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First set of black wheels on my 1G1 IS350.......

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Old 01-07-13, 04:31 AM
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look good, just need to lower it some and you are perfect
Old 01-08-13, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by peyman
nice wheels. some black emblems / grille would set off the look
I have seriously considered the grill and surround (talked about it with another member quite a bit), but if I did that and the emblems, I have to think the window trim would then bother me. Even if I did all that, I still have the big Tanabe tips in the back. Not sure where it would end if I started down that road. Thanks for all the compliments and suggestions though guys! I gotta get a day off and get her cleaned up and get some really good pics (that aren't in the driveway).
Old 01-08-13, 08:34 PM
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Looks good! Clean and simple! Some more, subtle black accents, like others have said, will tie them in nicely!
Old 01-08-13, 08:38 PM
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I think the new wheels look great. The window visors look cool too.
Old 01-09-13, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Kira X
I think the new wheels look great. The window visors look cool too.
Thanks! I was a little bit on the undecided side at first, because the wheels made the car look so different, compared to what I was used to. Gotta say that the more I look at it (and I look at it a lot) the more I like the current look. I am definitely gonna experiment with the blacked out grill and go from there. I really do like that the more aggressive offset makes the car look "meaner".
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looks nice. more low and some black chrome emblems
Old 01-14-13, 03:21 PM
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I was off today and got out and took some better pics than what I had posted previously. Not professional by any means, but higher resolution and not in my driveway. Lol. Unfortunately it was quite cloudy in Raleigh today and even started to drizzle before was able to hit all of the spots I had in mind. I have gotten lots of looks since changing the wheels and am liking them more and more. When I was snapping pics on the parking deck, a guy came over and asked if I was taking pics to post it up for sale and wanted to know how much I was asking. Guess I'll take that as a compliment?







Old 01-14-13, 03:54 PM
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Those wheels are too clean
Old 01-14-13, 04:00 PM
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looking good bro, im really liking the contrast effect between the car color and wheel color
Old 01-14-13, 04:01 PM
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Looks good! I like the wheels
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so what did you decide for the next mod? lol
Old 01-14-13, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by peyman
so what did you decide for the next mod? lol
You're killing me! Lol. Probably roof spoiler. Needs to be cheap for sure. I'm still recovering from kid's birthdays and Christmas...... Oh, and I'm gonna be needing rear tires very soon. Uggh!
Old 01-14-13, 04:28 PM
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I was gonna ride by a fire station that is near the house and ask if I could get a pic of the car beside a firetruck. I was gonna dedicate that pic to Mariano and figured it would be really cool to have a silver car with red calipers parked next to a huge red firetruck. They always have both trucks pulled out and I thought it would be slick. As my luck would have it, they had responded to a call. I passed a firetruck on the way to the station and thought, "Dang, I bet that's one of their trucks!". Sure enough, no one there when I drove by. Oh well. Not sure if they would have let me anyway.
Old 01-14-13, 04:29 PM
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looks much better...how about a rear GFX? Too bad I can't hear the BASSSS!!
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
looks much better...how about a rear GFX? Too bad I can't hear the BASSSS!!
If you ever hit the east coast, you better let me know! You know I would be glad to let you hear it. As for the rear GFX, I have considered it but really not sure I like the look. I know that there are a lot of people here that love it, and I thought about adding rear and sides (sides aren't a noticeable enough difference IMO) but never pulled the trigger. I will keep that in mind though. I really want to do something with the rear but not sure what. I am definitely interested in a more noticeable rear spoiler.
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