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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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Wheel Color - I need your opinions.

I woke up this morning and decided to refinish my wheels since the clear coat is peeling off. I got the paint stripper and did the polishing. It's in original color now, diamond cut and polish lip. I'm thinking to paint the center either back to black, gunmetal, or charcoal.
What you guys think?

After one layer of mothers polish





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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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hmm i was wondering, how did u paint ur wheels black? did you just use heat paint? or whats the deal. I would like to paint my wheels black!
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Old May 14, 2007 | 01:00 AM
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well, i bought the wheels from a fellow member, it came black already.
However, I painted wheels for my other car before. I just bought those wheel spray paint can at pepboys or autozone.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SlvrC230SS
well, i bought the wheels from a fellow member, it came black already.
However, I painted wheels for my other car before. I just bought those wheel spray paint can at pepboys or autozone.
and they actually come out nice!? no chips!?
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Old May 14, 2007 | 01:23 AM
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Yes, no problem, as with painting, you need the patience. Lots of preparation to get the great result.
I actually sold those rims that I painted and the buyer couldn't even tell that it was painted when I told him.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 01:37 AM
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I think you should go with gunmetal, gunmetal always looks great on silver cars. I think it actually looks great with out any paint to

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Old May 14, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SlvrC230SS
well, i bought the wheels from a fellow member, it came black already.
However, I painted wheels for my other car before. I just bought those wheel spray paint can at pepboys or autozone.
Which brand did you get? any good brands you know?
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:26 AM
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What kinda wheels are those? I liked em black :x
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:46 AM
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Gunmetal. It's a perfect match ,silver car and gunmetal finish wheels.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 03:44 AM
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yea i agree with most here, gunmetal!
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Old May 14, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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yea i agree with most here, gunmetal!
yeap. gunmetal or diamond black!

anyways might be a little off topic...but...

THE CL-AMG wheels, the 2 piece wheels, I swear theres 2 different gunmetal ish colors, any clue!?
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Old May 14, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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were your wheels black originally? I was thinking about taking the paint off my wheels. I am not sure what the easiest way would be. I dont know if it takes a lot of time and also if it as easy as it looks? how much time did you put into taking paint off wheels and polishing.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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Which brand did you get? any good brands you know?
I believe the brand Dupli-Color will work just fine.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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were your wheels black originally? I was thinking about taking the paint off my wheels. I am not sure what the easiest way would be. I dont know if it takes a lot of time and also if it as easy as it looks? how much time did you put into taking paint off wheels and polishing.
I did only two wheels, spent about a whole day. The rims' original color is diamond cut. The paint stripper pretty much does the hard part, the paint will buble up and after 30 min, you can use the scrapper to loose all the paint.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by TruTaing
What kinda wheels are those? I liked em black :x
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Old May 14, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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I say go for gunmetal or charcoal.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by SlvrC230SS
I did only two wheels, spent about a whole day. The rims' original color is diamond cut. The paint stripper pretty much does the hard part, the paint will buble up and after 30 min, you can use the scrapper to loose all the paint.
What brand of stripper did you use? Did you have to apply more than one coat?
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Old May 14, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by dac086
What brand of stripper did you use? Did you have to apply more than one coat?
hmm, i believe it was duplicolor bought it at pepboys. and Yes, I had to apply more one coat to clean up the little paint left.
i took pics of the process from after I put the paint stripper on the wheel to the completion.
Let me find it and post it tonight.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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take some daytime pics...i think diamond cut looks good on silver
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Old May 15, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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+1 on gun metal!
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Old May 15, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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It looks pretty good as is in the night picture, but i dont know, a day picture would be helpful.
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Old May 16, 2007 | 01:08 AM
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Diamond (BBS name) or Burning (Work name) black (it's in between gunmetal and black).
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Here is the picture on the day time

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Old May 18, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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Honestly, the original color looks perfect w/ your car color. Your question though was in between gunmetal and black, so I'm gonna say gunmetal for sure.
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