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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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'07 stock sport wheels in black - ebay link
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i think it's waaay too black. gun metal would be hot
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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a quarter mile at a time
those aren't black rims, he just hasn't cleaned the brake dust off in a while
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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He should have done matte black.
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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it's because the lighting sucks...
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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Wow........36k miles in a year?
Not only did they do a shabby job on the brake calipers, but they could have at least spent $30 for some new black center caps that weren't painted with a can.
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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thats not bad, its clean for a stocker
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They could have made it look more "70's" and put white center caps in there!

Advans: I like your (two piece?) wheels with the alloy showing against the tire.
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yeah not really feeling it either the rims looks idk too dark and a weird spray can glossy or something not to mention i dont think i would spray the center caps.. I had thought about painting mine black but this def makes me think it might not be a good idea
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yeah not really feeling it either the rims looks idk too dark and a weird spray can glossy or something not to mention i dont think i would spray the center caps.. I had thought about painting mine black but this def makes me think it might not be a good idea

a powdercoat (with 35% satin ± or a wrinkle) would look leaps better...

you lose the whole curvature of the spokes if not.
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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Not feeling those.
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Yea the looks kinda of ****ty

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Old Mar 4, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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a powdercoat (with 35% satin ± or a wrinkle) would look leaps better...

you lose the whole curvature of the spokes if not.
yeah thats true or possibly not as jet black or maybe a matte cause with out the curvature of the spokes it just looks lam-o
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all black wheels ftmfw.
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EEEWWWWWWWWW *breath* WWWWWWWWWWWW

Black rims seem to work only under certain rare circumstances, not to mention that these weren't painted well.
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Not feeling the black rims either, but what do you all think about the red calipers? I just bought a set and it's currently painted red, not sure if they look too small to be red?
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I don't think these look that bad... definitely different.
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