and you don't realize how cheesy it is until 10 years later when your friends still make fun of you. Believe me I know.

[Alfredo24.pr]

I like this color combination:



Nobody else likes?

[CanuckQx4]

Ya it looks pretty cool. I wouldnt spray BREMBO on them if they are not though, maybe youre name or something clever

[Alfredo24.pr]

Ya it looks pretty cool. I wouldnt spray BREMBO on them if they are not though, maybe youre name or something clever

Of course I would not spray brembo if they are not. I will only do this if I can fit another Nissan's OEM brembo (such as the 350z track edition) in my future (soon) brake conversion.