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i saw a thread like this so thought id ask opinions too




i painted my evo 'graphite grey' last year, ive currently got the motor out to respray the engine bay to match but...

i cant actually decide if i like the colour i painted it, i thinking of either repsraying the entire car blue the same as my trueno, or a simple lighter silver, or just leaving it 'graphite grey' and getting new wheels to suit?

this is the colour of my trueno:


opinions?

I'd leave it as is, it's a sweet colour. Why would you want matching cars? I don't think the wheels need to be changed either, looks mint. Wouldn't mind my BZG that colour!

its the standard evo 9 grey colour, same as alot of late model mazdas too if youre interested.

i dano, as soon as i painted it i went 'hmmmm i dont know if i like that' lol

I think it looks mint in the color it is...

find wheels to suit i would say. a shadow chromey type colour or a dark bronze (possibly) would really set it off. white is too much of a contrast. black wheels would make it look to 'GGEEE'd out' IMO though.

so wheels to suit that colour...

gold is a bit meh


silver looks ok


but this really takes the cake!



its a cool colour i just don't know if those white wheels are really bringing out the best in it.

Yeah good call on the bronze... looks wicked

Another one here agreed on swapping the wheels. IMO both the bronzes and the gold's look good...

Keep the colour but change the wheels

touge_ae101 wrote:find wheels to suit i would say. a shadow chromey type colour or a dark bronze (possibly) would really set it off. white is too much of a contrast. black wheels would make it look to 'GGEEE'd out' IMO though.

you summed up my thoguhts exactly, was thinking of getting enkei rpf1's or pf01's, but would mean i have to run 5 stud adapters because they dont make them in 4 stud....

i like those bronze 6 spokes are they TE37's?

quite a cool idea would be to run late model (evo 7/8ish) hubs and the brembo brakes they come with if you are wanting something different and cool? plus then you can run whatever wheels you want.

Do not paint.

Buy CCWs.

Win at everything forever.

Leave it as is. The colour it is looks staunch.
If you painted it that kind of blue, it'd look very "Look at meeee!!!!"

touge_ae101 wrote:quite a cool idea would be to run late model (evo 7/8ish) hubs and the brembo brakes they come with if you are wanting something different and cool? plus then you can run whatever wheels you want.

ive been thinking about upgrading the hubs on each corner to evo 6 items, using the brembo brakes and all

i cant remember but i know either the front or rears are pretty much direct bolt on swap, but they other end requres a bit of work. might look into it though

cheers for the opinions

I quite like it as is. White on grey looks choice.

h8wrxs wrote:

touge_ae101 wrote:quite a cool idea would be to run late model (evo 7/8ish) hubs and the brembo brakes they come with if you are wanting something different and cool? plus then you can run whatever wheels you want.

ive been thinking about upgrading the hubs on each corner to evo 6 items, using the brembo brakes and all

i cant remember but i know either the front or rears are pretty much direct bolt on swap, but they other end requres a bit of work. might look into it though

cheers for the opinions

i have a sneaky suspicion it is the rear that doesn't swap over. but since you will probably find it off a wrecked car, why not replace the whole subframe? then you get alloy suspension arms and could even chuck a trick diff in as well. i know the subframe bolts up as ive seen it before on a early shaped mirage (same shape as your evo)

Leave as is, get navy blue TE37's

Is it just me or do TE37's and Drifteks make anything look good?

+1 for bronze wheels

ch4ng wrote:Is it just me or do TE37's and Drifteks make anything look good?

+1 for bronze wheels

TE37s make things look good. Drifteks make things look cheap.

diss1dent wrote: Drifteks make things look cheap.

agreed