what colour wheels?

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what colour wheels?

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hi everyone,
just scored a set of hk 14" rims for the ek and am wondering what colour i should paint them? i am going to run them with chrome dress rims, chrome nuts and bullet centres and portawall whitewalls.
here's a pic of the car for colour matching/ contrasting.
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I kind of like the orange look. This is from one of UTEK's threads.


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I might sound boring, and it's been done a few times but I reckon black
It will set off the whitewalls, trim and bullets well in my humble opinion
Or maybe white to tie in with the roof
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It wont matter what colour you paint them , they will look heaps better than those hotwires or ovlov rims :D :D :D :D
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Blacky wrote:It wont matter what colour you paint them , they will look heaps better than those hotwires or ovlov rims :D :D :D :D
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FBeing wrote:I might sound boring, and it's been done a few times but I reckon black
It will set off the whitewalls, trim and bullets well in my humble opinion
Or maybe white to tie in with the roof
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i was thinking black just for the simplicity of it, i thought white would detract from the whitewalls.
Blacky wrote:It wont matter what colour you paint them , they will look heaps better than those hotwires or ovlov rims :D :D :D :D
your not wrong there! :lol: i just had to wait for a set of 14" steelies to come up for sale up here :oops:
cheers, luke.
P.S: see you all on sunday up at the nats, and if any of oyu are at wintersun i may run into you cruising around in the ek (hopefully not literally :wink: :lol: :lol: )
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I wouldn't go white with the flappers, body colour yes. Black maybe but I think the body colour would be best.
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Black, Silver or Green. 8) 8)
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Body colour would be my first choice, black next.
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Bright purple or body colour-
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Hey luke

I powder coated mine only cost me $25 per rim, limited colours may make the choice easier

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geez gazza, i wish your powdercoater was over here! i rang the only one in port and he want's $75 per rim :shock: :thumbsdown: i can get hold of mags for that price.
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