gold shoes for labor day...

[TheArtofEuros]

nothing special. PO put these aftermarket 15" wheels on the car which were originally black. they weren't a glossy black but a flat black. looked like shat to me. anyway, just as a temporary fix, i decided to spray the wheels gold...came out decent i think. it def changed the whole feel/look of the car so i'm pretty happy. i plan on getting some 16" splits and lowering it a bit in the spring. this is how the car will sit until then. thanks for looking!

before






i used the "vintage racing wheel coating" gold from eastwood. i thought it'd be a bit darker.


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after

[N2MYE30]

Its much better than the black. I think it looks good on your car. :up:

[Kershaw]

yep

[jason952]

nice

[poopin04]

Much better dude.

[Brezzi]

Looks great man definite improvement.. Did you just use those 2 cans to do all 4? did you use any clear coat? Thanks, I have some golden weaves in mind.

[Laura]

nice, looks way better than the black!

[!AjHoWzA!]

Ya the gold looks a whole lot better than the black. And ya once you lower your car, those will look really good on it :D

[TheArtofEuros]

Looks great man definite improvement.. Did you just use those 2 cans to do all 4? did you use any clear coat? Thanks, I have some golden weaves in mind.

yeah i only used the 2 cans, but i really should've gotten atleast 3. I had just enough with the 2. i did use clear coat and it def helped bring the metallic out of the gold. i tried getting the stock weaves from the PO but he said he didn't have them anymore.

Ya the gold looks a whole lot better than the black. And ya once you lower your car, those will look really good on it :D

thanks. these are only temporary wheels. i plan on getting either ESM RSs or some Work Equips...either way they'll def be gold.

thanks for all the input so far! :)

[JubJub]

Do you think the paint will begin to chip eventually?

[freeride53]

Improvement.
but imo, the stock ix weaves look BEST.

[TheArtofEuros]

Do you think the paint will begin to chip eventually?

well i don't expect the paint to last long especially around the bolt holes. the holes are unusually small so the PO had to use tuner lugs to mount the wheels. there's also a special socket i need to use to remove the wheels. its a thin walled socket for a splined bolt. when inserted into the bolt hole there is less then a 1/16" space around the socket so its kind of hard not to rub the socket around the hole.

Improvement.
but imo, the stock ix weaves look BEST.

tried getting these from PO...but to no avail. :(

[quikveedb2]

Looks great! Damn, I need an ix in my life.