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painted my Auto Couture wheels glossy black

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Old 04-10-10, 08:27 PM
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man, that looks sweet!
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i have to step my game up
Old 04-10-10, 10:01 PM
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blackwood on grey interior is nice! what did u do for the shifter surround? looks like theres bubbles
Old 04-10-10, 11:46 PM
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where can i order wood grain for the whole front console???
Old 04-10-10, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mazdaflash
i have to step my game up
your car looks exactly like mine!!!

Originally Posted by 5t341th
blackwood on grey interior is nice! what did u do for the shifter surround? looks like theres bubbles
I see your attention to detail. Garbage bubbled-out plastic bezel will be removed soon. Only plastic pieces that are good are the ones that are NOT IN THE SUN. Ashtray pieces are fine. Most likely going with Grazio for the new bezel. Whats killing me is the blackwood cluster from Japan that I can't use until I figure out if it can be modified.

Some night shots of the TTE door sills and of the super rare cluster that I can't use.
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Old 04-11-10, 12:12 AM
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damn man, those wheels look pretty nice.
Old 04-11-10, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by shvc1991
Never really been a fan of completely black rims, but it looks good on your car, especially with the way you're taking it.
x2

Originally Posted by LiLS
how much was that grazio wheel!
no kidding.

Originally Posted by 4play4dr
is ur interior gray?
i was wondering this too. it looks two toned

Originally Posted by Coco-bun
looks nice!! is that a stock 01+ steering wheel??
no sir. i wish

Originally Posted by slowdiver
I think they are dark grey......they are the OEM ones that came with the car.
what?? i woulda swore the interior was custom

Originally Posted by denut-L
Black on silver looks very good
not always but DEF here it does

Originally Posted by romeo291
Nice dude, I typically don't like black wheels but for some reason it made those AC wheels look better being black.
im with u on this

Originally Posted by 7DOOBIE7
the smoked corner lights compliment the black silver scheme nicely too..
x2

Originally Posted by mazdaflash
i have to step my game up
yeah, me too

Originally Posted by slowdiver
Garbage bubbled-out plastic bezel will be removed soon. Only plastic pieces that are good are the ones that are NOT IN THE SUN. Ashtray pieces are fine. Most likely going with Grazio for the new bezel. Whats killing me is the blackwood cluster from Japan that I can't use until I figure out if it can be modified.

Some night shots of the TTE door sills and of the super rare cluster that I can't use.
did u make the plastic bezel? i havent seen a blackwood bezel before. man i bet the whole blackwood kit set u back a ton. its baller though. why cant u use the blackwood cluster surround? if its not just plug and play u should be able to easily modify it using your stuff to make it work. where did u pick up TTE door sills thought they been discontinued for years?
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Originally Posted by sakataj

did u make the plastic bezel? i havent seen a blackwood bezel before. man i bet the whole blackwood kit set u back a ton. its baller though. why cant u use the blackwood cluster surround? if its not just plug and play u should be able to easily modify it using your stuff to make it work. where did u pick up TTE door sills thought they been discontinued for years?
TTE door sills came from the CL classifieds. Doesn't Sewell have them?

Plastic blackwood was offered by a CL vendor along time ago now....didn't work out that good. Door pieces were cut short. Plastic pieces just ended up with bubbles when exposed to the sun. The ashtray pieces worked out good though:

The blackwood cluster has tabs that are offset from US OEM. I have had the piece for a long time and have never tried to modify it.
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Originally Posted by slowdiver
TTE door sills came from the CL classifieds. Doesn't Sewell have them?

Plastic blackwood was offered by a CL vendor along time ago now....didn't work out that good. Door pieces were cut short. Plastic pieces just ended up with bubbles when exposed to the sun. The ashtray pieces worked out good though:

The blackwood cluster has tabs that are offset from US OEM. I have had the piece for a long time and have never tried to modify it.
thought they been discontinued from TTE ages ago (no im not referring the now defunct TTE lip either) although i never looked into them as i never wanted them myself.

that sucks bout the blackwood that didnt work out.everything besides the ashtray and steering wheel authentic oem blackwood now? that steering wheel is the business man. hmmm bout time to try and mod it sir....can u snap a pic of the back of the blackwood one? i got mine out so i can look at the oem one.

fixing to send u PM got a question bout your grounding kit
Old 04-11-10, 01:09 AM
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Cool, I'm a big fan of all black wheels. They look awesome!
Old 04-11-10, 08:19 AM
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you got pics of those wheels on car before painting? and what wheels are those
Old 04-11-10, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by handoverfi
man those are some expensive looking steelies lol nice rims!

I am with you, get nice expensive rims and paint them black so know one can see what they are... I would restrip them and full polish them out, show them off, isn't that why we get rims for in the first place...

Sick interior, look the look.
Old 04-11-10, 12:06 PM
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THAT's BLACK brotha !!!! hahahaha....
Old 04-11-10, 02:02 PM
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Not a big fan of the wheels, A lil to euro for our cars jmo. But I like what you did with the interior
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11/5 for interior!!!! wher can i get the black wood it to my grey interior???Thanks


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