jonst205 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Hi all, shortly will be getting my Rays refurbed and was thinking of going for a dark bronze colour (a la TE37's). I'm sure I'm not the first one to do this, so if anyone has already done it I'd love to see some pics and, if possible, what paint colour/code you used. My car is GM. Cheers, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 be the first in the UK that i know of, but well worth doing, bronze is a cracking colour as is a nice dark gold. its made of win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 A bit like these....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Jon, stick up a photo of your car and some nice soul might photoshop bronze wheels on for you. I agree bronze is made of win on pretty much any colour Zed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Bronze = winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Jon, stick up a photo of your car and some nice soul might photoshop bronze wheels on for you. I agree bronze is made of win on pretty much any colour Zed. I think bronze looks best on white cars....... yes it goes with azure aswell but looks too scoobyish for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Here's an image of a gunmetal car with bronze wheels. I did a golder version but it didn't look too hot so I toned it down.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 it also works well on black and silver cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 it also works well on black and silver cars Thats personal taste lol...... your right about black.... but imo not silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ewan27 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I did mine in black on my Yellow GT4 - TE37's https://plus.google.com/photos/11381379 ... 1381582865 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 A lot of people think I have bronze wheels from my signature. But it's actually the lighting from the business park I was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 A lot of people think I have bronze wheels from my signature. But it's actually the lighting from the business park I was in. I thought you had been playing around with Photoshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 A lot of people think I have bronze wheels from my signature. But it's actually the lighting from the business park I was in. I thought you had been playing around with Photoshop Well I had played around to get the colour/black and white theme. But forgot to try and put my wheels the right colour They look a bit gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manphibian Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Here's a photoshop i did for Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonst205 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Thanks for the replies, I'm slightly overwhelmed! The photochop by leeroy is exactly what I was thinking - bronze and not gold, though gold on the kitted S2000 looks very nice, I'm not sure it would suit a Z. The question is, what colour do I specify to a refurbers or do they have colour charts I can refer to? Very much appreciate the input on this thread, great stuff. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 show them a picture and say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan27 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 show them a picture and say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Thanks for the replies, I'm slightly overwhelmed! The photochop by leeroy is exactly what I was thinking - bronze and not gold, though gold on the kitted S2000 looks very nice, I'm not sure it would suit a Z. The question is, what colour do I specify to a refurbers or do they have colour charts I can refer to? Very much appreciate the input on this thread, great stuff. Jon The big refurbers will have a full range of samples to look at whereas the smaller ones may just have an odd wheel kicking around. That said the big guys will be more expensive so you pays your money and you takes your choice I recently had my wheels refurbed at a place near Strood (Inspraytion) and it cost me £150 notes as they were doing a 4 for the price of 3 deal. Their premises aren't anything special but they did an awesome job and even at £200 it's cheaper than the usual suspects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonst205 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Thanks, I'm up in the wilds of lincolnshire unfortunately, and don't currently have a spare set of wheels to go the courier route. I'll ask around and get some prices as there's a few places on the local industrial estate doing it. I'd rather a good job, and mine need some tidying of lip grindage on top. Any tips paint vs powder coating? AFAIK powder coating is more durable but you can lose some of the detailing on the rays text etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 When mine were done they wet painted the wheel and then powdercoated the lacquer to give a tough top layer. It isn't unfortunate to be up in the wilds of Lincolnshire, I'm a Yellowbelly We're currently trying to sell our pad in the 'Smoke and buy a proper sized house up 'Narth'. I just hope I still have the Zed to enjoy the roads up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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