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tlikethedrink
06-09-2010, 11:45 PM
im looking to be different... but without trying to be overthetop and ugly.

if i was rocking a black ep, i would go for green wheels. but mine is blue. im thinking about orange wheels.

i seen a black ep with orange slipstreams. i really liked it.

does anybody have a similar set up? may be in the wrong section, but can anyone photoshop it?

DRP967
06-10-2010, 09:13 AM
Bump for a photoshop.

A blue EP3 with orange wheels will look nasty...(not the good nasty).

Personally i would opt for white to be "different." Anything and everything that can be done has been done so there really is no different anymore. Just get what you like because weve seen it all. Good luck!

WigginsSiR
06-10-2010, 11:05 AM
rainbow wheels!!

http://www.4caroption.com/images/products/items/RIM-YG-18755110GDTLx4.jpg

lol

_shift
06-10-2010, 11:10 AM
Skittles make wheels now? Sweeeet..

lol

kprocivic
06-10-2010, 11:44 AM
i think vbp and orange would be nice.

sleepy ep3
06-11-2010, 03:46 PM
Bump for a photoshop.

A blue EP3 with orange wheels will look nasty...(not the good nasty).

Personally i would opt for white to be "different." Anything and everything that can be done has been done so there really is no different anymore. Just get what you like because weve seen it all. Good luck!
I agree. White with blue looks pretty boss. Blue with orange looks pretty hoss. (hoss means country as hell) Go with white or bronze

onlinenow
06-11-2010, 03:57 PM
I tell you what, I wanna get some white rims on mine and its a blue girl like yours. I was thinking white or white with red accents. I dont wanna be rolling around looking like captain america and I definitely dont wanna look like a fXXXing rainbow but white would be killer. Black might not do it justice though. Perhaps....gold?

tlikethedrink
06-11-2010, 05:11 PM
im digging the bronze too.

orange would probably be too much. im gonna find that pic of the black on for reference...

but a photoshop would help haha.....

tlikethedrink
06-11-2010, 10:21 PM
http://www.ephatch.com/forum/showthread.php?44276-Post-Picture-Of-Your-Current-Wheels

just a few down for a bigger image

bumpinhatch13
06-12-2010, 02:15 AM
i got my stockies painted red on mine and i love it. thinkin about switchin to pink when i gut it.

vividk20
06-13-2010, 09:59 AM
the titanium lip wheel that was posted just looks like garbage with the mustard yellow spokes...I love my gram lights with the titanium heat treated lip though...the blue that shows up looks perfect with the vbp...how bout just a polished wheel?

tlikethedrink
06-13-2010, 01:11 PM
i got my stockies painted red on mine and i love it. thinkin about switchin to pink when i gut it.

post up a pic!

ep3jd
06-14-2010, 05:38 PM
go for orange. my buddy had his stock wrx wheels on his world rally blue wrx rattle canned orange... i was into it.

USAF EP3
06-14-2010, 05:45 PM
I say orange FTMFW, and gunmetal second. I'm powdercoating my stock 05 wheels orange. I'm also getting a set of discontinued gunmetal Enkei EVO6's. I autocross so one set of wheels is going to be my daily's.

kprocivic
06-14-2010, 05:48 PM
although i like orange on blue. i feel type s rims would look worlds better than the ep3 stockers.

ep3jd
06-14-2010, 05:54 PM
although i like orange on blue. i feel type s rims would look worlds better than the ep3 stockers.

i'm in to see some orange type son your ride!! hope youre 5 lug lulz

kprocivic
06-14-2010, 05:59 PM
i'm in to see some orange type son your ride!! hope youre 5 lug lulz
on the ep i have the gold type s. i do have comparo pics in gold though. I did have orange oem rims on the subie, first day i got pulled over.

tlikethedrink
06-16-2010, 06:08 PM
perfect!
KONIG FORWARDS- matte grey with orange stripe.



http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/konfor_mgo_ang.jpg

light too. fairly cheap.

ok photoshop request now lol?

Draw7Seven
06-16-2010, 06:13 PM
I don't like dark colored wheels. There, I said it. Blacks and matte blacks and all that stuff, especially on colorful cars... meh. But it's your car. If I were in a VBP I'd most likely rock gold wheels, but I recognize that wouldn't be something incredibly "different" or "groundbreaking."

tlikethedrink
06-23-2010, 05:51 PM
well im hoping theyre a little lighter in the sunlight... i ordered them today.

going to order some of those orange "Vision" lugs off ebay too. and orange side markers....

i may wait untill i buy new tires to mount them tho. but if i get the lugs in quick enough, i may get all worked up and slap em on.

ep3jd
06-24-2010, 05:03 PM
on the ep i have the gold type s. i do have comparo pics in gold though. I did have orange oem rims on the subie, first day i got pulled over.

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee213/halfwitboyx3/CARS%2009/my%20whip/2.jpg


had these bad boys for quite some time before i ever got pulled over. and its usually my lack of front plate that catches their eye :(

tlikethedrink
06-24-2010, 09:03 PM
those are nice. what are those? 4 lug seemed to have alot more options on wheels. well rims i was looking at...

im thinking i may spray my stocks a color just for fun. i wont have them on for a bit anyways. maybe a gloss black or something wild.

does anyone know if prelude wheels fit? i may try to trade or sell my stocks to buy a set. i know theyre 16x7.5 and 5 lug... but what offset?

when wheels are 500 bucks a set, i may just become a wheel junkie lol. knock off wheel junkie that is!

kprocivic
06-25-2010, 12:41 PM
prelude rims fit from the 97+ preludes.

tlikethedrink
06-25-2010, 07:49 PM
damn, i saw some Prelude wheels the other day. i thought they would look SICK painted white with the stock brushed cap.

