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Old 11-30-10, 09:13 PM
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currently set up gold with polish lip
20x8.5 offset 42
20x10 offset 44

new set up would be

20x10 offset 23
20x12 offset 15

should i keep gold color or go with silver or gunmetal? i havenot seen any gunmetal on work vs-xx. what you guys think?
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What color is your car? Even better, you happen to have any current pictures you can post, that way we get an idea of what color combo to suggest.
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car is pearl white
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gunmetal with blue or dark red rivets?
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I'm plain-Jane, I think a gloss/matte black or gun-metal center with a polished lip and hardware would provide enough contrast with the white.
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How about gunmetal inner windows and polished or brushed face on clear?
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Originally Posted by lsvtec
currently set up gold with polish lip
20x8.5 offset 42
20x10 offset 44

new set up would be

20x10 offset 23
20x12 offset 15

should i keep gold color or go with silver or gunmetal? i havenot seen any gunmetal on work vs-xx. what you guys think?
Here's a shot of mine but these are 18" it gives you some idea




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here's a pic when I had it painted silver and another gunmetal
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thanks for all inputs guys, those gunmetal look way much better than silver. what color should go with rivets?
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Originally Posted by HI98GS
here's a pic when I had it painted silver and another gunmetal
did you paint them gunmetal or powercoat? if painted, what kinda paint did you use and color code? thanks
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You'll be better off getting them powder coated. It's a more durable finish and they will prep it correctly, less of a chance the finish will start peeling compared to spray painting them.
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go with gunmetal with black fastening hardware
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There's pro's and con's to powder coating vs paint. With powder coating, you weaken the metal because it gets heated to such a high temperature, but you get a much more durable finish. But the down side is that you can't touch it up, it's very difficult to do it.

Whereas with paint, you don't get as a durable product, but you can touch it up and put a clear coat over it. Also with paint, you get a much more of a selection with color, you can basically paint it any color in the rainbow. You're pretty limited to colors with powder coating.

GL and let us know what you decide on and how it turns out. Also anyone know where to get all the hardward (nuts/bolts)? for the wheels? I have a set of blitz technospeed that i wanna redo.
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heres my car before everything was painted.






after.





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