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Old 12-04-09, 02:33 PM
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not to long ago i started a thread about getting my rims painted.
WELL i got them done! i know its not much but i thought it would be nice to share the results with you guys. here it is. tell me what you think befor and after,

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and this is just some random picture i took when i was with this guy and he has the color hids that i wanted!



it looks more purple then this tho in person. my camera phone sucks and this is the color it was supposed to look like when i ordered it! does anyone know how many k i should get?? cause i got 30000k and it turned out like whitish blue and he had 10000k and on most sites the color is like a deep blue, yet his is purple with a slight pink
Old 12-04-09, 03:59 PM
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duplicolor graphite?
What size are the wheels? Lower that thing! lol..
looking good
Old 12-04-09, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by G2low
duplicolor graphite?
What size are the wheels? Lower that thing! lol..
looking good
my wheels are 20's, and i know next mod is deffinatly gunna be to slam the car!
Old 12-04-09, 05:07 PM
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Too much black for my taste, I would look better lowered
Old 12-04-09, 09:32 PM
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I remember your thread. So they were able to polish the little bolts huh?
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good look. i like the bolts polished. i thought about putting lyk 2 or 3 lil studs in my rims btween every spoke to giv it a 2 piece look but i thnk imma leave it as a thought. and as for the lights it depends on where u get em from. each company that sells HID's their colors are sometimes very different. also u have to consider that a lot of lights color shift after about 2-3months of constant use. so they may get a deeper blue or purple. but it rly depends on where u get em from.
BTW here's a lil update on my lights...i finally got HID fogs but after i tinted my lights so the headlights are still 10000K and the fogs are 8000K but with the tint they look green. it lokks so vicious at nite
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Looking Good..
Old 12-05-09, 12:35 AM
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howd u go about painted those lil buggers?
Old 12-05-09, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 5t341th
howd u go about painted those lil buggers?
i let my friend paint em. he told me to leave it at his house and 4 days later i got it back lookin like that
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Originally Posted by EN_VY
Too much black for my taste, I would look better lowered
dont blame ya. thats why i decieded to start adding chrome accents to the car. i bought the car like this. only thing iv done to the car is sterio, hids, paint and and now the wheels. but trust me, a few things im going to do soon are exhaust, slam it, 2001+ tailights and i wanna paint the calipers
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That's a nice paint job. Looks professional!
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very very stealthy....maybe should have left the wheel lips high polished or chrome...and just paint the face.
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Wish the pics were bigger
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Interesting to see that people are still doing black wheels.
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^ free mod. couldnt expect any thing more nowadays,

Def lower the car and Not sure If I like it but kinda looks satin base. Powder coat those wheels and you can go any color. with a shine


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