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Hi Guys,

I have 33gtr rims on my 32gtr and painted them black. i am now bored with black and need help deciding what colour would look good with these rim and with my car colour.

I am possibly thinking going white rims but i am not sure how it will look. any other suggestions???

here is a pic of the car now with black rims.

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That R32 Pix thread i didn't know about. thanks for that. Hopefully i will find something there.

btw, i am just gonna be painting these rims and not getting new ones.

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That R32 Pix thread i didn't know about. thanks for that. Hopefully i will find something there.

btw, i am just gonna be painting these rims and not getting new ones.

oh....whoops...:D

my bad man..but yeah have a look in there see if someone has done something similar to you

go for a good high contrast racing colour, bright orange or green or something then get a subtle graphic with the same colour along with a black or silver to match... or paint wing mirrors to match...

Have you got a good side on photo, I'd do some up for you if you like, not car graphics just some rim and body colouring, not trying to make a sale here... I just like seeing cars out there with a bit of style and personality... it doesn't have to be much but it does have to be decent not cheap lookin..

Then you can have a unique looking car rather than just your very average bronze rims..

I wouldn't do white as they dirty and I have found some brake dust if not clean off regularly can actually stain the white

Black looks tuff as.

Maybe keep the colour but do a red lip out line on the edge of the rim...

Thats something to think about. Might give it a go cause it's cheap to do anyway.

gold.
Gold like the Volk GTC Gold

Hmmmmm..... Not sure how the 33gtr rims would look in gold. Definatley something to think about though.

go for a good high contrast racing colour, bright orange or green or something then get a subtle graphic with the same colour along with a black or silver to match... or paint wing mirrors to match...

Have you got a good side on photo, I'd do some up for you if you like, not car graphics just some rim and body colouring, not trying to make a sale here... I just like seeing cars out there with a bit of style and personality... it doesn't have to be much but it does have to be decent not cheap lookin..

Then you can have a unique looking car rather than just your very average bronze rims..

I wouldn't do white as they dirty and I have found some brake dust if not clean off regularly can actually stain the white

I'm not a huge fan of graphics on cars. Sometime they do look really good though when they are subtle. The only reason i'm doing this is because it only cost like $3 for a spray can and i can change colour every couple of months.

Thanks for all your suggestions guys.

spray can, you gotta be kinding surely... sorry I reckon that will look as cheap and tacky as it sounds...

I just don't cheap or tacky I'm afraid... nor do graphics or anything have to be subtle to look good, its all in the way its done, but it does as always come down to personal opinion.

spray can, you gotta be kinding surely... sorry I reckon that will look as cheap and tacky as it sounds...

I just don't cheap or tacky I'm afraid... nor do graphics or anything have to be subtle to look good, its all in the way its done, but it does as always come down to personal opinion.

Hey the first time i used spray cans nobody knew until i told them. They look fine. The pic of my car i put up is with spray cans. Even up close it looks good. I've also seen my rims up against some properly painted rims and couldn't tell the difference.

The only thing is that they don't hold up against scratches as well so every month or so i did a quick touch up. Not hard to do and for $6 you can't go wrong.

I wanted to get them powder coated but don't wanna waste my money when i wanna change colours again in a few months.

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