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Old 04-21-2005, 01:41 AM
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I was thinking about adding a lil flare to my rims.
which looks better. blue or gunmetal

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Old 04-21-2005, 01:44 AM
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Holy cow, gunmetal. IMO that blue looks out of place.
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that blue looks awesome
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i was gonna say blue looks good.. reminds me of what the super advans cept with more spokes
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Painting your rims is cheap and, IMHO, ricey as hell. If you MUST color your rims, do it right and powdercoat them.

In response to your actual question, the gunmetal looks 1000 times better. The blue screams "my last car was a Civic."
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Originally Posted by Fahrenheit
Painting your rims is cheap and, IMHO, ricey as hell. If you MUST color your rims, do it right and powdercoat them.

In response to your actual question, the gunmetal looks 1000 times better. The blue screams "my last car was a Civic."
Word.
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painting rims is budget friendly, you would be surprised on how many people actually paint their rims and you are non the wiser.. i dont think its ricey unless you paint your rims like yellow or orange and looks bad.... do a clean job, and if no one can tell.. even better, no one knew my black rims were actually painted by me, did they look ricey??? nope, they looked good, why? cuz i did a good job, and obviously not everyone that saw my car in my post thought my car was ricey... they just called it the batmobile, darth vaders car and knight rider lol

if you were to paint blue.. get a really DARK DARK blue.. like the Volk te37 Mags.. those are soooo blue but soo nice and sooooo expensive..
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Blue, blue, blue!! It will look good if it is an exact color match.
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thats right HawkINX4. painting rims is really budget friendly, I am saving up to get the axis spider rims next year. in the meantime, i would want something to make ma ride stand out
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but my last car was a civic
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gun metal hands down
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neither....i would go w/ gold or bronze.
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good photoshopping lol. i personally like the blue.
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Originally Posted by fuego4200
that blue looks awesome
no, no it doesn't.
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ya thats what im doing but im going with hyperblack and silver lip, go with the gunmetal
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