They are collecting dust and I want to put these wheels back on my car for a while. I want to powder coat the spokes either Advan Gold, Volk bronze, gunmetal or black...anyone think anything else like red, white or something like that? Wheels are 18" x 7.5" Altstadts M1s made in Japan. check them out You guys like? dislike?

 

I like the wheels. 18s are so 1990s though. But nice wheels.

I like the finish, I'd leave it. Although I think black spokes would look the best, especially on your car.

Any other color

 

Those rims are phat in their own right.

I would say if you are hell bent on changing them, do something you won't regret later.

 

nice wheels, almost too much bling bling for a DC, but if you must, id go gold.

 

if i was to keep them i would leave them the way they are.. that way if you want to sell them you can still get decent $$

 

I haven't seen a decent gold powercoating job yet JT2.

 

panit it a color that will match ur car! how will bronze match?

 

i think black would be the best, but those look huge on the car.

 

im going to say bronze or black with polished lip.

 

So, what's this JDM advice you speak of?

My advice is either leave them as is or powdercoat them black.

 

I was thinking of a color scheme like this, but if he doesnt wanna do it, he doesnt have to.

 

I haven't seen a great bronze powercoating job either.

Has anyone actually seen a wheel powdercoated bronze that looks good? Similar to bronze Mugen Mf10s? Or Volk Te37s? If you have, please post. If you haven't then .

 

I know the rims are big but I think they would look a little smaller with the spokes painted...its kind of like an illusion with three piece wheels. Three piece always look an inch or so smaller especially when center is darker. But since these are full polished they kind of miss that illusion and look like a full 18. I believe they would look more like 17s if painted. For example I know youve all seen 16 inch black rims with polished lips dont they look a little smaller more like 15s?

As for matching the bronze color well i have a friend whose found the paint (not powder coat) that is very very close to the Volk Te37 color. So i was thinking I could take the paint to a powder coating location to match. Just a thought....

And about what about this being about JDM advice..... well I know alot of people in appearance section offer good advice about JDM style and since I like the clean look of JDM.....well then ummm...make any sense?

 

gold or bronze y0!

 

black

 

Leave em with the bling man. They are hot wheels.

 

leave it the way it is


but if u have to, id do it black

 

Bling or black with a lip

 

LEAVE THEM ALONE! They look sweet like that already. leave them in their natural beauty.

 

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Oh mann that car is frikken awsome

 

Those rims are hawt. Any side views of the car?

 

thanks for the responses. im going to leave them in this finish and post pics up once i have them back on the car.

 

I would do black with a polish lip, BTW that MR2 looks SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

id leave them, they are classic.....dont jump on that bandwagon polished lip garbage, its PLAYED OUT , but what the hell do i kno, i just wanna be different. word