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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:07 AM
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I'm sorry but what is with all the black rims around today? Seriously, it's like everyone and their grandma has black rims.
I have them on my car, so don't get me wrong, they look good. But every car I see them on have like 6,7,8,9,or 10 spokes and in my honest opinion, more then 5 spokes looks cheap.
I know I will probably get flammed for saying that, but black rims with more then 5 spokes look like they are cheap.
Old Nov 29, 2006 | 12:52 PM
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I disagree, but we all have our own tastes.
Old Dec 8, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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ditto! i too have black rims, and all the cars here with black rims have more than 5 spokes. me and this girl w/ the new acura tl's got 5 spokes but her 5 spokes kinda curves, their ugly to me lol =X

but like mjvstc said, we all have our own tastes.
Old Dec 8, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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Im getting black rims in about 2 weeks (Zenetti Mystic's most likely) and im gettin em to match with my pretty dark 20% tint i got a while back, i think itll look nice.

I preferr only 5 spokes rather than like 9!!
Old Dec 10, 2006 | 05:57 PM
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black rims look like steelies.
Old Dec 10, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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I feel the black rims are kinda played out now. But that's me.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 06:09 AM
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I like to contrast the color of my car with the rims. If I had a black car I would go with chrome or silver rims, but I have a silver car, so I went with black rims. And I don't think they look like steelies when they have a chrome lip and are gloss black....and if anything 5 spoke rims are what's played out (I have 5 spokes lol)....
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 01:20 PM
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My summer rims are five spoke too...
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 04:10 PM
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Yeah, I'm totally done with black rims. I'm in Socal and in the valley, every damn car has black rims now. All i see is soccer mom's driving escalades and x5's with black rims. Everytime i see a benz with black rims drivin around all hard i expect it to be some thug rapper and it's jut some old white man in his 40's lol. I still think they look nice, but for the sake of standing out i chose gunmetal to try to avoid them.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Yeah this is exactly why I'm not getting black - way overdone.

Bronze or gold FTW!
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by zer0myst
Yeah this is exactly why I'm not getting black - way overdone.

Bronze or gold FTW!
So I'm a winner!
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