Split rim centre colour

[Jit]

Right ive laid my hands on the perfect set of split rims for my car. However, i dont want the centres to remain silver.
What colour would make the wheels stand out. Bear in mind my car is a pearl white...

i categorically do not want black centres as that has been done to death.

Some of my mates say go for red. Some say go for gunmetal but i feel thats too unoriginal. Another mate says get the centres sprayed same colour as car when it goes for the respray.

My current thoughts are erring towards midnight purple (a couple of shades darker than gurjs old purple FD). Either that or gold (although is hardly original again)...

What colours would you go for if you were trying to make the wheels stand out a bit on the pearl white bodywork...
For arguments sake, lets say the wheels are Rays Mazdaspeed MS01s

Cheers

[D1 WTF]

candy pink all the way.  will suit your personallity

[m4drx]

pearl white.com

[shaunwil]

I\'d say pearl white, bugger to clean though !

Shaun

[Grizzly]

Depends on what Pearl? if its a Blue Pearl i\'d say a Darkish Met Blue would look smart but would\'nt look right if it was a Red pearl. I\'d be looking to keep it in key with the Flip colour of the Pearl.

[adib]

you could do a cardboard cut out off wheels and spray them and put it on wheel to see what it looks like before you start spraying the wheels

[d-king]

colour coded looks good with coloured calipers

[m4drx]

colour coded looks good with coloured calipers

any excuse to show that masterpiece off!

:rollin

the car in question is pearl white by the way hence why i think pearl would look nice. esp as it has no aftermarket stuff really so slick look.

[d-king]

:0)  he he

[Jit]

its a silvery pearl.... i dunno... i want somaat to stand out but im not really sure on pearl white... it dont stand out enough for my taste!!
Im geting really badly hung up on dk midnight purple tho lol

[elford_tim]

Dark red candy over a gold base?

That\'s going to be a pain to get done properly but it\'ll look quite good (I\'d say).

[Jit]

having a bit of trouble imagining what that would look like Timo! Any pics of that colour?

[elford_tim]

I had a bit of a google around and came up with this:

http://pages.cthome.net/davecullen/norton_tank.JPG

I *think* this is probably over a silver base though. This one here looks more like gold base:

http://www.bloodshotairbrushing.com/29.html

You can see that the second colour is \'warmer\'.

*bingo*

This car is painted in candy red over gold, unfortunately you\'ll need a microscope to see the picture:

http://www.timwestwood.com/techspec/IMPALA.html

This one also has a couple fairly good pictures:

http://www.scalelows.com/feature.html

Keep in mind that if you want it darker, you just apply more layers of candy so you can vary the shade immensely.

The other option that I\'d consider if you want to go for a subtle dark red shade is candy red over a black pearl base. They\'ll appear almost black until you get the light on the wheels and then they\'ll turn into a very dark red.

In all of these cases you\'ll need someone who knows how to shoot candy as it\'s not easy to do, but easy to screw up. However the effects you can get are really nice provided it\'s done right, but you need someone with the necessary skill to judge when to stop laying the candy as a lot of them darken slightly when they\'re drying.

Did I also mention that they\'re somewhere between a pain in the arse and impossible to touch up?

[olly-civic]

iv just done mine in gold

[Jit]

that second picture olly is of the wheels what are currently on my car! they actually look good in gold me thinks! as does that firt set! Did you do theat yourself?

Cheers for them pics timo....was looking to have the bodyshop who done thre respray to do the wheels as well....