Help me decide on wheel/caliper color...please?
01-27-2011, 02:22 PM
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I'm soo freakin pissed. I'm just thinking of doing my whole front bushing. Getting new tires up front, installing coil overs with an alignment . Doing my rear bushings, getting camber arms, installing coil overs and doing an alignment. That way I don't have to worry about all this headache.
Mike, I am very horrible with Photoshop. Any photoshop gurus want to take a stab at painting my calipers?
Mike, I am very horrible with Photoshop. Any photoshop gurus want to take a stab at painting my calipers?
01-27-2011, 02:40 PM
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I'm soo freakin pissed. I'm just thinking of doing my whole front bushing. Getting new tires up front, installing coil overs with an alignment . Doing my rear bushings, getting camber arms, installing coil overs and doing an alignment. That way I don't have to worry about all this headache.
Mike, I am very horrible with Photoshop. Any photoshop gurus want to take a stab at painting my calipers?
Mike, I am very horrible with Photoshop. Any photoshop gurus want to take a stab at painting my calipers?
01-27-2011, 02:57 PM
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The True OG Modded out W203
Nice, your project is gonna look insanely sick!!! 
I was thinking of black wheels but people told me you won't be able to see the etching and the spokes real well so don't go with black 
. I would have loved to go with Matte Black.
It's semi gloss. That sounds like a great idea. That R with the same color as the brakes. I still don't know what's a good color to paint the brakes. My whole car theme wont go well with it...atleast that's how I feel. What do you guys think?
I was thinking of black wheels but people told me you won't be able to see the etching and the spokes real well so don't go with black . I would have loved to go with Matte Black. It's semi gloss. That sounds like a great idea. That R with the same color as the brakes. I still don't know what's a good color to paint the brakes. My whole car theme wont go well with it...atleast that's how I feel. What do you guys think?
So...wait you did the blue???
01-27-2011, 05:57 PM
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oh damn man, didnt know you were doing this, i guess i shoulda read this thread earlier. The blue looks good. When are you gonna have it all installed?
01-27-2011, 09:50 PM
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Thanks guys. I'll have it done as soon as I figure out why my driver side tire became like that. When I put my stock tires on I didn't hear a noise. I checked the bearing and it seemed fine. No play and no noise. Now I' suspecting my wheel wasn't balanced right. Inner side has grooves. My tire pressure was low but the outerside didn't turn out like this. Only inner side.
When I feel the tire in a circular motion it feels like it has bumps on the side. Sort of like my ASCII wannabe drawing but not too hardcore. -^-^-^-^-^
I now need a new tire. Most importantly I can not move on until I figure out what color caliper to paint since I'm going to paint the lug nuts the same color.
When I feel the tire in a circular motion it feels like it has bumps on the side. Sort of like my ASCII wannabe drawing but not too hardcore. -^-^-^-^-^
I now need a new tire. Most importantly I can not move on until I figure out what color caliper to paint since I'm going to paint the lug nuts the same color.
02-13-2011, 04:49 AM
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Can someone please help me out. I don't have great photoshop skills. Do you guys believe this type of look will look good on my car?
This is how my car looks.
Thanks I really appreciate the info.
This is how my car looks.
Thanks I really appreciate the info.
02-13-2011, 04:53 AM
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I personally don't think it will accentuate the car, but that's me. There is a B6 A4 in my neighborhood that has that same vinyl setup, and It just doesn't work.
02-13-2011, 02:23 PM
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i think the audi has the lines to pull it off.. the front end is a little higher up, closer to the roof and bulkier. i never got why people would CF the hood on w203s. i know it's lighter but it just looks awful..
i think your car would look sick with something like gloss:roof/wheels/grill & maybe tint? it's a little more subtle than the mag blue but i think it would look real clean.
i think your car would look sick with something like gloss:roof/wheels/grill & maybe tint? it's a little more subtle than the mag blue but i think it would look real clean.
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02-13-2011, 02:52 PM
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i think im finally diggin the mag blue, but w/ red calipers. think itll look pretty exotic. bring that tailpipe in and tuck it under!
02-13-2011, 05:07 PM
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i think the audi has the lines to pull it off.. the front end is a little higher up, closer to the roof and bulkier. i never got why people would CF the hood on w203s. i know it's lighter but it just looks awful..
i think your car would look sick with something like gloss:roof/wheels/grill & maybe tint? it's a little more subtle than the mag blue but i think it would look real clean.
i think your car would look sick with something like gloss:roof/wheels/grill & maybe tint? it's a little more subtle than the mag blue but i think it would look real clean.
02-13-2011, 05:09 PM
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i agree with c63, i dont think you need anymore black on your car than you have it already, it looks sick btw, how much did it cost you to get your roof painted like that?
as far as your calipers, if youre definitely going with the blue, i think red or orange would look real good, maybe even yellow. i know how to use photoshop and would be glad to help but i dont have the software on my computer
anybody got a pirated version i could use, lol
btw, how much did it cost you to get your roof painted like that?as far as your calipers, if youre definitely going with the blue, i think red or orange would look real good, maybe even yellow. i know how to use photoshop and would be glad to help but i dont have the software on my computer
anybody got a pirated version i could use, lol
02-13-2011, 06:28 PM
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The Mag blue lives!!!! I really need to get my euro impact strips painted and put on (thanks for the reminder Trini)
Thanks everyone...last 2 wheels are going to shop Monday
Thanks everyone...last 2 wheels are going to shop Monday
02-13-2011, 08:20 PM
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I'd go for the Mag Blue, it looks amazing. There's a Bimmer with mag blue wheels in the current Super Street, btw - and it looks great, too.
And if you get sick of it, just change the color. No biggie.
And if you get sick of it, just change the color. No biggie.
02-13-2011, 09:03 PM
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02-14-2011, 03:11 AM
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i think the audi has the lines to pull it off.. the front end is a little higher up, closer to the roof and bulkier. i never got why people would CF the hood on w203s. i know it's lighter but it just looks awful..
i think your car would look sick with something like gloss:roof/wheels/grill & maybe tint? it's a little more subtle than the mag blue but i think it would look real clean.
i think your car would look sick with something like gloss:roof/wheels/grill & maybe tint? it's a little more subtle than the mag blue but i think it would look real clean.
