Doowstados
10-19-2011, 08:49 AM
So -
When I bought my 17" Scion tC wheels, they were painted by the PO a flat matte black. The paint job wasn't too bad, but I want something a bit different.
I'm not quite sure what I want to do. I'm thinking a glossy gunmetal gray/black mostly or MAYBE darker bronze color, along these lines but significantly darker, or I may just go back to the stock powder coated finish by trying to strip the paint and see what I get.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s308/serrano_gdesigner/DaveTC_bronze_32707.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8505/closeupmeatyja7.jpg
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii371/xd_kidd91/photoshoot033.jpg
Admittedly, I'm horrible with color coordination. Here's a decent picture of the color of my car and the current state of the wheels for you guys who haven't seen it:
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/269516_10150722363670019_809925018_19976509_163975 4_n.jpg
Old wheels:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/73532_10150307178405019_809925018_15867616_7326730 _n.jpg
It's a pretty dark metallic green. Hard to pick a color to match, but these wheels definitely need a touch up. The pictures make them look better than they do up close.
I'll be using a compressor/touch up gun to do the paint so I'm not limited to spray cans. Thanks again everyone.
When I bought my 17" Scion tC wheels, they were painted by the PO a flat matte black. The paint job wasn't too bad, but I want something a bit different.
I'm not quite sure what I want to do. I'm thinking a glossy gunmetal gray/black mostly or MAYBE darker bronze color, along these lines but significantly darker, or I may just go back to the stock powder coated finish by trying to strip the paint and see what I get.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s308/serrano_gdesigner/DaveTC_bronze_32707.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8505/closeupmeatyja7.jpg
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii371/xd_kidd91/photoshoot033.jpg
Admittedly, I'm horrible with color coordination. Here's a decent picture of the color of my car and the current state of the wheels for you guys who haven't seen it:
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/269516_10150722363670019_809925018_19976509_163975 4_n.jpg
Old wheels:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/73532_10150307178405019_809925018_15867616_7326730 _n.jpg
It's a pretty dark metallic green. Hard to pick a color to match, but these wheels definitely need a touch up. The pictures make them look better than they do up close.
I'll be using a compressor/touch up gun to do the paint so I'm not limited to spray cans. Thanks again everyone.