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Old 10-14-11, 10:20 PM
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So I've been thinking about powder coating my wheels lately. My wheels right now are matte black Ce28's. I've come down to 2 choices and I cannot choose which one. Maybe you guys and gals can help me out?

Option 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33843563@N07/6245661140/http://www.flickr.com/photos/33843563@N07/6245661140/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/33843563@N07/, on Flickr

or Option 2?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33843563@N07/6245659972/http://www.flickr.com/photos/33843563@N07/6245659972/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/33843563@N07/, on Flickr

Sorry for the poor quality, just did a quick Photoshop of the 2.
Old 10-14-11, 10:24 PM
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2 if you want more attention/show
i would go with option 1
Old 10-14-11, 10:40 PM
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go with option 1.

A blue car with white rims look stunning. However, vice versa does not look nice IMO; a white car rarely will look good with blue rims. Its very difficult to pull off. The only few examples I have seen that look decent have more of a baby blue colored rim or a light color lip so that the rim doesn't appear to be "too blue" (lack of a better description haha)
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Old 10-14-11, 10:42 PM
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I like your matte black rims on your car already. No change.

But if you're going to powercoat anyway, I would go with the full powercoating, so #2.
Old 10-14-11, 10:42 PM
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option 1 for me
Old 10-14-11, 10:45 PM
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Option 2!!
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i think he wants purple not blue...

blah that was my plan going purple rims.. lol
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vote for option 2
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Thank you all for the feedback. I think I'll just go with option 2, hmmm for some reason it does look purple on my screen. It's supposed to be blue lol.
Old 10-14-11, 11:46 PM
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Just for you information, there is alot of talk about powdercoated wheels severely decreases the life of the wheel due to large amounts of heat used to bake the powder. Try googleing "powdercoat wheel crack". Just paint it.
Old 10-15-11, 12:09 AM
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http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/t...G_9074copy.jpg

its NOT a sfp car but its gfm give you a little idea of what it would look like
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Now that you say its blue, option 2 looks nice

I was thinking....I guess he likes purple a lot....haha
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I like option 2
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option 2 with a polished lip
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I like option 1.


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