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03-22-2016, 01:19 AM
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#1 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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| How do people get a different color lip on their wheels usually?
Thinking of getting some 19s or 20s in black for my car. Grey car can be kind of boring, but I don't think I can pull off (or like) things like white or blue wheels. Also don't want to be just the millionth car with black wheels, even though I'm sure they'll be nice.
So thinking of black wheels with orange lip and orange calipers to match black and orange stripes I have already. Anyone know how to achieve this? A small portion that won't be too ricey I think. I saw a white cla45 with black wheels (stock I think) with a red lip and it looked pretty decent.
I've heard of rimblades or sanding a section of the wheels down and painting it. Are those pretty much the only two options? Anyone done anything similar and how'd it turn out? Or are these generally prebought to look like that.
I'm worried the rimblades might be a bit cheap looking, hard to see from the pics which make them look ok from a distance.
Would be looking to spend about $2000 CDN including tires and taxes...I feel this is as good as our dollar will get.
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03-22-2016, 01:32 AM
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03-22-2016, 07:47 AM
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Most of those colored lips you see are Alloygators. They are wheel protectors that come in multiple colors.
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03-22-2016, 08:29 AM
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You can have the wheels professionally refinished but that may cost $200 a wheel. Yes, Alloygator is the company making those rim curb protectors. They look OK I guess. My neighbor at work offers them and has a bunch of different colors. If think they're only $100 or so.
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05-03-2016, 12:40 PM
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#5 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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Anyone put vinyl on? That pic would pretty much be what I'm going for. But not sure how I'd do that..
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05-03-2016, 12:45 PM
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Car pinstripe kits and a steady hand or you can also look into motorcycle rim tape to see if they will fit what you have.
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05-03-2016, 01:13 PM
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back when i used to ride bikes i used this on my gsxr Rimstripes by Tapeworks
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05-03-2016, 01:14 PM
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It's funny because I've seen several cars with alloygators on the wheels that have essentially scraped the alloygators down to the actual rim haha.
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05-03-2016, 01:50 PM
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alloygator mostly serve to let people know you have no confidence in your ability to park
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05-03-2016, 01:52 PM
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or in the case of the used car i looked at the other day, a cheap means to hide curb rash 
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05-03-2016, 02:08 PM
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05-03-2016, 02:32 PM
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#12 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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I've read the reviews on those alloygators and such, and they seem to have a decent chance to fly off? And they to look a bit too..bulky relative to some vinyl.
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05-03-2016, 02:35 PM
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poor prepwork/installation or bad contact surfaces (eg. already bad curb rash) are the common issues.
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05-03-2016, 02:37 PM
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#14 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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Would you guys do the alloygators or vinyl?
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05-03-2016, 02:43 PM
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vinyl, if you think you can put it on in a perfect circumference. i've seen too many crooked ones that make the wheel look wobbly as the wheel turns 
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05-03-2016, 03:16 PM
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I might go back to the stripe guy you recommended lol.
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05-03-2016, 03:18 PM
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i don't know how many he's done... it could be expensive because it's so time consuming vs. wrapping a car
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05-03-2016, 03:26 PM
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I guy i know got some black rims from Goodyear tire and had them do a red stripe in the picture in vinyl.
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05-03-2016, 06:17 PM
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i know this sounds tideous, but i saw first hand
lift up car
have a pinstripe pen clamp to a tripod
aling the tripod to the wheel
rotate wheel using hands while the pen brushes against the rim
voila
i had photos on my old phone lol.... at the time i thought.... if it works, it aint stupid
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05-03-2016, 06:24 PM
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Buy rim tape. Have friend drive car. Lay on hood. Apply end of rim tape on wheel while laying on hood. Get buddy to drive. Self applying rim tape.
Repeat while laying on trunk for rear wheel.
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05-03-2016, 08:04 PM
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by dark0821  i know this sounds tideous, but i saw first hand
lift up car
have a pinstripe pen clamp to a tripod
aling the tripod to the wheel
rotate wheel using hands while the pen brushes against the rim
voila
i had photos on my old phone lol.... at the time i thought.... if it works, it aint stupid | a friend just suggested dismounting the wheel and putting it face up on a barstool that can spin...
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05-03-2016, 08:10 PM
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05-03-2016, 08:58 PM
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I used to think this was cool back in 2010 or earlier.
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I wrapped the rims on my lude with stickerbomb wrap. Looked ok to me for 15 bucks  | |
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