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Old 10-12-05, 08:13 AM
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I went to the body shop to get an estimate for my WALD body kit and the owner suggested I should blacked out my Zuber Gettins, He also suggested that I should blacked out everything; brake lights, chrome trims, moldings etc. I'm not a real fan of blacked out brake lights.
What do you guys think???

By the way My GS is Black Cherry
Old 10-12-05, 08:31 AM
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dont do it...on black cherry either chrome or polished would look sick!
Old 10-12-05, 08:36 AM
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I say hell no!....If your car is not blk then don't do it...even tho your car is black cherry....it just won't look good as blk on blk
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chrome and polish is good, but if you get chrome...get nice 3 piece chromes...not the ghetto ones...you feel me
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Originally Posted by vborder
chrome and polish is good, but if you get chrome...get nice 3 piece chromes...not the ghetto ones...you feel me
I have both silver and chrome JDM 3 piece Zauber Gettins.
Old 10-12-05, 10:20 AM
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post a picture of your car with those rims, will give us a better idea of how it'll look. But yea, black rims are only for black cars. I call it the Tyra Banks. Black Beauty
Old 10-12-05, 11:27 AM
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if it was black then it would be a different stroy but black cherry stick with the chrome rims and dont black out the tail lights i was thinkin bout doing it...doesnt look right
Old 10-12-05, 11:57 AM
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i think it'll look good.... i originally was looking for a Cherry GS to go w/ the black theme.... its enough contrast yet has a very dark sinister theme which I am biased towards.... aslong as you keep the theme throughout the whole car.

if your wheels are the only thing blacked out then it wont look right.. .but I think if you black out all the chrome trimmings it'll look too dull and wont flow. But I'd like to see how it looks so try it out....
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I have the blacked out chrome trim and like it. I think it only works for black cars though. Hey, we all have opinions though, right? (ha ha) Good luck. And yes, post pics of the black cherry.
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I vote for no black out. who cares what the bodyshop guys thinks your car should look like.
Old 10-12-05, 02:25 PM
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I also say dont listen to him. Too many cars now with the black wheels and I am not a big fan of it. If you wanted to do like a charcoal or gunmetal finish that would look a bit better but I think you should leave the Zaubers the way they are
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aww these are for Zauber Gettins? damnit I should read into it more.... Dont black out the Gettin's their diamond cut is just beautiful!
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I vote NO. Too many around now. I would do it only with a cheap set of wheels, not nice Gettins. You can't really see the wheels that well when they're blackened. Nice wheels should be played, not erased. Blackened wheels seem to disappear...making it look like there's a missing space in the wheel wells. Maybe color match but I still wouldn't do it with high end wheels.
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No NO NO NO NO


Sang please dont ...BC is my favorite color after SBM
Old 10-12-05, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by GS wanted
I have the blacked out chrome trim and like it. I think it only works for black cars though. Hey, we all have opinions though, right? (ha ha) Good luck. And yes, post pics of the black cherry.
how do you black out the chrome trim?


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