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What colour are these wheels?

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:37 pm
by goodyearrr
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Don't suppose anyone knows the colour code or name of the colour on these wheels? Havent been able to find it and want to get as close to this colour as possible on my wheels.

Anyone?

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:40 pm
by teal_dx
I've never seen rattle cans of wheel paint in that darker gold color... I'm betting it is a powder coat job for sure.

It might even be a bronze :?
Here's a Kong Helium wheel in bronze:
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The warm sunlight at sunrise hitting the wheels in the original pic could be making them appear more gold.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:43 pm
by teal_dx
the type of lighting can make a big difference... Look at these gold painted LS meshies:
http://www.hondamarketplace.com/showthr ... p=16565514
Same wheels but the paint looks much more bold in the early morning photo.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:20 pm
by goodyearrr
I was thinking they looked a bit bronzey. I've been looking at colours around different shops and couldn't pick one just by the colour on the lid. What i might try, in order to get a darker looking gold like that, is give it a base coat of black, so its like a toned down gold.

I'll be doing it tommorow all day, hopefully im satisfied, i'll post up pics if i can.

Cheers again teal!

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:55 pm
by goodyearrr
Think after all this im just gonna go black, trying to find the right gold, whether it'll look good on my civic etc just seems to be too much hassle. At least i know black will look good and is easiest to do!