They look better then I expected......but I still don't think that is the best looking wheel color for the Black Cherry paint.......just my opinion. I think these would look nicer.

 

Shinxie!!!! Those look AWESOME!!! And that 4th one looks WAY better on your car than in my basement!

CONGRATS!!!!

 

How far you willing to drive to get your wheels done. There is a place in Long Beach that did the set on Cesaralaniz's wheels. He did his in black and said that the guy could do any color you wanted for the same price....he could even polish the lip if you wanted a look similar to what Shinka has. PM me if you are interested and I can forward some info to you so you can check out some options.

 

what color car???

 

Shinka, stop posting!

You should be driving all around town showing off your beautiful car.

 

yo...CAR LOOKS AWESOME!!! needs a small drop and the car is perfect!!! i will definately come up to a PA meet

 

That looks great!! I'm jealous...

 

believe me Jedi, I would love to have....but we had a death in the family this morning and Ive been a little off kilter
thanks

 

Sorry to hear the bad news Shinka.

Our thoughts are with you.

 

OMG, drool Your car looks great with those wheels. Yes I have a boosted Shinka. Right now Im getting the motor rebuilt & ported. She will be going in for surgery next week if everything goes as planned. Anyway, awesome wheels. Just like Dan suggested, you need a slight drop and it willl be perfect.

 

I just read your last post. My condolences.

 

What was the price? I might be willing to go to LB. I *finally* found a set of rims to borrow, so it's not such an issue, I can be missing the rims for a week or so. Let me know.

Brilliant Black.

 

bronze or gold would definitely look great with black
bronze is a little more subdued and of course gold will give a much brighter look...i think tiggerlee has a brilliant black with gold accents...not sure about the rims tho...you could do a search...

if you are looking for a more bling bling type look...or you want to walk a little on the wild side....then gold would fit the bill IMO

bronze is more of a laid back look that compliments the black real nice...

 

Just saw this ...logging on to AIM.

Cyber hugs baby.

 

From what I remember from my conversations with cesaralaniz, the wheels were done in two days. I think it was under $300 to have all four done. You must pull the tires off, and the center caps (since they are plastic) can not be done. You will have to hand paint these with model paint or some other equivalent. If you want the polished lip, I think it was going to be like 50 bucks more (per wheel) since they would be done by hand and would take more time to get done (a week I think).

I have sent a pm to cesaralaniz and will forward the contact info to you when I receive a response from him. I had the info for a bit, because I was thinking of coating a set of OEM's, but then discarded the message when I decided to spend my money on other things...I'll send it to you by pm when I receive it.

Keith

 

those rims look really good. those are one of the few i've seen that actually look good on the car. i personally would have gone for chrome since it is a dark colored car but yours turned out very well. look into a set of eibach springs.

 

I decided I'm gonna keep my original idea and go with bronze, not compromise for gold. I like the look of gold, but bronze is more me. Maybe I'd do gold in a different rim, but the OEM would be a bit much in gold I think. Thanks for your input. I'll be awaiting kwescott's reply and most likely make the haul to LB to get them done. Also plotting what else I'm going to do with my tax return and money from selling the mods on the old car.

Thanks man!

 

great minds thing alike!!!
good luck with the bronze....I think it will look really schweet!!

now Ive gotta redo my calipers (which are gold)...cuz they really dont look right and while im there im gonna do the rotor hubs (they have started to rust)....
thats one thing that mazda needs to fix for real for real!!

 

Katc10....check your pm.

 

I called them. They charge $90/rim and have a few different bronzes to choose from. Considering the place down here that DIDN'T have bronze was asking $80/85 per rim for 18s, they seems reasonable. What do you guys think? I mean, it's still a lot cheaper than BUYING new rims. Like $1600 cheaper than any rims I'd buy.

 

sounds like prices have gone up since cesar did his. I know his was under 300 bucks, including the cost of pulling and re-mounting the tires. Was the 90$ estimate with the polished lip?

I think you should do it. Our stock wheels are very nice. I have my stock wheels on right now since I use them for autocrossing, and forgot how good they actually look. Not that I'm gonna keep them on, but they are still very nice.

Sounds like the pricing is competitive, and sounds like they have more options in the color range you were looking. If you have the time and money, I say it is definately a great idea. I'm anxious to see what color you end up with, and to hear your feedback on their quality. I'm sure you will be extremely pleased. Keep me informed.

Keith

 

Yeah under 300 would have been nice. Was that for 18"? Oh well, it might cost more, but like I said, if I were gonna buy new rims, I'd be spending 2G at least, so it's not a big thing. And it using the money from selling the mods off the old car anyway, so it's cool. It's just a bit of a hassle to drive up there (gotta pick up the spare rims in Murietta too), but it'll all be so worth it when they're done.

 

yup, he had his stock 18's powder coated wet black. Looks awsome.

 

How long ago? Maybe I'll mention it. "Well so-and-so had the same thing done such-and-such ago and paid less than $300..."

 

I would definitely go with the powder coat....I just forked over around 2K for new rims with tires.....I would have considered powder coating but I wanted something a little bit bigger than stock....
I say go for it....$90 is not bad at all