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Old May 7, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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Should I leave my rims chrome, or all gunmetal w/ gunmetal lip???

So i figured out my spoiler decision, now im on the rims..I have a week or so off, so i want to change the look of my 8 a little. Im considering having my rims powdercoated all gunmetal, including the lip...for some reason I just dont like keeping just the lip chrome on rims ..what do you guys think?

Rough idea


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Old May 7, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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How about bronze? No one has bronze mesh wheels.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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I like the gold look, but at the same time i'm not sure..
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Old May 7, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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im really close to getting these things powdercoated flat black/gunmetal..lip an all sometime tommorrow. Any other input?
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Old May 7, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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Old May 7, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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I like the gun metal pic personally. The black with gun metal lip sounds interesting too
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Old May 7, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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i like the gold.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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Silver or gold.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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Old May 7, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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gold/chrome looks good on white.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Old May 7, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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gold! gold! gold!
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Old May 7, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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I like the gold
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Old May 7, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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What they said.

Gold is just so clean on white.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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ah i wish everyone said dark...i think im going to go for the flat black, flat gunmetal look
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Old May 8, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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wow,

why did you bother to ask then..

i think a light gunmetal with a polished lip would be the way to go.. the black just gets lost in the wheel well.

beers
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Old May 9, 2009 | 03:57 AM
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I like gunmetal. Reminds me of the RZ RX-7 which was white with gunmetal mesh wheels.

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Old May 9, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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So thanks for all the input guys...i was really close to going gold, i found a similar rx7 picture like above, and went with gunmetal. The pics are bad quality, but you get an idea how they came out
A 1.5" drop now and i think ill be good to go




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Old May 9, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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i would have gone with gold.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by dillsrotary
gold
Originally Posted by nuke0907
gold.
Originally Posted by RA-Eight
gold.
Originally Posted by risky business
gold
Originally Posted by dshiznit1489
gold.
Originally Posted by Fluid Motorsports
Gold!
Originally Posted by Colorcode
gold! gold! gold!
Originally Posted by Sifu
I like the gold
Originally Posted by Juice
What they said.

Gold.
Originally Posted by shakeyourbrakes
So thanks for all the input guys...i went with gunmetal...
Yeah... about that.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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ha, nice post...yea i thought about gold, a little too flashy i think though i wanted to stick with subtle. Who knows though maybe a recoat down the line..
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Old May 11, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by shakeyourbrakes
ha, nice post...yea i thought about gold, a little too flashy i think though i wanted to stick with subtle. Who knows though maybe a recoat down the line..
Shake,

That rear wing is SICK!! I've been shopping for one for the last two years.... Would you mind sharing some info with your Bro, from another MO....
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Old May 11, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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