painted stock rims graphite opinions needed Options

[spy00005]

so i painted stock rims graphite. don't have money for new rims yet wanna know what you guys think of the color. this was my 1st attempt to paint rims, so please go ez on me. seriously though what do YOU think. i did sand and file the whole 9 yards. my pops says its not a good color. i kinda like it. was hoping for more of a goldish/bronze tho.
they were like this. (remember their 15 yr old rims)


i used this


and they came out like this







This post has been edited by spy00005: Aug 20, 2009 - 4:13 PM

[95CelicaST]

I say it looks horrible. I don't know if it's because the coat isn't even, or if you didn't do enough layers. Probably a combination of both. I think you need to go darker, more coats, and clearcoat.