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painted my Auto Couture wheels glossy black

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Old 04-10-10, 12:37 PM
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very bold move. looks clean. my fear of aftermarket refinsih is rock chips! best of luck and use the ish out of it.
Old 04-10-10, 02:43 PM
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man those are some expensive looking steelies lol nice rims!
Old 04-10-10, 03:03 PM
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looks good
Old 04-10-10, 03:07 PM
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Black on silver looks very good
Old 04-10-10, 04:06 PM
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like the theme you got goin on, very clean
Old 04-10-10, 04:23 PM
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thanks again to everyone for the kind words.

My next mods will be BLACK CHROME door handles and BLACK CHROME trunk bar. I am contacting Carson about a potential group buy.
Old 04-10-10, 04:26 PM
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looks good ^^im down for a group buy!!
Old 04-10-10, 04:36 PM
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My 0.02;

Car looks DOPE

But what i'd consider changing up, paint the grill the OEM color to match.

A little more extensive, but would look oh so sweet;

take the OEM chrome trim from the bumpers/door & around the windows and do that in a 'black' or a 'black chrome' like this which is what one of our ES forum regulars did: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es3...grill-3es.html

**he didn't get around to do the window trim, but picture #1 shows what i mean, the black trim around the grill is normally chrome.

Anyways nice ride! :thumbsup:

IMO would make it look that much cleaner with such a simple and subtle set of painted trim, and flow beautifully with the theme you got going and not taking away with chrome.
Old 04-10-10, 05:18 PM
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Looks really good man.. Definitely like the theme you got going..
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Originally Posted by 01LEXPL
My 0.02;

Car looks DOPE

But what i'd consider changing up, paint the grill the OEM color to match.

A little more extensive, but would look oh so sweet;

take the OEM chrome trim from the bumpers/door & around the windows and do that in a 'black' or a 'black chrome' like this which is what one of our ES forum regulars did: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es3...grill-3es.html

**he didn't get around to do the window trim, but picture #1 shows what i mean, the black trim around the grill is normally chrome.

Anyways nice ride! :thumbsup:

IMO would make it look that much cleaner with such a simple and subtle set of painted trim, and flow beautifully with the theme you got going and not taking away with chrome.
good suggestion.....where can I buy black chrome trim?
Old 04-10-10, 06:22 PM
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Looks really good! I also think you should paint the grill to color match your car.
Old 04-10-10, 06:26 PM
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Nice dude, I typically don't like black wheels but for some reason it made those AC wheels look better being black.
Old 04-10-10, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by slowdiver
good suggestion.....where can I buy black chrome trim?
You would have to paint it yourself... Or get someone to do it.
Old 04-10-10, 08:02 PM
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really liking those wheels
Old 04-10-10, 08:16 PM
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the smoked corner lights compliment the black silver scheme nicely too..


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