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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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Alright, so I've gotten tired of the blacked out theme real quick. Its time to change it up, im gonna be doing the rims. Im leaning really towards white right now. Ive seen black on white and I like it a lot. this is what my car looks like right now, tell me what you think about the white idea!





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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 04:02 PM
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I say almost anything other than black will look much better. Since you've already gone this far with blackening out everything, just do the white.

I like the projector headlights by the way. Custom retrofit?
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mex lex
I say almost anything other than black will look much better. Since you've already gone this far with blackening out everything, just do the white.

I like the projector headlights by the way. Custom retrofit?
Nah just some ebay projector+halo headlights
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 11:28 AM
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Lower it before you do anything. Makes world of difference. Suddenly your wheels will look 20x different

NO on white. Go GUNMETAL. Lower it. Change red calipers to black. Your set. Too many different themes going on right now.

just sayin'
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 04:37 PM
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^He said it best.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 05:04 PM
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I concurr with the above two. That would be a nice look.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 05:09 PM
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Agreed with Gunmetal
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Agreed with Gunmetal


Gunmetal and lowering it would make your IS so much nicer. Trust me.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 07:17 PM
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It sounds like you're going for more contrast. If you don't like black, you probably won't like gunmetal either. OEM graphite and black go great together.

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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 09:14 PM
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i know have you feel about the whole black on black thing.... i have had mine for a couple of years like this... im thinking about changing my wheels soon but dont know what yet.... and what the other said a drop would look nice on it.... here is a picture of mine....




basically what L3XOTIC said, i have done to my car haha
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 07:07 AM
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I'm posting to agree with everyone else and to suggest smoking your sidemarkers and painting your foglights black to match your headlights. They just stick out like crazy right now.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 03:02 PM
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never been a fan of the all black cars. an improvement would be go back to the stock silver or polished wheels look. that would better. lower the car of course. and please NO white wheels.
those headlights are hurting the car. i wold also look into a grill
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 06:01 AM
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White wheels will actually look great..try photoshopping them on and u will see..it gives it that classic look..very nice
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 10:46 AM
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white will look like **** IMO. the idea is to find a color or rim choice that compliments the car not makes it stand out like a sore thumb. unless thats what your going for. i would say get some dark wheels with a chrome lip to add a little bit of contrast from all the black.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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To each their own..I remember being 13 and picking up an import magazine..and saw that it was popular to see white wheels on rwd cars with aero..always reminds me of the old days when I see it now
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