Alright need some tasteful opinions on how to refinish my wheels

[Boosted Motorsports]

Just picked up a set of wheels (Forgeline VR1) for my car that someone went through quite a bit of trouble to make ugly as hell!

The wheels were originally polished aluminum
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll267/omalley_808/E33FEE66-0B66-4635-8B2B-CAE5556FDF05.jpeg

I just picked them up looking like this
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll267/omalley_808/5F70F058-ACE2-4C91-B43B-74FDF7FAF589.jpg
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll267/omalley_808/060C9A6F-CBEB-426D-9831-3C40F32F07F7.jpeg

I am debating either bringing them back to their original polished look or maybe having them powdercoated something more tasteful?

Here is my car/current setup
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll267/omalley_808/7A9C6CA1-40BC-4C56-B002-A51F59EFE858.jpg

Perhaps thinking of doing some sort of brass monkey bronze or gold color which always seems to go well with red like this.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll267/omalley_808/suty8uju.jpg

Any other opinions/ideas that would pop?

[v10viperbox]

If you like gold but don;t want to be cleaning them all the time. Something like this looks really good against red and black cars.

The powder coat name is sunken treasure.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8640/16459368710_f9c8f7284b_b.jpg

[mackzilla]

+1 ^^ those are pretty neat.

I don't like gold at all but am a huge fan of Bronze. That sunken treasure color is great.
Black wheels are slightly overplayed however they look good on red cars.

Here's a Bronze I had done by my powder coater/friend called "adonized bronze 2".

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[donk_316]

Brass monkey / bronze or whatever it's called is so played out. It was "cool" back when I ran TE37s on my R32 back in 2003.

Now the trend (assuming that's what your aiming for) is a contrasting color. Flip through some of the new mags or google if you prefer.

Having said that, you have a red car so color palate wise, you are limited

[BlknBlu]

Just had mine done

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Bruce

[Black Adder]

Why are you getting rid of the ACR wheels?

[thetalonguy]

Here is something a little more tasteful...

[Boosted Motorsports]

Here is something a little more tasteful...

Hahah that is TOO TASTY! My car would end up sitting on blocks :lol2:

[Boosted Motorsports]

If you like gold but don;t want to be cleaning them all the time. Something like this looks really good against red and black cars.

The powder coat name is sunken treasure.


That looks pretty damn good!!!


+1 ^^ those are pretty neat.

I don't like gold at all but am a huge fan of Bronze. That sunken treasure color is great.
Black wheels are slightly overplayed however they look good on red cars.

Here's a Bronze I had done by my powder coater/friend called "adonized bronze 2".



Looks good too!! I agree black wheels are about as basic as it gets but can't go wrong with black wheels either!


Just had mine done


Bruce

Nice!!! I am kind of leaning towards some sort of bronze/gold but the stripes are throwing me off


Why are you getting rid of the ACR wheels?
Not getting "rid" of them as I am keeping them for when I go to the track but they just look so damn tiny on the car by today's standards and don't fill the wheel well as much as I would like.


Can you get the above with extra cheese?
And pepperoni please!

[river rat]

I'm doing something similar with my 3 piece iforged. Rightnow I'm leaning towards a hyper gray center and polished lip, like this

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