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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 07:29 AM
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Paint, Rims, Accents

So I've got a black '84 T/A with the stock slotted wheels. I'm trying to decide what I want to do as far as wheels and accent stripes go, so I thought I'd ask for some opinions and potentially pictures here.

My thoughts were to powder coat the rims gloss black. Then, I was going to have my brother pinstripe the outer lip red. Also, there's a "PONTIAC" cast into one of the slots that I'll have him paint red as well.

For a stripe kit, I was thinking about this phoenix graphics kit, but also in red. (My brother does vinyl work as well.) The only difference is instead of the whole GFX being red, I was just going to do a pinstripe along the top of the GFX, unless someone can show me a pic of a car that has all red.

I'd like some opinions on how people think this would look. Or, if someone is really handy with photoshop, a rendering. I know all black rims are really dividing, but I feel like the added red pinstripe would be a nice accent that would tie in well with the red everywhere else.
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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 08:14 AM
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Re: Paint, Rims, Accents

I dont know if you are interested but I have the formulas which are biggger and already have them in gloss black powdercoat... They are for sale if interested!
and I agree that the accents would be just what they need.
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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 08:20 AM
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Re: Paint, Rims, Accents

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I dont know if you are interested but I have the formulas which are biggger and already have them in gloss black powdercoat... They are for sale if interested!
and I agree that the accents would be just what they need.
I'll entertain the thought lol. Have some pics of them? And what were you looking to get for them?
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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 09:11 AM
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I'll entertain the thought lol. Have some pics of them? And what were you looking to get for them?
Here they are on the car



I am unsure how much I want for them. The rims cost me 300 and the powercoat was 400. any reasonable offer accepted as I wont be using them again. I have other pictures of it with them on from all angles in my album on gtasourcepage that show the gloss better.
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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 09:33 AM
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I can't tell. Do you have the center caps on there? I'd only be interested if I could use the center caps off of my wheels right now, but pics online make it look like the hole in the center of these wheels is smaller than the ones on mine. Any idea what size the hole is/if my caps would fit?
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Old Aug 26, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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Re: Paint, Rims, Accents

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I can't tell. Do you have the center caps on there? I'd only be interested if I could use the center caps off of my wheels right now, but pics online make it look like the hole in the center of these wheels is smaller than the ones on mine. Any idea what size the hole is/if my caps would fit?
Since I had an 86 TA back in the day I am 99% sure your caps will fit. they look identical to the ones I had back then except a WS6 logo rather than the bird. I am keeping caps anyway since I only have one set. This is for wheels only
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