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Hey guys, I have 19"bronze TE37 rims currently on my blue r34 GTR vspec & they need a resto as the are a bit faded & have some gutter rash. My question is should I match back to bronze or for same price powder-coat white or silver??? What do you guys thinks? Thanks in advance

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Purely a matter of opinion and its your car! Although white (in my opinion) looks a bit boring and silver is a bit chrome like but maybe it will go better with your blue car. I think bronze goes well with green (sorry could have done with a clean):

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Yeah, something like that.....that's an awesome, clean look[emoji1419]. Although, I think they may be Nismo's-very similar though. Yep-I'm definitely going white, already hit up a powder coated/rim resto specialist. Ps. Bronze does look awesome on your green machine mate
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If you're having issues with the forum upload, you can always use an image hosting site like tinypic, imgur, photobucket, etc.

Hey "NiZmO_Man", I just wanted to say thanks about the heads up on imgur-I now can finally post pics.Thanks so much mate [emoji1417]

I now have a bit of a dilemma if I choose to powder coat my te37's White-my mechanic Barry(who is well known GTR specialist from West Melbourne"Edgemotor Works") says that if I go white that all the break dust will leave black soot on rims every time, possibly requiring a wash every drive-or at the least every second drive. He recommends going black, as soot will be camouflaged. Hmmmmm, decisions. I still would much prefer going white, but I need to think about it & see if I can live with the extra washes. See how I go

12 minutes ago, MR Pat34 said:

I now have a bit of a dilemma if I choose to powder coat my te37's White-my mechanic Barry(who is well known GTR specialist from West Melbourne"Edgemotor Works") says that if I go white that all the break dust will leave black soot on rims every time, possibly requiring a wash every drive-or at the least every second drive. He recommends going black, as soot will be camouflaged. Hmmmmm, decisions. I still would much prefer going white, but I need to think about it & see if I can live with the extra washes. See how I go

I've got standard R34 GTT rims in both colours, white for the street and satin black for the track. Yes white do get dirty fast but I like the contrast against the body colour.

One thing to watch out for with white is your brake pads, I had Remsas before and they're some dusty mofos. The current Intima SR's are heaps better.
Also if you ever track your car white is not great, the brake dust can 'bake in' to the paint at those higher temperatures.

Black is always a good choice too, looks tough. Also optically white always looks larger than black (contrast again) but at 19" that won't really matter :)

Please post some photos once you decide.

I've got standard R34 GTT rims in both colours, white for the street and satin black for the track. Yes white do get dirty fast but I like the contrast against the body colour.
One thing to watch out for with white is your brake pads, I had Remsas before and they're some dusty mofos. The current Intima SR's are heaps better.
Also if you ever track your car white is not great, the brake dust can 'bake in' to the paint at those higher temperatures.
Black is always a good choice too, looks tough. Also optically white always looks larger than black (contrast again) but at 19" that won't really matter [emoji4]
Please post some photos once you decide.

Thanks V28VX37, really appreciate your advice. I'm really split on which colour now. My blue r34 GTR has original brembos & I'm not really planning on tracking car(it's my weekender)-so do you think with some spirited driving here & there that dust would still 'bake in' on white rims? I do agree black looks tough, white pops more in contrast to bayside blue. Ps. Car has 306 awkws, maybe closer to 350-360 awkws soon=do you think that will make a difference on brake dust too?
19 hours ago, MR Pat34 said:

Thanks V28VX37, really appreciate your advice. I'm really split on which colour now. My blue r34 GTR has original brembos & I'm not really planning on tracking car(it's my weekender)-so do you think with some spirited driving here & there that dust would still 'bake in' on white rims? I do agree black looks tough, white pops more in contrast to bayside blue. Ps. Car has 306 awkws, maybe closer to 350-360 awkws soon=do you think that will make a difference on brake dust too?

Nah I think white should be fine for street use, especially if you get them professionally prepped and powder coated. Also if you go for a mountain run or something you can wash the rims before and after if you're concerned. I did mine in the backyard so the paint finish is not quite the same :)

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I'll post pics of rims & blue Ray's bolts once they're all on my Bayside 34. I had to chase around some bits & pieces like Volk Ray's blue stickers, Ray's blue bolts, Ray's tyre valve & blue tyre caps & Ray's flat ring Centrecaps. Most this stuff was either on hand or ordered for me from Johnny & Roy from "OTR" Springvale & got a lot of help & some other parts(like S Tune bar, front diffuser etc) from Simon at "V Spec Performance" at Blackburn. Thanks so much guys [emoji1417]

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