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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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I've been wanting to get some sort of black rims for my TC ('07 FM) but I lack the money to do so right now, so in the mean time I'm thinking of painting them something like this (these are the enkei 18" alloys)



Any opinions? (and yeah.. that's photoshopped) I also have smoked out tail lights and gonna have 20% tints on 5 windows soon (So the colors sorta match)
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:25 AM
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i'd say go for it...i don't think it will look bad on FM
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:31 AM
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dont do it.
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:35 AM
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 07:18 AM
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noo dont!
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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Painted wheels = fail, IMO.
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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if you do it, take more time than that guy did. the lines aren't even straight
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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Haha... ya, those ones are just awful. It's like they didn't have any tape or something on the outer areas.
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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ahh i just read that it is ps'd. still i wouldn't do it. if it looks that bad as a photoshop i can't imagine how its gonna look if you actually do it
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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Please do not do this!
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 02:58 PM
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id like to see these wheels fully polised thatd be hot
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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if your gonna do that, dont paint it like that pic^
just paint the whole rim the same color
Old Jul 11, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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i say no paint....

save up and do it right...
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