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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 10:26 PM
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Just wanted some peoples opinions...im going to polish my wheels and i was wondering what "ya'll" thought would look better...polishing the whole wheel including the painted parts or just polishing the aluminum parts and repainting the painted parts?
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 11:34 PM
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personally I really don't like the body colored accented wheels, and prefer the full polish but it looks good on your car. Not much help hehe, it'd look good either way
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 12:10 AM
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I'm the exact opposite. I feel the colored accents absolutely set the car off.
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 12:41 AM
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Originally posted by Abubaca
I'm the exact opposite. I feel the colored accents absolutely set the car off.
Me too, especially on the above clean white car.

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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 01:26 AM
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I feel the colored accents absolutely set the car off.
Amen To That

If they were all polished....it makes the wheels look cheaper...because there really isn't much spacing. Also....it would kind of look like a "bling blingin" Camaro...:nono:

But you can do what you want...as long as your happy!
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 01:39 AM
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maybe ill just polish the whole thing and leave it for a while and se how i like em, if i dont i cant always paint em.
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 07:00 AM
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When I had my 91 I Stripped off the RED accents,and I regretted it the moment I did it(even tho they were PINK!,Should have re-painted)
But its your car,and like you said,you can always paint later....paint goes on a lot easier than it comes off!
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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Why don't you leave the white and polish the rest. THAT'S the easiest thing to do. You can always go back and repolish the rest, and like you said, after that you can always go back and paint.
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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well my guess is that the white accents could stand to be repainted anyway, so why not, like you said, polish the whole wheel and then if you decide you liked it better with accents you can paint 'em.
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