what to do to make your mainstreamer look interesting, but not lame

[hotrodalex]

What color is the car?

[Secret Chimp]

I hope you don't mean these black wheels:

[veeman]

dark blue

[Raza]

I love black wheels, just don't get a polished lip.  They look so stupid on black wheels.  I've considered black wheels for my car, but I never got around to it.  Aftermarket wheels are such a waste of money, in my opinion. 

[Soup DeVille]

Says the man with 45 watches...

[SVT666]

I love black wheels, just don't get a polished lip.  They look so stupid on black wheels.  I've considered black wheels for my car, but I never got around to it.  Aftermarket wheels are such a waste of money, in my opinion.

Aftermarket wheels are only a waste of money to people who don't like aftermarket wheels.

[12,000 RPM]

Dark blue on black is too dark. Wheels on dark cars should contrast a bit. Go with regular silver or "hypersilver".

Personally I don't like black rims, most of the time. Especially with a chrome lip. They look like old cop car steelies, and mask the design of the wheels too much.

[hotrodalex]

Dark blue on black is too dark. Wheels on dark cars should contrast a bit. Go with regular silver or "hypersilver".

Agreed. Darkest I would go in gunmetal, but a nice silver is probably best.

[r0tor]

Plastidip your rims orange and add a shocker sticker to your rear window.

I just got 2 fe3s shocker stickers for the rx8 

[Lebowski]

Wash it.



Keeping it clean and in good shape is all that is needed IMO. Aftermarket mods like wheels look like shit about 95% of the time, and that goes up to 99% for most mainstreamers.

I consider my 4runner my mainstreamer, and frankly I like that it doesn't stand out.

[MrH]

I've got a mild tint, after market wheels during the summer, and will lightly be doing a slight drop when I get to the suspension, and a conservative exhaust. All pretty mild stuff, but really changes how it looks.

[veeman]

never thought about gunmetal.  that would look cool. 

agree with not wanting the car to stand out too much especially because i occasionally park on the street in the bronx.  very expensive wheels on a mainstreamer sonata would look stupid anyways.  the problem with silver is my current oem alloys are silver and the whole point was to just change the look a bit. 

[Char]

Nothing extreme, wheels and lowering springs.