| Archive for The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006 |
| Pete |
WheelsIm in a mini dilemma,My Impreza came on some white Enkei wheels that are a *little* bit too big in the offset, so Ive gone and got a set of the original wheels for the car for cheap. 
reason they were cheap is that they're scratched to buggery, So i've decided in my infinite wisdom to try and repaint them myself. Current status; 
Now, I would just go gold, BUT theres no paint code for STi gold, and nowhere I can find will match it for me. Its an odd descrete colour so I dont think buying a can of "gold" will match well. Other options are going white, like the Enkies were, or another option was gunmetal. Photoshoppery; 
Also, anyone refurbed wheels themselves? As i havent a clue waht Im doing |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
Gunmetal - I don't think gold will work on a white car, and white wheels is a bit too "80s Golf Cabrio" | ||||||||
| DarthBalls |
Gunmetal looks best if you can do it, otherwise 'go for gold'.
Have you looked into to having them powder coated? |
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| "him" |
Gunmetal | ||||||||
| cbeaks1 |
Gunmetal or black. Gold only works with Blue for me. Or maybe Gold and Black JPS style. | ||||||||
| "him" |
Re: Wheels
Nope... 
http://themotor.myfastforum.org/about7105.html http://themotor.myfastforum.org/about6504.html PM me if you need any "help"? |
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| Blarno |
Gunmetal. The only choice. Under no circumstances should a white car have gold wheels on, especially a Subaru. They managed to soak the car market with gold wheels, and whilst they looked cool for 2 minutes back in 1995, they look pants now.
My Legacy: 
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| Roadrunner |
Gunmetal, or perhaps gold if you do happen to find some original paint. | ||||||||
| Grampa |
Gunmetal but a a little lighter than in your Photoshop image. | ||||||||
| Blarno |
Re: Wheels
I have, too, but not thread on it. I did mine way back in the Autocar forum days. dead easy if you take your time. |
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| Boxer6 |
Yep, what he ^^^ said. Smart, it will be. 
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| Pkh72 |
What they said. |
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| Big TC |
Another vote for gunmetal, seeing as the car is white. | ||||||||
| BeN |
I agree that gold doesn't fit well with white. They look brilliant with the dark blue Subaru rally livery though.
The white one actually looks good in the first picture, but I'm not entirely sure about yours. So that leaves gunmetal then. |
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| Pete |
Re: Wheels
Gd gd, help will be required. I havent a clue what kinda paint I should use, or what kind of filler I should use. My idea was just to mask the wheels off the car, buy a rattle can of paint and spray  I get the feeling thats gonna end up in some crappy looking wheels 
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| Mark |
Re: Wheels
Me too... |
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| TimR |
What about good old fashioned silver?
I was once tempted by a '99 Impreza on the 5 spokers like you have except they were silver, unlike almost every other one which was on gold. If you go for gunmetal make it a lighter one than your photoshop. Can't think of anything worse than too dark wheels on a white car
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| Pete |
Well, silver is what the basic WRX has, and I dont want my special car to look like one of those lowly 270bhp cars.....
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| TimR |
Ah but imagine the fun you could have fully deploying your extra 30BHP to the shock and awe of the 'regular' Imprezaists. | ||||||||
| Blarno |
DIY wheel refurbing:
First port of call is to get the tyres and valves taken off. Giving a local tyre fitter 2 notes should cover this. Next, rub them down with fine sandpaper to flat off the old paint. If you have any deep scratches or gouges, use bodyfiller to fill these in. With bodyfiller, start off with rough grit paper and gradually increase the fine-ness until you get a smooth finish. Plenty of high-build primer and a rub down with 1500 grit sandpaper to smooth off before the paint. I painted mine with rattlecans. If you've got the preperation right, the paint will go on fine and dry to a good finish. Couple of coats of lacquer if required and you're away. Be prepared to be without your wheels for a week and be prepared to make mistakes. |
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| "him" |
Pretty much exactly what I did... I would just add to try and spray them inside a garage if you can. But as Iain says, preparation is key, the actual spraying doesn't take all that long at all... Do you have a spare wheel you could practice on, before you do the road wheels? |
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| Apex clipper |
As everything is sooo cheap in the island of the long cloud...A specialist wheel fixer-up guy ..perhaps?? Saves sweat and getting your dannies dirty.
Now onto colours..... 
Silver or light grey..white looks...as does gold...pish! On that colour of scooby. Iain's right, the gold was cutting edge once you spied them ..way back in 94/95...they don't look any better thrown on STI's or type UK's even in sonic blue!! |