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Old 10-28-13, 04:48 PM
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Flat black can look good on flat face wheels and or on multi piece wheels when the pieces are a combo of matte and clear finish. I would not paint those. Clean me up and throw on some spacers most are saying. Staggered as well
Old 10-28-13, 05:00 PM
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black is fine if themed right. like if you were going panda or tie in other black accents or ofcourse the car was black.

his car is a good example for not going black wheels though because theres not much exterior black to tie it in, it would just look cheap and ricey.
Old 10-29-13, 04:29 AM
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Thanks for all the input..appreciate it..i will def be looking into spacers this weekend...and yes the front is way lower than rear had slicks on the back forgot to lower it before the pic....ALSO I agree my rims need a good cleaning but the reason I mention black wheels is, my front lip, wing, dual exhaust and lexus rear emblem are black..so I figured with all those black accents it would look decent...for now I'll focus on spacers and cleaning up these rims...thanks again
Old 10-29-13, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by CatManD3W
Wheels look good the way they are...As other members have mentioned get some spacers...

Is it just me or does the front look really low and the back is really high?
i was thinking the same thing. the front looks low and the back looks really high

what is the offset on those wheels? if you were going to paint them black, then i would say get them powdercoated HIGH gloss black on the faces only
Old 10-29-13, 02:38 PM
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Do whatever you want, its your car.

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Old 10-29-13, 08:26 PM
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No. IMO the car needs more black accents to set off the wheels...spray en with plasti dip. If you don't like it, peel it off
Old 10-29-13, 09:13 PM
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Personally I can't stand plastidip on wheels, it just looks so tacky
Old 10-30-13, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by racin
Thanks for all the input..appreciate it..i will def be looking into spacers this weekend...and yes the front is way lower than rear had slicks on the back forgot to lower it before the pic....ALSO I agree my rims need a good cleaning but the reason I mention black wheels is, my front lip, wing, dual exhaust and lexus rear emblem are black..so I figured with all those black accents it would look decent...for now I'll focus on spacers and cleaning up these rims...thanks again

actually I didn't even notice the badge,lip..ect. painting the wheels black might bring thoes features out. get a can of plati-dip and try it out, if you don't like it you can just peel it off like 2jznosht said.

my enkeis are/were straight chrome. they look 9999x better after "dipping" them. I have the means to powdercoat them but they still look good so it hasn't bothered me eccept the flat vs gloss. probably goanna do it next tire change. ( the first pic a bug landed on it while drying, so i had to peel it all off and do it again but shows the chrome-ness)




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Old 10-30-13, 02:02 AM
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