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Old 02-19-05, 03:29 AM
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Hello,
These are my winter rims. They were power coated in GunMetal color. What do you think? They are my oem 16" rims and had crub rash. When I took them to a rim shop, I let them talk me into redoing them in GunMetal.







Old 02-19-05, 04:11 AM
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cant see pix -.o?
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Looks pretty good. What did they charge you per wheel?
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sweet!

I was wondering how that would look, I was thinking painting the 17"s gunmetal and have that all black evil-look.

is your car lowered?
Old 02-19-05, 01:34 PM
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they look like my dads seqioua wheels when they get all grimey and sludge-like stuff on it. but if you dig it then its allllll gravy.
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Who's the girl?
Old 02-19-05, 02:00 PM
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To be honest, that doesn't look bad at all. Didn't later SD GS 300s come with dark colored 16"s like these?

Good work
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The rim shop charged me $75.00 a rim with my discount. They said is usally costs $120.00 a rim. I had bought 18" work rims and had them re-polished and tires mounted and balanced. The oem rims had curb rash and were the regualr factory silver color. I was going to have them re-machined only to fix them. The salesperson would not stop trying to sell me on different color. They had gunmetal coated, or gunmetal flat. When I pick them up, they looked nice, but I was unsure how they would look on the car. Yes the car is lowered. I bought the L-tuned springs only. The girl in the car is my girlfriend. This summer I have tons of mods to install.
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Am I seeing things are do you headlights have chrome trim around them?

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honestly it doesnt look that bad BUT I still like the silver wheels a little better...try switching back to the oem grill too...I think it would look much better
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I'm very tempted now, can someone photoshop his car black so I can see how it would look on my car???
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Hello,
Yes that is Chrome trim around the headlights. I also have it around my inner taillights. You can buy it alot of places. I got mine on ebay.
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Originally Posted by dwoods420
Hello,
Yes that is Chrome trim around the headlights. I also have it around my inner taillights. You can buy it alot of places. I got mine on ebay.
Hehe whatever floats ur boat....rims look good dood.
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Good eye pat I missed it. Other than the chrome trim around the headlights I think it looks great, but the grille doesnt look right for some reason. Maybe if you paint the mesh a darker color. I painted mine Gunmetal because it was just too much silver. The wheels look great though.
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they look good, especially for winter rims , but I think the stock silver looks better


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