Painted my wheels!!!
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Car: 1988 Camaro, 1986 S10, 2000 Harley
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Painted my wheels!!!
Well, I painted a spare set I had. What do y'all think?
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Re: Painted my wheels!!!
I liked them more before you painted them. I'm not a fan of all polished/all chrome wheels, but solid black (or graphite/any solid dark color) just reminds me of the look you get with black steel junkyard wheels. IMHO, woulda worked if you had left the lips polished/chrome to separate the rim from the tire. Like this:
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Re: Painted my wheels!!!
^In the before pic, they look silver, not chrome.
I like how they turned out, car looks much better
I like how they turned out, car looks much better
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Re: Painted my wheels!!!
(dark) since all dark blends in with black tires, even though I wouldn't choose all silver/chrome/polished myself.
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Car: 89 firebird bone stock for now
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Re: Painted my wheels!!!
car looks sick. if i had that id drop it a tiny bit for a meaner look. but thats me. as long as your happy with your car thats all that matters
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Re: Painted my wheels!!!
I liked them more before you painted them. I'm not a fan of all polished/all chrome wheels, but solid black (or graphite/any solid dark color) just reminds me of the look you get with black steel junkyard wheels. IMHO, woulda worked if you had left the lips polished/chrome to separate the rim from the tire. Like this:
use a black that matches your stripes, and leave the rim silver. that would look great
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