Painted my wheels body color..
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From: Where the heck am I !..Oh yeah,in Lousy-ana.
Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 4L60 automatic
This was just temporary,
I just wanted to do something different than what everyone else was doing.The wheels were too badly nicked and scratched up to polish or chrome them so just painted them.Sometime this year or next I'm going to get stock replacments anyway,possibly aftermarkets but doubtful.
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Car: 1991 Z28
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They are shiney,and will be shinnier when I put on a clearcoat,it's just not in those pics since they are kinda dark.I'll try and take better pics tomorrow when I have time and it's sunny outside.
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Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
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Originally posted by Wezzeles
looks pretty decent. is the paint waxable? maybe just give it a shine like the body.
looks pretty decent. is the paint waxable? maybe just give it a shine like the body.
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Car: 1983 Z28
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Nice dude. My car is white with black trim including the wheels. (all black paintwork was performed by my wife) Pics soon.
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Car: Camaro Z281991 Engine: 5.7L/350 TPI Transmission: TH700R4 ··································· Car: Acura CL 1998
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Those wheels, id just polish, and paint the insert red..
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looks good. definatly different.
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From: Where the heck am I !..Oh yeah,in Lousy-ana.
Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 4L60 automatic
Originally posted by Spectre
Those wheels, id just polish, and paint the insert red..
Those wheels, id just polish, and paint the insert red..
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photosopped in black lines
ehh I don't know
ehh I don't know
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Car: 1992 z28
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i think that there is way to much red. Color contrast really makes a car stand out. when you blend the color to a car and make it all the same the car sits there, nothing jumps out at you.
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From: Where the heck am I !..Oh yeah,in Lousy-ana.
Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 4L60 automatic
Like this?
Originally posted by SpeedDemon383
Paint the middle bars in the spokes black, not the outline of it.
Paint the middle bars in the spokes black, not the outline of it.
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Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 4L60 automatic
Originally posted by tpiroc
It's a shame if you ask me, it's a sharp looking car that's had its look (and wheels) ruined... sorry man.
It's a shame if you ask me, it's a sharp looking car that's had its look (and wheels) ruined... sorry man.
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From: Where the heck am I !..Oh yeah,in Lousy-ana.
Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 4L60 automatic
something that I might also do
black heritage stripes and the black stripes on the wheels like in the above pic.
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Not a big fan of red at all but, those don't really look too bad.
That sounds exactly like my car... I opted for black on my wheels though...
Originally posted by 91Zman
Well the wheels were in bad shape so nothing was ruined exactly..car needs painting too.
Well the wheels were in bad shape so nothing was ruined exactly..car needs painting too.
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Car: 1991 Z28
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Originally posted by CaysE
This looks kinda cool:
This looks kinda cool:
deadbird your wheels look mean contrasting with the blue....awesome. :hail:
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Car: 1991 Z28
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Originally posted by deadbird
Not a big fan of red at all but, those don't really look too bad.
That sounds exactly like my car... I opted for black on my wheels though...
Not a big fan of red at all but, those don't really look too bad.
That sounds exactly like my car... I opted for black on my wheels though...
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Car: 1987 IROC Z
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There is a guy in town with a Red IROC with those wheels painted completely black.. looks interesting at very least. I will be powder coating or (???) my wheel's black soon enough.
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Car: 92 Z28
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They look ok, I would definately prefer all black with black heritage stripes tho. And I wouldn't paint the center spoke a different color, I was playing around with it when taking the tape off mine and thought it looked neat for a second and then decided they'd look like clown wheels...
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Car: 1989 Formula 350 / 2000 Lightning
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91Zman....
Where in Louisiana are you located??? Are you in a third gen club?? I was offered to get in a club, but it was in Metarie....Too far for me.
Car looks great BTW and the smaller black lines look better!!! Check my site out bro and tell me what you think!!!
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Where in Louisiana are you located??? Are you in a third gen club?? I was offered to get in a club, but it was in Metarie....Too far for me.
Car looks great BTW and the smaller black lines look better!!! Check my site out bro and tell me what you think!!!
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From: Where the heck am I !..Oh yeah,in Lousy-ana.
Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 4L60 automatic
Whatsup fastformula.
Well right now I'm in Harvey,La but possibly I may be soon moving to Slidell,not sure yet. I'm not in any car club right now but I used to be in one,got bored with it and some of the people in it I didn't care for being associated with.
I took a look at your site and I tell you what you have a nice '89formula,good hood choice.My brother was looking at a black formula similar to your's but the guy was asking too much for it.It was going to be a replacment for his wrecked '84T/A .Nice to see someone else from Louisiana and thanks for the compliment and opinion.
I took a look at your site and I tell you what you have a nice '89formula,good hood choice.My brother was looking at a black formula similar to your's but the guy was asking too much for it.It was going to be a replacment for his wrecked '84T/A .Nice to see someone else from Louisiana and thanks for the compliment and opinion.
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Car: 1991 Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
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I does look better in person than in those pics but anyway like I've said before I'm going to get stock replacments Oh yeah I even have a set of '85-87 IROC wheels and Centerline convo pros in my garage.
....so then I can please everyones' tastes.:lala:
....so then I can please everyones' tastes.:lala:
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Car: 91 Camaro RS
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At first it doesn't look that good, but the more I look, the better it looks. I espically like the black accent lines.





I like the black filled pic the best... 

