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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:39 AM
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just painted my rims let me know what you guys think. and my calipers.

old rims:

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new color

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will have better pics if you guys want.

oh if you guys see in my last pic the wetness in the fog has anybody had that problem? thanks
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:53 AM
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i liked how they looked before, ya the ebay lights fog up fast it should go away though
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 03:32 AM
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the rims looked better before....as for the calipers i dont see the point of drawing attention to stock calipers...maybe black but red...meh
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 03:57 AM
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they look the same to me?
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 04:13 AM
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^^have to agree, what are they like 1 shade darker? with the flash they look pretty much the same
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 04:29 AM
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Not big enough of a change! Shoulda done bronze or gold. Look good anyways.
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 04:34 AM
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The rims look the same to me.
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 06:25 AM
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Normally I agree, why bother painting calipers ... the rims look really great with the red calipers.

What happened to your hub covers/center caps?
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 06:41 AM
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Personally, for the work/money put into painting wheels I would have made it a more noticeable change than that. Looks like a good paint job though.
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 01:23 PM
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i second that capital laziness.........but I went through a similar thing, thought I was doing so much more, but they turned out the same as before. It happens, thats what I'm here atesting too,
but yeah the look the same, except for the red calipers.
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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is that and ebay exhaust...........i was gonna get those ebay fog lights also but in yellow but i can see they fog up really bad but overall nice calipers
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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well the paint job only cost me 10$ and we were bored so just decided to paint them. i wanted to go a darker gray but couldnt find any good looking ones.

i wouldnt have done gold because like 6 people around where i live have them gold already lol. i will eventually paint them again haha.
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:23 PM
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is that and ebay exhaust...........i was gonna get those ebay fog lights also but in yellow but i can see they fog up really bad but overall nice calipers
i think it is an ebay exhaust. looking for another one though since i have a leak and its a little bit to loud. especially withouth silencer. idk if they are ebay fogs i bought them off some guy for $40 brand new so yeah. my friend bought the yellow ones from ebay and he had no problems with them.
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:37 PM
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^^oh by the way those aren't vrd fogs, since you have that in your sig not that really matters you can call them what you want.

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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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looks slightly darker
Old Feb 10, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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I agree, gold, bronze,black, time attack style, heck even white. That color is just eh
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