smellyborrelli

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Salted roads and brake dust have taken their toll on my lips... i have always wanted to go for the all black look...so my dilemma.. Gloss,flat,gloss lip with flat face? or just get them refinished and not go black... i change my mind every 5 minutes... heres my car , throw me some ideas ...

Sean

try black primer, if you like the look put flat over it, if you don't like the look go with high gloss.

TreeFiddyZee

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How 'bout gloss face with flat lip?

zSupreme7

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Do matte black centers and gloss black lips.

Spork

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+1

zSupreme7

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No. Flat black face with gloss black lip. Fat lips need to be shiny imo. Here's an example:

chopperman

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In for some good pics if you get it done. The Piaas are a sick looking wheel. Ihave them what I really like is not that many people have them. With a different color barrel and spokes you can have a really one of a kind wheel. I'm wondering how the flat black spokes and black shiny lip would look. I'm thinking about doing that.

smellyborrelli

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ok , heres what im thinking as o right now....

Flat face, gloss lip, keep the bolts around the face silver..

What do you guys think?

if anyone has decent photoshop skill ide appreciate a quick chop either on my car or of just the wheel close up. or both if your really awesome haha


Spring is coming fast and i need to decide!

lgear080

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Don't leave the bolts silver. Coat the whole damn thing.

This will make your life easier as the wheels wear.

smellyborrelli

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while i have the wheels off to get painted i am doing tien s-techs 10mm spacers all around and some ceramic pads. just incase you were concerned about that wheel gap like me

smellyborrelli

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hmm possibly , but the whole wheel would be clear coated.. the reason i thought of that is because with an all black wheel you tend to lose the lip from a few feet away. with them silver it would bring out the dimensions more.

ill speak with whom ever i chose to do the work tho.

chopperman

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Cant wait for pictures.

sry110

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I think flat black spokes with black chrome type of coating on the lip would look good.

Those are some fine looking wheels by the way

smellyborrelli

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haha yes they are.. i managed to kill them in 6 months aha i dont know how you had them for 2 years and kept them so nice...im guessing you didnt have them on in the winter...

but yeah im doing the gloss/flat combo... im shopping around and deciding if i want paint or powder now cant wait!

zSupreme7

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That's actually good thinking. It could look pretty good, but very hard to do because those PIAAs are 2pc but welded together. So those rivets can't be removed.

sry110

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Yep winter use will do it. My winter wheels look like hell - it's amazing how abrasive the crap on the roads can be. When I had them it was definitely spring/summer/fall only, and of course the weekly washing and microfibering until they were spotless. Man that really was a pain in the *** haha

EDIT - Those custom painted Work Equip's that were posted above are the sickness. I think the same scheme would go well on the PIAA's too.

chopperman

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Bump waiting for pics. Are you still doing this?

fatboy.yoshi

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full polished copper!

smellyborrelli

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dono yet , i think i might sell the car and get a lotus now haha.

smellyborrelli

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ok , i made my decision and i found the guy that is doing it for me!

im going to do satin black powder coat all around with a matte clear...i may add a time attack stripe after , i want to see how they look without it first.

I have to take them off and sand blast em this week ill get the pics up as soon as they are done!