CAPTAIN-STL

I didn think of bronze but I dont think it would look good on this wheels.. I did as if anyone knew how to photoshop them to change colors but most people just didnt even bother... I am going to keep them for some time since the guy who wanted them dont want them any longer.. and just save for my TM02, but I am going to change the color, get spacers, and a drop.. other then that I am going to save for my bling bling parts

urneighborhood

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the gap can be fixed by coilover rather then putting huge wheels on it with stock height..will look fuglyy

St1g

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sorry, i didn't read all the posts, but just glanced at the op's first post and wanted to answer the question:

i would never change the color of any rim. sell them and buy what you really want. this is why:

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=747360

apparently, it is unknown what actually causes wheel failure when doing a color change. it could be the powder coating itself, or what they do to prep or remove the previous finish. but either way, painting / powder coating could weaken the wheels.

i know a billion people will post in reply "i colored my wheels and had no problems" but okay... there are also millions of toyotas on the road with no problems, so you can see the logical flaw there.

anyway, find rims in the color and design you want. sell these.

Sim2k

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Most wheels fail like that because they're cracked and abused on the racetrack, I don't think it's possible to point a finger directly at powder coating at all. But if you believe the hype, then don't do it.

Paint won't do a thing to the structural integrity of metal, that's just silly.

St1g

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this is what i said: "it is unknown what actually causes wheel failure when doing a color change. it could be the powder coating itself, or what they do to prep or remove the previous finish." never said paint itself does anything. what i did say was "painting," as in the process of removing the old finish and applying new paint, could be detrimental.

the reason they're pointing fingers at powder coating is because the majority of wheel failures known to them have been with wheels that have been recolored, and most recolored wheels are powder coated. that sounds like more than a coincidence.

anyway, you're right, there is no scientific experiment depicted here, or actual facts. believe what you will.

Sim2k

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Sorry, I mis-understood you. Painting and powder coating are different beasts, but I still don't believe that paint stripping, sanding and re-painting is detrimental to the structure of metal.

I don't know with Powder Coating, if those statistics are true and there was actual proof, then I wouldn't expect to see powder coating wheels lasting much longer.. people could die.

Sim2k

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St1g, check this out, it seems to point the finger at in-correct Powder Coating curing temperatures. Sounds bad.

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.c...151053&page=10

Makes me think that you're right to avoid it.

AMSevo8man

not feelin them at all!!

Lowso

not really feeling it. But if you like it its all that matters!

St1g

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yeah............. i think factory finished rims should be fine. i can only assume that good brands know what they're doing. probably most wheel-finishing specialists also know what they're doing--but personally i wouldn't take the chance myself. but that's just me. i'm not an expert obviously--just reading other crap that's out on the web.

lots of knock-off wheels have also been shown to fail much more than the real thing, but people still buy them. i mean, if volk decided that their wheel design was beefy enough when built to their standards, is it logical to think that a knockoff using almost the same dimensions but far weaker materials/construction could possibly be safe? ... right.

anyway, i guess my point is that cost trumps safety in many cases for many people. but in this case, if it doesn't cost you more to sell and to buy whichever color rim you want, that's the way to go.

mikevoSE

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Your car is going to handle worse...if anything you want a wider track in the front. Also, you won't be able to rotate wheels front to back with different offsets.

slo4g63

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Captain-STL, it's your car/wheels, etc, do what makes you happy. Everyone has different opinions on what should be on different body styles of cars/trucks/suv's.

If you want a staggered look, I would recommend into looking into companies that make different discs. I had Work VS-XX on my EVO IX and had a bigger lip in the rear, but because of the different type (angle) of disc the difference from front to rear was minimal if any.

Here are some recommendations for around or just above the price range of the AME's; Work, Volk, CCW... of course there are others, but these are just my recommendations.

Evo a Mula

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a gold or black rim would be nice

X Evolution X

If you want my honest opinion, those wheels do not match the Evo at all. However that's nothing that can't be fixed with a set of Enkei's (PF01, RPF1, or my personal favorite the GTC01) Those wheels are meant to be on the Evo. I can understand you want something different from others, but again those are the wheels that go hand-in-hand with the Evo.

Volks are overdone but they also work really well with the Evo's look. If I was in your position, I would go with a set of Enkei's mentionned above. You can't go wrong with that look.

Good luck!

-Alex

NomadicMarine

I like the idea of going gold spoked and either black or polished. Have you thought about going the reverse way? Black spokes with gold outsides. It looks sick.