RenntechE55

So I was going to get a sexy set of F14's but cant swing it right now. ( sorry godfather) So I guess I will just paint my OZ Galileo III's. Here is a sample pic.
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...2FPolished+Lip

Thats is exactly the finish on them right now. But my car has the whole blk/ white theme going on right now. So what do you guys think I should do? All gloss , gloss faces/ flat lips. White lips/ Gloss faces or gloss faces/ standard polished lips? If you guys have any other options please let me know. Thank

Crescendo

White lips, matte black face looks awesome on white.

sjhugh

I like the original look but as an alternative, it would be matte black centres with a polished lip. Tough and still classy.

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RenntechE55

Ya but I would pry have to do gloss since all the chrome on my car is gloss already . Do ppl do the whole barrel to or just the front lip??

AWOL

do like I did to my bike:



All black, fine white line on outer edge of rim.

white has such a potential for being hottttttt

Esh

Not classy, ricey. Matte black with polished lip on a white car, please no.

emoving

If you do decide to do it, you have to do the whole barrrel....if not fail!

azncantonw211

i like gloss black lip and flat black face....

Godfather@ONE Autosport

No worries :P

I say black center and polished lip, simple and classic look. Pick matte or glossy at your preference.

sjhugh

I’m sorry my friend but I don’t understand what ‘ricey’ means, the term must be lost in our cultural differences. Is there any chance you could you help me out with an explanation? I thought at first you may mean a Japanese vehicle with a particular style of aftermarket rims, but I see a lot of them with black centres with black lips, black centres with white lips and so on, so it can’t be that. I’m even more confused as I’ve seen nice rims on one make of car look as equally nice on a car from another manufacturer, so it can’t be that either. I must sound like a fool to be on a car forum and not understand, some clarification for a newbie would be appreciated. I will say there are some sensational looking E55’s and E63’s on here with some great aftermarket rims, maybe a photo of one with ‘ricey’ rims would help.

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Full Throttle

Not classy its trashy.

RenntechE55

Ya its def a classic look. Maybe I'll take a few pics when I wash it and see if someone can do a P chop for me . Now you just need to Black out all your chrome trim and you will have the best looking E55 hands down PERIOD.

baldmike73

agreed - black with polished lip. the wheel already looks good. and i think too you need to do the barrel too

usmankhan355

WTF is ricey???

RenntechE55

Do you mean polish the barrel if I went in that direction?

cal1

I think Esh is reffering to ricey as below:

rice machine, rice grinder or simply ricer. The pejorative is often intended to denigrate cars which have been modified cosmetically to give a false impression of high performance, but not actually capable of it. The accusation behind this is that the car has been customized with the intent to fool people. The term is most often used against east Asian made vehicles where the population is presumed to subsist on a diet of rice.

cal1

I do, very nice!

Vic55

If you do it, powedercoat them and not paint. You will get much less chipping!

baldmike73

paint or powder coat the barel and polish the lip.
powder coating might last longer?
i had a lead of a really good powder coat guy in Santa Clara if you decide to go that route

Esh

When I first began seeing black wheels with polished lips, they were on import cars. I saw them on blue cars, red cars, white cars, and they just didn't make sense.

see below

I just think the look of a black wheel with polished lip looks ridiculous. I think some silver cars and black cars/SUV's can get away with the look, but I'm just not a fan and think it makes the car look like a tuner.

The OP's car is white... here is a pic of another members car, PerisanGodFatha

I just don't think it looks good at all, even if this example is more chrome lip, but to each their own.

And while we're talking painting wheels, somebody put white wheels on their white 55.

tumbler510

Keep the theme going and do a high gloss white lip, flat black everything else. itll be a stunner

Crescendo

examples of white lips on white paint:

tgoss

+1 Powder coating it the way to go

I'm tempted to say do a matte black center will gloss black lips

I think it'd look great with a pano roof white 55k.

Those cars with white lips....

my two pennies.

ShaiMalka

LOVEEEE THE WHITE LIP! sickest match up imo

wampa

Definately keep the lip chrome, but go with a black/white face.