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Old 11-27-2003, 08:38 PM
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Black or Polished???

what ya think? polished or paint em black?
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Old 11-27-2003, 08:48 PM
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you better leave them polished or ill have to hurt you-J/K!!!

i would definitly leave them polished though but its your ride!
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get someone to photoshop them black and then a silverish color, i love your car though nice stance...something about not having a hood makes it look mean and fast...haha
Old 11-27-2003, 08:52 PM
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should see it with the new motor in..all the chrome n jazz..looks better..plus im jus too lazy to put the hood back on
Old 11-27-2003, 08:53 PM
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anyone have photoshop that they could make em black for me??? pleasssseeeeeeeeeee
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ya i bet it looks great, you have any more recent pictures? i remember swapping my engine out and how much i was used to the hood being off i never wanted to put it back on it was so easy to work on off....
Old 11-27-2003, 09:02 PM
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once i put it away for the year im gonna wash and polish up the rims n toss the cover on...i'll take a few quickies before im out
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Black wheels are the gayest bandwagon trend of all time.
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here you go with black dubs.
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here you go with black dubs.
that should answer your question right there. Black looks like *** IMO black looks painted, polished looks like the true metal.....polished all the way
Old 11-28-2003, 12:08 AM
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My opinion might be a little biased since i'm in the polishing business but, polished all the way It looks 10 times better than the black rims.
Use zoopseal on them after they are polished up to perfection. You wont have to worry about the shine upkeep for 2-3 years once you've coated them.
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The rims you've got on there look BAD ACE, especially with that mean stance; I love the look of the whole package and look forward to seeing more of it!

EDIT; BTW What's up with the poll for vbCode or Smilies? Must be a typo...
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Polished- don't turn those good looking rims into rims that look like spares.
Old 11-28-2003, 12:13 PM
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hahaha...i guess that is an easy answer...thanks for the photoshop pic man! i have no clue what vb code an **** is..
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paint them black and then put does stainless steel disc simulators then you'll be total ri(ed out
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sorry but im gonna have to disagree with all of you.. id paint them black.. but those arent rims i would want to paint black.. im definatly hooked on the look of black rims.. and im sure when my cars exterior and rims are done here in a half a year or so itll change alot of peoples minds.. i vote for black definatly.. but i can choose alot more rims id want black over those.
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actually looking at them now.. i would just powdercoat the spokes black and polish the rest of the rim.. im sure that would look really hot.
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Polish 'em till you need sunglasses!
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I your gonna pull them and put them on one of those honda things. You know the ones with the big fake wings and the nos stickers... i say black.

If your going to keep them on a real car with some class and style such as a camaro i would polish them.
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no its not a photoshop.. maybe htis will give you a better idea.. and as for the ***** thing.. gimme a break already
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I edited the poll for you and changed the options to polished and black.
Old 11-29-2003, 12:27 PM
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ahhh now i understand what that meant...thanks MetalliCamaroRS
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do you drive around with no hood?? it looks clean and it would run cooler wouldnt it??
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I dono I think both would look good. I love them rims.

Black powdercoated with a polished lip would look nice.

A Glossy black like this..
Old 11-29-2003, 02:17 PM
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sometimes i drive around without a hood...depends on if i lost the bolts the night before when i took it off
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i like them, black
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I definately vote black, a polished rim would look nice too but either way. Definatly get a shiny powdercoat or it will look terrible. I saw your exact car; color and everything and it had black powdercoated 15in camaro rims (which I absolutely hate) with a black powdercoat, and it looked bad a$$. At that moment I decided to get either black or grey rims for my car instead of chrome like I was planning.
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anyone interested in buying? im thinking about selling it so i can get a crew cab deisel dually and trailor to pull my s10..
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what kinda rims are thoes?
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i have no idea...heh..i bought em off my buddy chase and he got em from a swap meet..
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I dunno. Either way it could look good......

Can you get us a bigger shot of a wheel?
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actually looking at them now.. i would just powdercoat the spokes black and polish the rest of the rim.. im sure that would look really hot.

he's got a point. That would look sweet
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gun metal would look cool too... maybe.
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