[Alpine-F80]

I can only afford to pick one of these 2 mods for now, one needs to at least wait until spring.

Here's my car now:



On one hand I think a set of staggered 19's (~19x9F 19x10R Rotiform RSE maybe?) would really transform it, but it's winter here in the DMV, I should probably wait until spring for wheels, right?


On the other hand...

The M Sport side skirts + paint would be less than wheels for sure, but while I go in to get the skirts sprayed I'll also be getting the body shop to paint blend a couple mismatched panels on my car (see pass. door, fender and new bumper are all more yellowy below. Overcast days like picture show the mismatch more.).


So what should I do? Get some staggered 19's to go with my subtle drop, or add the M Sport side skirts and tidy up some of the existing paint work?

[2015F31]

I would go with paint correction. Having it off like that would bother my OCD

[TylerMcCraw]

Definitely get it painted before wheels

[Kailec]

Originally Posted by Alpine_F30

I can only afford to pick one of these 2 mods for now, one needs to at least wait until spring.

Here's my car now:



On one hand I think a set of staggered 19's (~19x9F 19x10R Rotiform RSE maybe?) would really transform it, but it's winter here in the DMV, I should probably wait until spring for wheels, right?


On the other hand...

The M Sport side skirts + paint would be less than wheels for sure, but while I go in to get the skirts sprayed I'll also be getting the body shop to paint blend a couple mismatched panels on my car (see pass. door, fender and new bumper are all more yellowy below. Overcast days like picture show the mismatch more.).


So what should I do? Get some staggered 19's to go with my subtle drop, or add the M Sport side skirts and tidy up some of the existing paint work?

Sideskirts seem pointless without front and rear bumpers. I would get paint sorted and wheels before sides.

[jcarv20s]

I agree with most people and say skirts and paint....my OCD would be Sport+ mode.

[jmg]

It looks like your bumper is Alpine White and your car is Mineral White. I'd have the original body shop fix that for free. They fked up.

THEN I would get wheels so long as you get the proper rubber. What kind of tires are you getting?

[upsidedownfunnel]

Yeah the wheels are fairly unique and look OK, IMO. In addition to M Sport rockers, I'd also do a chrome delete on your window trim while you're at it.

[Alpine-F80]

Originally Posted by jmg

It looks like your bumper is Alpine White and your car is Mineral White. I'd have the original body shop fix that for free. They fked up.

THEN I would get wheels so long as you get the proper rubber. What kind of tires are you getting?

Heh, I never thought about Mineral White angle, but I'm 99% sure that's not what's going on. The passenger door + fender appear to have been painted by previous owner or dealer I bought car from. My guess is the shop used one of the different shades of Alpine White.

I'm sure you know, but there's a few variations of Alpine White and it looks like they went with the yellower shade on the passenger door/fender (see photo above), which wasn't as noticeable until I swapped in a fresh Alpine White 300 front bumper. I honestly blame myself because I should have noticed it before buying the car, it just didn't stick out as much at the time. Even without the new bumper (which is all I had painted btw) you can see a clear difference between the white in the front and rear passenger side doors (above).

Here's a pic of driver's side for reference, notice the paint matches up nicely.

Yeah the wheels are fairly unique and look OK, IMO. In addition to M Sport rockers, I'd also do a chrome delete on your window trim while you're at it.

I'm not set on the Rotiforms TBH, now I'm leaning towards some 437M in Gunmetal but I'd also like to do something a little more unique. I think I'm going to wait until spring for wheels though and get the M Sport skirts + the door/fender resprayed or at least blended. Oh, and one step ahead of ya :-) I already wrapped the chrome in Avery Gloss Black a few weeks ago. That + 35% tint all around definitely gives it a sportier look.