OK, so I've been itching to change my wheels up lately.
With all of my money being spent on parts for a bigger turbo on this car, I don't really have the option right now to get new wheels, so I have decided that I'd like to change my current wheels up and refinish them. They have a pretty cool finish on them right now. The faces are silver, and then at certain angles they turn black...BUT on the front wheels it was done really shittily so they look almost completely black at all times and the paint is coming off in the lug nut holes. Below are a few pics to show this.

and here is the shitty job that was done on the fronts (blotchy and hardly any silver)

Soooo what do you guys suggest? I either want to strip them with aircraft remover and have a stock-looking metal finish on them similar to this:
(these are the same wheels before they were painted like this actually...by a previous owner)

or some kind of media blasting to achieve the same result.
orrrrrrrrr strip them and have them painted a different color (like pearl white maybe)
what do you guys think?
Here is how they look on the car. The idea was cool, but the result was mediocre :/

Maybe I'll do some pchops later
oh and just FYI, I do intend to get some new wheels later on and I want something with more aggressive offset, big lip, etc..I'm thinking RS's would compliment this car really well. OR some Keskins. Suggestions?
With all of my money being spent on parts for a bigger turbo on this car, I don't really have the option right now to get new wheels, so I have decided that I'd like to change my current wheels up and refinish them. They have a pretty cool finish on them right now. The faces are silver, and then at certain angles they turn black...BUT on the front wheels it was done really shittily so they look almost completely black at all times and the paint is coming off in the lug nut holes. Below are a few pics to show this.

and here is the shitty job that was done on the fronts (blotchy and hardly any silver)

Soooo what do you guys suggest? I either want to strip them with aircraft remover and have a stock-looking metal finish on them similar to this:
(these are the same wheels before they were painted like this actually...by a previous owner)

or some kind of media blasting to achieve the same result.
orrrrrrrrr strip them and have them painted a different color (like pearl white maybe)
what do you guys think?
Here is how they look on the car. The idea was cool, but the result was mediocre :/

Maybe I'll do some pchops later
oh and just FYI, I do intend to get some new wheels later on and I want something with more aggressive offset, big lip, etc..I'm thinking RS's would compliment this car really well. OR some Keskins. Suggestions?
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