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 |  | |  12-06-2007, 06:35 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |  i think im doing my wheels black
do you guys think i should leave them?  or do them black?  UPDATE: ok so i finally took a picture and here they are what do you think? i spent a lot of time sanding out the dings and scratches and got out a lot of the past owners curb rash  __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
|  |  | | 12-06-2007, 07:40 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 |
how about paint the black but leave the lip polished or gunmetal? | | | | | 12-06-2007, 07:48 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
hmm good thinking. i will see how much time and effort i really wanna put into these cheap wheels __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 12-06-2007, 08:46 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orange County, NY Posts: 1,067 |
They look pretty good in black. It makes your car look very aggressive. In silver, your car looks sporty/classy. In black, your car looks thugged out. (This is a compliment!)
Also, I don't know if it's just me or if you did something to the paint of your car, but with black rims, your green paint also looks darker. | | | | | 12-06-2007, 08:51 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 |
yeah it does look darker.
in the edited picture ur Ti is lowered. i just noticed that. hmm... looks like u're gonna have to do an upgrade to get the same effect :-D . But i agree Ji Money, it looks aggressive in black.
see how it looks like in dark gunmetal. | | | | | 12-06-2007, 09:00 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
yeah i darked my car to its real color and made the hellrot red more red and glossy and also lowered my car lol
i do plan on doing springs in the near future. just need another pay check lol __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 12-06-2007, 10:34 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
Blackout rims are my favorite. I'm thinking of painting my rims black when I get it out of stortage | | | | | 12-06-2007, 10:42 PM | #8 | | Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SoCal318ti Posts: 1,574 |
I recommend gun metal for the entire rim, black looks good too! | | | | | 12-07-2007, 01:45 AM | #9 | | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 |
With black rims, your tires will look dirty 99% of the time. The 1% of the time that they won't look dirty is the hour after you wash the car and dress the tires. __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH!
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Mods 'n' stuff: Star Spoke 43 wheels - X-Brace - Mason Engineering front strut brace - CF gauge overlay - ZHP shifter knob - Racing Dynamics cat-back - Doubled brake lights - M-tech rear spoiler
From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | | | 12-07-2007, 02:21 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SW Florida Posts: 4,275 |
Semi-Flat
lmao
i'll bust your balls every chance i get when it comes to paint Midget.
no more shiny shtuff
just my opinion of course __________________ 
Sean
1995 Active | | | | | 12-07-2007, 02:41 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 |
Sell them, those dont look good on your car, put the vette wheels on or just get something else. __________________
"Drive Fast and Take Chances" | | | | | 12-07-2007, 03:32 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
sean i am gonna do my wheels rainbow then!
but semi gloss is good but i think my car would pull of gloss better.
(were not talking about the red sport now)
but my green active! __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 01-13-2008, 12:10 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
lol, just looked back at this thread and noticed something else different about the photoshopped pic (not trying to pick on your photoshop skills midget, I just feel special for noticing it) | | | | | 01-13-2008, 12:51 AM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 3,212 |
I would do black or gun metal with a polished lip. | | | | | 01-13-2008, 03:28 AM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
hahah thanks tifreek i noticed that too after i made the thread and due to lack of good internet i didnt upload the fixed picture lol __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
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