Finally got around to getting new tires for my Arrakis which I put on my Volvo s70 2 weeks ago, I've been thinking about what color to paint them but I'm horrible at Photoshop, anyways after I take off the old tires and start sanding down the wheels, and then primer them, I gotta make a decision on paint color. As of now I'm thinking either 1)bronze/brownish, 2)gunmetal/dark silver, 3) gloss white
I am planning on using plastidip cuz I've heard that it's a good paint especially for wheels, when layed on thick it's also a good wheel protector from rocks/small scratches/ dings. I've tried to do an image search on Google and happened to see a Volvo with same blue color as mine with copper painted Arrakis, I love how it looks, so it became one of my options.
*From personal experience do you guys think plastidip is a good choice for wheel paint?
*If anyone is good at Photoshop could someone try to change the wheel color to bronze, then gunmetal, and finally white?
*And last but no least, what do you guys recommend for brake pads so that I don't have a lot of brake dust on the wheels, I think white wheels would look very sleek on the nautical blue s70 but with white wheels the brake dust would be a big annoyance!
As always thank you for your suggestions and help
-M.A.C
P.S: Arrakis wheels are a pain in the ass to clean!
Wheel repaint, color and paint advice?
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j-dawg
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Bad Photoshop jobs below! Kinda hard to get a good image out 'cause the wheels are exposed differently in the original photo, and also because I am not good at this.
Ceramic pads tend not to dust, but they do squeal, and they can demand a stiff leg on the brakes. I bit the bullet on the pricey Akebono pads and don't regret it. Good linear grabbitude with no dust or noise.
Ceramic pads tend not to dust, but they do squeal, and they can demand a stiff leg on the brakes. I bit the bullet on the pricey Akebono pads and don't regret it. Good linear grabbitude with no dust or noise.
1999 V70 T5 5-SPD | ~277k mi | sold
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Matt88ch
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Oh wow man, thank you for that, you should give yourself more credit, your not bad at all! I love em! I think white would look good, I don't know but the gunmetal one isn't exactly the "look" I'm going for, I think the white would look sleek I guess...Sorry bud but one more question...Can you make the brown ones a darker brown?
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JRL
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Akebono ceramics do not squeal.
PLEASE don't paint them copper, that's so tacky and so 70s (except for Subaru WRXs)
PLEASE don't paint them copper, that's so tacky and so 70s (except for Subaru WRXs)
Mod note. Jim passed away in early 2022, his contributions to this forum are immortal, and he is missed. RIP
2000 V70R Black, 144,000 miles Wife's R.
2007 V70 2.5T White/Oak 111,000 MILES. Polestar tune, IPD bars, rear spoiler, dark grey Thors, DWS 06, HU850, sub.
2000 V70R Black, 144,000 miles Wife's R.
2007 V70 2.5T White/Oak 111,000 MILES. Polestar tune, IPD bars, rear spoiler, dark grey Thors, DWS 06, HU850, sub.
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shaker_chi
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Gunmetal. Copper is very early 80's and white has too much pop. Gunmetal is subtle, yet cool.
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