Paint my B4 Mags Black??

[spicyHam]

flat black rims... NO!! Looks terrible. Tho tht pic with the silver lip there looks TONNES better, i say thats the way to go if you are keen on it.

Black is alot better than chromies anyways.

[chulozumo]

 spicyHam']

flat black rims... NO!! Looks terrible. Tho tht pic with the silver lip there looks TONNES better, i say thats the way to go if you are keen on it.

Black is alot better than chromies anyways.

flat black? you mean matt black? def better then chromes...lol

[quote name='chulozumo said:

nonesence....black is all good! im currently getting my hands on another set of subaru gold 16" . gonna paint all the curbed ones high gloss black...ahh good thing i know a powder coater ;P

/quote]

Any idea how much this would cost if you don't know one???

um not really sure tbh a. but at my work if it was all stripped etc would be about $120 all up for matt black or gloss black etc.

[ReubenH]

Painting the factory mags black is just cheap and nasty. If you want black, do it like this chap

[nt_a_foz]

Reuben is that one on trademe from TaurangA?

Looks like one up here and it looks mint in real life..

Theres a gold (factory goldy colour) bh wagon up here by boostcuts house thats lowered on factory rims that have been painted gloss black (the twin spoke ones) looks bloody choice..depends on the colour of the car i guess though

[ReubenH]

Yup, black's a tricky one. People think that just cause it's black, it's automatically badass, and for some reason, they love chucking em on white cars. This doesn't work! The contrast is too great, that the wheels just disappear, turn into black blobs... You could spend $3000 on a set of black mags, or just get some steelies, and no one will be able to tell the difference as you roll down the street. White on white is a far better combo, and so is dark bronzy or silvery colours on silver cars.

What works though, is a polished lip, the silver goes with the silver, that's what becomes the focus point of the wheel, and saves the whole wheel from vanishing. The spokes sorta just don't matter in this case, you can go 5 spoke like above, or BBS style, or anything, it won't make a difference.

[Jord]

 ReubenH said:

What works though, is a polished lip, the silver goes with the silver, that's what becomes the focus point of the wheel, and saves the whole wheel from vanishing.

Excactly why i went with a silver lip!