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Mar 11, 2008 | 04:13 PM

romycha1

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Fat red lips...

Ok.. I just got some new wheels with some fat lips....

I'm rocking a VR, and have been a fan of wheels with red lips for a long time. I kinda want to color-match them to the car. The problem is, I don't know how well, a red car would look with color matched lips. If my car were white or black, I'd do it no question.

What do you guys think?

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Mar 11, 2008 | 04:51 PM

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i contimplated it for a bit but now every one is doing it.....just like when black rims where the thing to do.....

Mar 11, 2008 | 05:04 PM

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I guess you're right. I've also been thinking about painting the centers bronze and leaving the lips alone... don't know what to do.

Mar 11, 2008 | 05:08 PM

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Maybe I'll just leave them alone... gunmetal with the chrome lip

Mar 11, 2008 | 05:12 PM

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I wouldnt do it, to me all of these new fads are exactly that.... just a fad. It will be played out to death and will just look silly a lil while down the road.

Keep it simple, IMHO nothing is as timeless and classy as a nice set of silver wheels.

Mar 11, 2008 | 05:21 PM

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Well I've always liked that style... back in 98 I was rockin some black wheels with red lips. It's just now, the wheels I have, have a huge lip, so I'd like to see what they would look like red.

Mar 11, 2008 | 05:26 PM

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Show us some pictures and we will let you know what looks better.

Mar 11, 2008 | 06:05 PM

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thats one of the reasons why im getting another set of rims for the summer and using the black ones for the winter

Mar 11, 2008 | 07:37 PM

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use vinyl, people on bikes use stuff called rim tape, check it out, its better than having spend a couple hundred painting the rims and finding out u dont like it

Mar 11, 2008 | 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by c0ldf1ame

use vinyl, people on bikes use stuff called rim tape, check it out, its better than having spend a couple hundred painting the rims and finding out u dont like it

That is a very good idea. I might try that out and see how it goes.

Mar 12, 2008 | 05:05 AM

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VR and Gold is like hand and glove

Mar 15, 2008 | 03:03 PM

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VR and white volks te-37...so freshhh

Mar 15, 2008 | 03:57 PM

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vr and white
vr and gold

both are really nice.

found this site through bike forum. http://www.tapeworks.com/

Mar 15, 2008 | 05:09 PM

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Pics would be helpful...

Mar 16, 2008 | 04:48 PM

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not a fat red lip but a nice looking black/red wheels

yeah i know its a z..but it give a nice idea!

Mar 16, 2008 | 05:20 PM

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pics or ban

Mar 16, 2008 | 09:42 PM

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Post pics or it never happened

Mar 17, 2008 | 12:20 AM

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Ha... I'm not so worried about it anymore... well kinda. I got bored the other night, put them on, and went around the block. It's rubbing a little, and when I took the wheels off I saw a clean spot on my springs.... so the tires are also touching the springs.

I gotta figure out how I'm gonna get these wheels to fit, or I need to sell them.