I painted one of the limited wheels to see if i liked it. Does it look to drug dealerish? I am mounting a set of 285 firestone destination MTS on it. i wanted to accent the black by leaving the outer edge of the wheel just clearcoated. I do plan on puting black flares on and black bumpers.

 

Well really dark pic of it. Maybe turn it into the sun and then snap a pic?

 

Like Ringmaster said, roll those rims in the sun and snap a pic.

Nice idea on leaving the lip unpainted though. Should look good mounted.

 

Looks fine to me.

 

sorry yeah not a good pic. THe clearcoat is orange peeled bad. I should have thinned the por 15 clear. I will be redoing this wheel anyways, more of just a test.

 

Ahh much better, I like em!

Might do that to my stockers.

 

I love the look

 

can anyone explain to me why black rims are "in style" to me they are ugly as hell... now i can see puting the flat black off road rims on just bc they will get trashed anyway but the shiny expensive black ones???? i dont get it

 

Just to get rid of the "Bling" factor.

Gloss black, or flat black work well.

 

yeah, they are very bling! which i do not like. I don't know how to tone it down though as the clearcoat makes it really shine. Perhaps all they need is to get a little dirty.

 

Its all about personal preference. As someone said in a different thread "thats why baskin robbins has 31 flavors"

 

HAHA NICE.. i know its personal preference and i dont care what the guy buys i was just wondering why they are in??

 

flat black with a low gloss clear will give them a very cool ratrod look and not so much the bling factor

 

No, any other auto industry trends you need explained?

Kenai, very well done. I was looking for someone to do something with their stock wheels besides the basic black. I'd really like to see someone integrate the old school Racing Hart style on the stockers.
What kind of paint did you use?

 

I don't like it, looks better not painted.

 

I like black wheels!

Looks good

 

I thought about getting black rims, I decided that they don't look that good, too many people have them, and they don't really make the rig look that good, so they are in style so that you and I can not get them and therefore be "out of style", until the trend dies off, and we'll be "in style" again

 

Homemade is always better. Well done man!! I like the clearcoated ring. And if ya'll dont understand its called "custom". Like mine dont look like yours. Like I spent the time to do something different. Give the dude his props.

 

okay, i did another test on another one. This time i just primered it and then cleared over it. The primer is very flat so i was hoping that would tone it down. I just used plain super flat black primer and por15 clear. The por 15 clear is supposed to be very very hard. But it makes it really shine. the crazy thing is that i really can't tell a difference at all with one that has paint/clear and one that is just primered/clear.

 

here it is just primered/clear.