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Old 01-11-2005 | 01:13 PM
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What color to redo my wheels (also need some Photo Shop help!)

well I finally bent a rim and am about to get it fixed. I figure i'll just redo all 4 wheels as they all have minor scuffs and such so I'm going to repaint them too.


I'm toying w/ a few colors, flat black, glossy black, a richer bronze, or gold. I'm kind of leaning towards a richer bronze (more goldy then what I have now), what do you guys think?


Old 01-11-2005 | 01:43 PM
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I think flat black would look hot "in person"


pictures might not be able to do that color justice though?
Old 01-11-2005 | 01:46 PM
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yea, i think if I went black i'd do flat over glossy. All my friends are pushing black, except one who wants bronze, and I put his judgement over everyone elses that's inside my life outside of the internet.
Old 01-11-2005 | 02:18 PM
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glossy
Old 01-11-2005 | 02:28 PM
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flat black...if you get lazy with your rims you'll be the only one to know
Old 01-11-2005 | 02:30 PM
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all those choices would look nice... i think it would look more stealthy if you had it flat black though..
Old 01-11-2005 | 02:48 PM
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black, flat or glossy
Old 01-11-2005 | 03:00 PM
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Bronze

Give the car some contrast.
Old 01-11-2005 | 03:47 PM
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Bronze

Give the car some contrast.
kinda like this?
Old 01-11-2005 | 03:48 PM
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How about some bronze gram lights?
Old 01-11-2005 | 03:48 PM
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that looks sick
Old 01-11-2005 | 03:51 PM
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How about some bronze gram lights?


not gonna buy new wheels, broke, and I like the style of these, and they only weigh 17lbs
Old 01-11-2005 | 05:28 PM
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hey cl power what color is your car? is it just grey?
Old 01-11-2005 | 05:59 PM
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its a ford/mazda color i think, but i say flat black
Old 01-11-2005 | 06:05 PM
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hey cl power what color is your car? is it just grey?

fords dark shadow grey
Old 01-11-2005 | 06:20 PM
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Do it ZO6 style. Black and polish the lip. :hot: Esp considering your wheels look similar to the ZO6 wheels. These look hot:







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here u go CL power.. all the colors of the rainbow!







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Hey, on the photoshop pics - polish the lip on the black ones!
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Hey, on the photoshop pics - polish the lip on the black ones!
black with polish lip = teh win
Old 01-11-2005 | 06:41 PM
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okay! i tried to polish the lip on black.. lets see how it came out



its not all that polished.. haha
Old 01-11-2005 | 06:43 PM
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I kind of like orange


I may just redo my girls 3 piece SSR's black w/ a polished lip, they are just super soft wheels and don't know if I wanna deal w/ them


polished lip wouldn't work on my wheels cause there isn't a lip
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The Vette wheels don't have a real "lip" either, it's just that outer stepped part.

I was gonna say the orange matched your front ambers that you refuse to change.
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Originally Posted by CLpower
I kind of like orange


I may just redo my girls 3 piece SSR's black w/ a polished lip, they are just super soft wheels and don't know if I wanna deal w/ them


polished lip wouldn't work on my wheels cause there isn't a lip
you can have a shop polish the "lips" for you, ive seen it done, they just polish the outmost part
Old 01-11-2005 | 07:00 PM
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I'll look into it, I want to keep this as cheap as possible


I don't know if I really like polished lips though
Old 01-11-2005 | 07:07 PM
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black base / gloss black will look good your car is dark. so some darker rims will complement the color.
Old 01-11-2005 | 07:46 PM
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I would go with a bronze color.
Old 01-11-2005 | 08:53 PM
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orange > * although it'll be hard to manipulate that color maybe? if it's a lil off it'll look like ass..

blue would look nice if you had a white car =)

it'll take guts to have rims that aren't black, red, white, gunmetal or silver though =)
Old 01-11-2005 | 08:55 PM
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it'll take guts to have rims that aren't ..... red .....
Dood I saw a pic of a Skyline GT-R with the Work Meisters all red w/ polished lips - soooooo hot.
Old 01-11-2005 | 09:11 PM
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I dig the black with polished lip... or the pink
Old 01-11-2005 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
that looks sick
Old 01-11-2005 | 09:39 PM
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i sayyyyy anything but bronze.. you could pull the orange off and it would be insane
Old 01-11-2005 | 09:42 PM
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the orange is pretty sick.

like the other guy said, u'd have to get the correct color
Old 01-11-2005 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
I kind of like orange


I may just redo my girls 3 piece SSR's black w/ a polished lip, they are just super soft wheels and don't know if I wanna deal w/ them


polished lip wouldn't work on my wheels cause there isn't a lip
Are the ssr's professor sp1's? If so, I'd say go with those. I would fix both sets, so you could always change back. My friend's teg has black with polished lip sp1's and his car is hot.
Old 01-12-2005 | 03:07 AM
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FLAT BLACK.....looks more aggressive that way. I really dont like the way glossy black looks. Too bling bling in my opinion.
Old 01-12-2005 | 12:22 PM
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Are the ssr's professor sp1's? If so, I'd say go with those. I would fix both sets, so you could always change back. My friend's teg has black with polished lip sp1's and his car is hot.

say no to 4 doors
Old 01-12-2005 | 12:50 PM
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Yo' Scotty, go with either a gunmetal finish or glossy black. IMO

How much was your paint job?

BTW - For the 298,984,984 your car is HOT!
Old 01-13-2005 | 01:46 AM
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i think the orange is kind of fly too......a little standoutish. but i would def go with the bronze look.
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orange? you guys must be kidding me..
Old 01-13-2005 | 03:11 AM
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orange? you guys must be kidding me..
haha.. yeah i know..

i just did the rainbow colors for fun.. lol
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This actually looks pretty hot!!! It matches the bumper lights sort of.







The flat black with polished lip looks good too!


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