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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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Im getting sick of the whole black wheel with silver lip thing, so was thinking of doing something different, what do you think of these chops: it would be gunmetal matte finish on the lip, and gloss black centers.






here is how the car looks now with the silver lip:

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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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it looks like you have either the "all my hub caps fell off" or "im running on 4 spares" look.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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Why not the same silver as your car?
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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u know how they have that small red lip thing going?

how about a full red lip?
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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imo it would look great, something different. btw i saw your car on the 57 freeway maybe a week ago, i was next to you for a while, maybe 15 miutes, in heavy traffic, and tried to give you a holler, but you were on the phone lol. nice Z
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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ah yes, the daily 57 trek!!

I have been considering painting the lip "Silver alloy" to match the car. I just want to rid of anything chrome, thats my goal, and the wheel lip is the only thing left
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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I have a black lip with polished outer rim.

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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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nice, the black lip with polished outter rim is very Porsche Tech Art'esque. thats how they roll down there!
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 03:47 AM
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Not sure about matte, but it looks pretty good.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 04:00 AM
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I dont think it will be very noticable.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Guy
Why not the same silver as your car?
+1... im actaully doing that... black rims with silver lip
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 06:20 AM
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to be honest i like the silver lip a whole lot better
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:00 AM
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I think you should keep it the way it is now...looks sick
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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I like the grey lip, its different. Another route would be a black chrome lip
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:14 AM
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Get some Canards. That would change the look quite a bit.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:33 AM
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i dont think it looks bad, just different.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:50 AM
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I like the matte look a lot
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 08:17 AM
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props for something different!
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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i like the gray lip as well.
it just looks different.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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What's funny is I've been thinking of doing the same thing to my wheels. I'm getting sick of dealing with polished lips.

(also considering some works)
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