Okay, as much as I hate to post another new post, my dad is all over my ass about wanting to paint my 2002 wrx stock rims...because he's an accountant and is cheap, but he wants to do something with the rims on my car. Anyways, if my car is WR blue, what color do you guys think would look the best to do a good painting job on the stock rims?
can you post an image in here of what the '02 stock rims look like plasti dipped gold? ive looked everywhere, on here, nasioc, google, bing. and i cant seem to find one.
I vote not to do it. Painted stockers only make them look worse. It's cheap but it screams cheap when it's done. There has only ever been one exception to this, and I've seen hundreds of WRXs/STIs with painted stock wheels over the years.
I think i could get these and a new set of tires for under a thousand bucks on Carid.com...kinda like um for how cheap they are which will make my dad happy Falken tires any good?
Those rims and Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec tires 225/45/17 would be a very good if not the best choice. Keep the stock rims and put a set of Blizzaks on them for those Iowa winters.
see, i like those alot. But what i was gonna try and do was to get a little cheaper pair so that i could still buy winter tires for my stock rims because the salt and snow is harsh on rims here in Iowa.
Oh man, I feel like this post is just for me. I have no problem with rattle can spray jobs as long as you accept it as that and nothing more. They'll never be perfect like a professional job, and they'll be more difficult to keep clean, but I can easily touch up or change my mind on a color over a weekend. Takes some practice to get right, but can look pretty good. Here are some photos. Each one was sprayed over with a gloss clear coat for wheels by Duplicolor.
Duplicolor Wheel-Coating - Graphite
Rustolium Metallic - Black Night Metallic
Rustolium Marking - Fluorescent Green
Rustolium Metallic - Blue Cobalt Metallic
For WRB, I'd pick gold, dark bronze, black to gunmetal color, or just something wild.. like HOT PINK.
Those look great!!Thumbs Up I like 17"x7" or 17"x7.5" rims. I still recommend the tire and size. Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec tires 225/45/17.
For winter on stock rims I'm running Bridgestone Blizzak WS70 205/55R16. It just doesn't get any better.
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