painted rims

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Thu May 06, 2004 7:31 am

I will be painting my rims this weekend. My uncle does autobody repair so he will be painting them and everything else. My car is satellite and i'm doing the rims pearl white. I'll post a pic after I get them done.

savedbyzero · Post by **savedbyzero** » Thu May 06, 2004 1:35 pm

Why pearl white? Stock 16's? Hmmm...interesting.

Pablo1669 · Post by **Pablo1669** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:16 pm

I thought about having my rims painted blue on the inside surfaces only, kinda like those wheels you see on the VW bugs that are color matched. But then I decided to not go with the blue and silver theme and just stuck with all silver.

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:28 am

i wanted a metallic white, thus pearl white. and as for stock rims, if i had the money....i'b buy white 18s for it!

spideymike1 · Post by **spideymike1** » Fri May 07, 2004 2:53 am

hmmm...this sounds intresting. I have one question and sorry if it seems naive but is the paint durable? Meaning does it adhere well?

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Fri May 07, 2004 4:33 am

well no it isn't as good as powder coating, but it's getting a 3 stage paint job. My brothers rims are painted on his Fierro, they have little to no chips on them. And besides, it's only costing me $100 well really less than that. I'll post picks monday of them.

spideymike1 · Post by **spideymike1** » Fri May 07, 2004 4:52 am

well for the price it sounds cool...I can't wait to see them!

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Fri May 07, 2004 4:57 am

me too!!!!!!

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Fri May 07, 2004 4:59 am

this is kinda the effect i'm going for (without the graphics, for now)

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Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Sat May 08, 2004 11:20 pm

So how did they turn out there Vibechick?

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Sun May 09, 2004 1:42 am

here is before #1

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vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Sun May 09, 2004 1:45 am

and before #2

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vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Sun May 09, 2004 1:47 am

and here is after #1, I love them!!!!

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vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Sun May 09, 2004 1:49 am

after #2...let me know what you think!! All of my vibe decals and such are metallic white.

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russ257 · Post by **russ257** » Sun May 09, 2004 2:55 am

looks sharp

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Sun May 09, 2004 2:57 am

i also painted the black plastic frame behind the front license plate white..... and thanks...going for a clean look kinda!

millster · Post by **millster** » Sun May 09, 2004 3:43 am

That looks good!

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Sun May 09, 2004 4:38 am

Oh looks very nice! but imo I would have left the centercaps black with the pontiac.

Sub-Vibe-R · Post by **Sub-Vibe-R** » Sun May 09, 2004 11:49 pm

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik Â»I would have left the centercaps black with the pontiac. I second that...

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Mon May 10, 2004 1:50 am

i think they look good, but you definitely need to do something w/ the center caps. it's just too plain jane for my tastes. i'd recommend checking out grafxwerks.com and have ryan make up some custom centercap decals. maybe a pontiac arrow or something else.

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Mon May 10, 2004 2:08 am

i didn't want the black on there. I might just put arrows on it in silver or something. My goal is to loose most of the black.

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Mon May 10, 2004 2:11 am

i'd suggest silver if you want to stick w/ white/silver color scheme. and if you can find something in reflective silver, even better!

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Mon May 10, 2004 3:24 am

do you have plastic tires Salsa??? And yes reflective silver on the caps..

savedbyzero · Post by **savedbyzero** » Mon May 10, 2004 3:33 am

hhmmm...

spideymike1 · Post by **spideymike1** » Mon May 10, 2004 3:39 am

first, i see where you are going - i like that look, it's not bad. But i do think the centercap looks like it is missing something. I think, and this is only a suggestion, that I would get the silver reflective ponitac arrow of the centercap. something that blends during the day but stands out at night? Just a thought...hey, what about huge whitewall tires? LOL!

vibechick03 · Post by **vibechick03** » Mon May 10, 2004 4:31 am

yes on the reflective silver arrow...i agree the cap is bland. And heck yeah on the whitewalls!!! LOL

ycart1201 · Post by **ycart1201** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:22 am

its nice to see something different!Nathanycart1201

robdog · Post by **robdog** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:25 am

where did the center caps go. not even a logo, they would have looked better with some kind of contrast, perhaps you should get some grey accents or something going on to liven them up, kind of looks like someone who paints there car themselves and just paints over everything including emblems and what not, not to worry, i am sure they can be spiced up a little or if not who cares if you like them, that is the thing right

Pablo1669 · Post by **Pablo1669** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:56 pm

I saw a white vibe yesterday after work that had white stock wheels. It might be kinda like the opposite of that car merz (i think it was him) posted with the black stock wheels.

ZubenElGenubi · Post by **ZubenElGenubi** » Fri May 21, 2004 1:35 am

Hey, just in case you change your mind about the center caps, here is a set of four for sale on Ebay....probably good to have some spares JIChttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...85355Personnally, I like the painted wheels, but agree that the center caps should have been left unpainted.-Glenn

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