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Old 01-07-07, 09:34 PM
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Thinking of changing to 19's because of the excessive weight of the chrome 20's I have on right now. They will be going on a '03 black SC430. Don't ask me why I stayed only with the Volk thing. #1 is bronze, #3 is silver. The choices are:
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The original wheels being:
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Old 01-07-07, 09:51 PM
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Out of those three I'd have to with the third one. Love that mercury silver finish on the Volks
Old 01-07-07, 11:01 PM
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If I have to choose, I will say #3 as well. But I still love your existing set up.
Old 01-07-07, 11:48 PM
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Since you actually would like the opinion of those who have and appreciate the SC430.... I normally don't respond to any thread of this nature.

I prefer your current wheels, but non-chrome ones.

Given the three sets of rims, I'll go with #2.
Similar rims seem to be quite popular in Japan.
They look a little odd to me at first, but the more I see them, the more I like them, but it is only my personal preference.

1st pic is my photoshop version.










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Old 01-08-07, 02:40 AM
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3 for me as well
Old 01-08-07, 07:48 AM
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I would stay with your original setup.
Old 01-08-07, 08:30 AM
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I am liking #3. Your wheels on the car right now are nice as well.
Old 01-08-07, 04:20 PM
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I'm going with 3 also. 1 and 3 look close but 3 looks alittle more racy....
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Originally Posted by talwang


OT (sorry Dan),

but the front end doesn't look bad at all with the bottom of the grille painted the same color as the car.... hum...... Should I?
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When my car goes to the paint booth in mid Feb, I was going to have the bottom of the grill painted black but I was going to leave the chrome trim. Kinda like this guy...
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Here you go Dan. Yeah my PS skills need improving but this is a 5 min job (and it shows). I'll see if I can do better later tonight...
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Old 01-08-07, 05:34 PM
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I'd go with #3 or #2 but definitely not #1
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Originally Posted by GSXOTIC
OT (sorry Dan),

but the front end doesn't look bad at all with the bottom of the grille painted the same color as the car.... hum...... Should I?
It will be a nice touch as long as you don't paint the grill to white. ha
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I love bronze color wheels so I picked number 1.

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