I GOT MY WHEELS IN TODAY! check out the new avitar. <<< 16x7 +40 @-16lbs a pop.
they are just a hair lighter in color, like a med gunmetal. the orange is a little more yellow than the picture too. still overall a pretty sweet wheel. BUT the wheel is drilled to be a universal 5 lug(10hole). doesnt look quite as clean as just 5 lug like in the pic above.... im still stoked.


im gonna wait untill my orange lugs and valve caps come in. i dont think blue would have meshed well on the rim.
i want to buy 225/50/16 tires, but im kind of worried about rubbing. im not planning on a drop, so probably helps.

tlikethedrink
06-25-2010, 08:00 PM
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/inthetrunk.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/outthebox.jpg

tlikethedrink
06-28-2010, 08:58 PM
anyone running 225/50s on 16s?

http://www.ephatch.com/forum/showthread.php?56871-225-50-16s-rub-or-roll&p=772341#post772341

tlikethedrink
07-07-2010, 10:18 PM
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/side1.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/rim1.jpg

again, sucky phone pics. but theyre on. i had to send my orange lugs out to be exhanged for a "tuner" style...
ill try to get a few pics with an actual camera tomorrow.

should i trade them for a set of black gt3s?

Honda_boy83
07-08-2010, 11:19 AM
More pics please!!!

tlikethedrink
07-08-2010, 06:57 PM
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/CIMG2498.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/CIMG2491.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/CIMG2496.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/CIMG2500.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/CIMG2502.jpg

tlikethedrink
07-08-2010, 07:09 PM
i cant decide if i like them or not. theyve grown on me a little.
definatley look like 14s from a step back. focus is directed towards the orange line, and it looks like the rim ends there. but from closer and at an angle- they look like theyre supposed to.

i think konig should have made the entire lip orange. or at least the outtermost part of the lip and not the inner. i have the oppertunity to keep them or exchange with a restocking fee. the only other wheels available that i like are Rota GT3 look-a-likes (black with a polished lip) or Rota Torque look-a-likes (in almost any color).

theyre deffinatley different lol. and that is what i wanted. but these are more "odd" differnt than "unique" and "original"... like the wierd ginger kid compared to the only hot red head at school.

leave opinions. hate too, why not.

Honda_boy83
07-08-2010, 07:48 PM
Well, you can always have the rest of the lip power coated orange. If you lower the car I think it will make the wheel not look so small. Also what if you painted your calipers orange? Good luck!

tlikethedrink
07-08-2010, 07:59 PM
well when i get my orange lugs in, i plan on painting the brake calips black. just to clean it up a little bit. i have thought about painting/powdercoating the rest of the lip orange. ive also considered painting the whole rim gunmetal and just doing away with the stripe. bronze would be nice too... but do i really want to go thru all that trouble. i can live with it for a while i guess if i dont trade them.

maybe even polish them....

Honda_boy83
07-09-2010, 04:23 AM
I think if you get the orange lugs the black calips would look really clean...you could also paint the whole wheel orange, not sure how that would look...I think bronze would look good!

FoReVaPmP
07-09-2010, 05:34 AM
I like it, but I do think it needs to be a bit lower... but that's just my .02

Nice choice of wheels tho!.... :msmile:

tlikethedrink
07-16-2010, 06:46 AM
well im riding at stock hieght. ive been thinking about springs later on. i would really like a hfp spring/shock setup- but thats later. next im planning on a spoiler: hfp style from spoiler depot.

FoReVaPmP
07-16-2010, 07:07 AM
:popcorn: nom nom nomzzzz!!!

k20a3EP3
07-19-2010, 11:36 AM
I like them. Color wheel theory states that colors across from each other are harmonious, which Blue and orange are. Only problem is they remind me of the Stinkin Mets.

tlikethedrink
07-19-2010, 06:37 PM
no mets. around here they hassle me for bronco colors lol. but ive always had a thing for orange. and i think blue and gunmetal go good.

thanks for the feedback. ill have me a members ride page after a few more mods. might have come across on an aem v2 for cheap, wing is close to being ordered.

bluebullitt2003
07-19-2010, 09:37 PM
i think a metallic orange would be bad ass on a black ep. there is a guy with a mustang near my house and he has a black mustang and metallic orange stripes. it looks so sweet, and the colors go so well together. Im sure it would look even better on your rims and an ep

tlikethedrink
07-24-2010, 07:44 AM
yeah ive thought about the whole lip done in orange, metalic orange.... im just gonna work on a few other things right now.

tlikethedrink
08-12-2010, 11:35 PM
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/Si/0811100902a1.jpg

got them in and on... Vision Lugs from ebay. the seller was awsome. they have a few different colors. lock and tighten by key- i wouldnt use anything other than a lug wrench. these things are crazy light, i imagine they could be stripped out if over torqued. i put some good pressure on them tho- no less than i would any regular lug. so far, they kept thier color after install. they really add character to the wheels. orange valve caps do too lol.

more pics when i wash it.

Honda_boy83
08-13-2010, 03:47 AM
I like the new lugs!