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Old May 24, 2006 | 03:04 PM
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I cant decide what color would look nice on my RS 2.0. I was thinking maby silver or gunmetal might look nice with the blue. But i also thought that white would look hot too.
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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I would go with gunmetal or bronze but white i don't know since the blue blitz color is really light but maybe i'm wrong and could look great.

Could you post a side pic of your car so we can maybe change the wheel colors and that would help.
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:19 PM
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ive seen white on blue, its look pretty nice, but id go black or bronze.

gunmetal is wack, ive had it before.
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oh and the blue was on the rsx stype s blue if uve seen em before, very close to the BBM. It def. stands out in the crowd of black on polished lip (which i have and love )
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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I would go with the white. I had a subaru impreza in the typical subaru rally blue which is similar to the BBM. The white rims I had on there looked really awesome. The BBM is even a little lighter which I think will make it match even more. Go with some 18" white Rota Sub-Zeros. Thats a winning combo!
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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i was looking at these. not sure if there any good.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-ADR-SZ1-BK-WHEEL-RIM-SUBARU-IMPREZA-WRX-LEGACY-S2000_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43957QQitemZ8068063792[/img]
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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color matched with a polished lip would be HOOOTT
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Mach06
i was looking at these. not sure if there any good.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-ADR-SZ1-BK-WHEEL-RIM-SUBARU-IMPREZA-WRX-LEGACY-S2000_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43957QQitemZ8068063792[/img]
haha i have those exact ones. pretty nice rims but heavy as hell. and this guy is selling em for round 100 bux more than wat i paid for em.

I got mine for 320 on ebay shipped jus look round ebay. Ive seen some in gunmetal too, not bad.
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:34 PM
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do you have a pic. 320 is really cheap too. Are they too heavy or what? what you think of them.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ADR-S...68959636QQrdZ1


not a bad deal from that ebayer.

Yea i got a bargain haha. they weight about 21 pounds i think. i mean its really close to stock so not a big deal u know.


sorry for the bad quality of the pics. also, i got thick tires jus cuz i like comfort on the road, but if i were rockin low pros, they would look alot better.


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Old May 24, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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Do something else besides black w/polished. Try something different-esque, like a gun metal with an anodized blue lip. You know... Get creative. Or just go with a solid gun metal or a simple polished look.. It's very clean. White would look too 90's fast and furious. I think the black w/polished lip looks kind of NASCAR-ish and is getting very played.
Old May 24, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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You can go here to see how your tC (albeit, not BBM but close enough) would look with different rims.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...nteractive.jsp

I think Anthracite w/Polsihed or Machined Lip, Gunmetal or Carbon Machined would look awesome on BBM tC. As stated earlier, Black w/Polished Lip is a little played out. Looks nice but still played out. Good luck.
Old May 24, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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to be honest i think gold would look really good on the rs2. i've seen some with them they look hot.
Old May 24, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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anythings better then the stock color wheels that come on them...
Old May 24, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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i have some white 16's 5x100, from team dynamics. funny they look exactly like the stock tc wheels
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:15 AM
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I would say black, have you thought of hyper black? Even gunmetal I think would look good.
Old May 25, 2006 | 02:23 AM
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The first car I ever saw with white rims was a bondo'd Civic. Need I say more? lol
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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Thanks guys for the help. I actually won rims on ebay last night. I got them really cheap. 332 with lugs and dilevery. lol. i feel dirty. ill post a pic as soon as i get them on. There gun black with a chrome lip. here is the link to the bid i won. if i dont like them ill get new ones next year.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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www.edgeracing.com thats where i got mine. great deals here!



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