91 stock rims... what to do...

[Alex91Mk3]

i have the beautiful 16" 5 spoke rims (no sawblades here, sorry)lol as many of us do, my car is blue, the nice freshly painted stock blue... my rims of some wear and would like to know whats the best thing to use to clean and possibly paint it... gunmetal maybe, what do u guys suggest...

 

[kylefoto]

gunmetal would look sick, i dunno about on blue, but I have my sawblades painted gunmetal on my black car, and the blades don't look too bad!

 

[swaq]

paint them gunmetal and then send them to me I'll uh, test them for ya...

 

[daledoe]

Do you have pics of the wear???

 

[Alex91Mk3]

lol, the blades would look nice painted gunmetal, but what did u use to paint it dude?

 

[Alex91Mk3]

no pics yet, posting tonight when i get home, still here working at the bank lol

 

[Alex91Mk3]

no ones answered what to use guys

 

[tissimo]

a buddy of mine has my old 91s painted gunmetal on his 86.5 blue.. it doesn';t look bad at all.. the wheels lookd like slipstreams imo... they look good.... i dunno if would look that good with the caps painted gunmetal as well.. looks good without..

 

[MA70Supra88]

Gunmetal 5 spokes on Blue as seen on Jacob and Heidi's Supra:

Here is a complete step-by-step on how to paint your wheels:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17618

 

[Sl1dewaysSupra]

Not to hijack or any thing but does putting the 17" 5 spokes change the gear raito? What would happen if I put them on my car w/ 4.30 diff? Increase or decrease in accel.?

 

[KeithH]

Do a polished lip.

 

[MKIIINA]

there was a 91 the same color as my car at my buddys shop the other day with black rims. looked very hot

 

[DaSuprawolf]

increase accel. if there taller over all

 

[DaSuprawolf]

Not to hijack or any thing but does putting the 17" 5 spokes change the gear raito? What would happen if I put them on my car w/ 4.30 diff? Increase or decrease in accel.?

^^forgot the quote hehe

 

[lanternman]

Not to hijack or any thing but does putting the 17" 5 spokes change the gear raito? What would happen if I put them on my car w/ 4.30 diff? Increase or decrease in accel.?

It will depend on the size of the tire you put on it, not the wheel. You can use a calculator like the one linked below to figure out how it will effect things on your car.

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp?action=submit

 

[KeithH]

actually, I like this one better...
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

 

[Turbo. Targa. Life.]

if you end up with a taller height overall, you'll have to change your speed cable to the tranny or it'll throw off your milage

 

[aye mate]

Bronze!

 

[turbo06]

what to do.....give them to me.

 

[xarewhyayen]

my sawblades are "graphite" ... i gotta get up the pics