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View Poll Results: should i change face of wheels to black
black face clack inner barrells
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10.42%
black face high polished inner barrells
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31.25%
leave the brushed alumin
16
33.33%
leave brushed alum and do inner barrels black
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25.00%
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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for the longest while i have been toying back and forth about getting the face of my wheels painted a gloss black and having the barrels also done in a gloss black


i love these &swiss wheels but think its time to change the look of the car abit

i personally think black on black with a chrome lip is hot as hell

should i leave the brushed look


should i do black painted face with powercoating the barrels black

should i do black face and high polish and clearcoat inner barrels

heres a couple of pics ( the blck is just electrical tap on the face)




i am getting ready to have rear quarters pulled about 1/4 in or so and get a 4 to 4.5 in lip on rear wheels so now is the time while disassembled to get her done











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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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Damn Ed I think i am going to say go with the Black face it looks real agressive its nice
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:37 AM
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Ed, go for the black face with chrome lip, it will look nice on your car. I might be doing something similar with my setup except in 18's.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:46 AM
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In my opinion your car looks perfect as is. To give you an Idea,With the blk face and chrome lip it's going to look like Jerome's car.
Try blk lip and alum face with a Red Pin stripe on the outer lip to accent the center cap and Rotora BBK
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:03 AM
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how about the idea you told me.of painting the windows black (maybe matte black)leave the face polished.and polish the barrel & clearcoat.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by drewgo
In my opinion your car looks perfect as is. To give you an Idea,With the blk face and chrome lip it's going to look like Jerome's car.
Try blk lip and alum face with a Red Pin stripe on the outer lip to accent the center cap and Rotora BBK
Damn this sounds like a good idea you should get it Photoshop to see
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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Yea i like the black face chrome lip.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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this is something i might go with,tired of the look i have now.this is more agressive
matte black face and window,gloss black lip/red line.

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black face/chrome lip is very much played out and as dre said, would look similar to Rome's car. I prefer the wheels the way they are.

Where is the marble garage floor????
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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I choose no black face/chrome lip
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 11:24 AM
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naw..if you wanna go different neon green face with black chrome lip and a neon green pin stripe...
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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I love the brushed look, sick car!
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by drewgo
In my opinion your car looks perfect as is. To give you an Idea,With the blk face and chrome lip it's going to look like Jerome's car.
Def agree keep it as is!!! looks classier
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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I prefer as-is, although black inner barrels would be hot.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:24 PM
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How about full polished?

I don't reccomend the time attack style (black with red lip). Looks too aggressive compared to the classy look of your kit.

Other than that I would say as is.
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