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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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ok so like the title says i was hoping to get some opinions from yall about what color to paint my oem ap1 wheels. ive already gone through 3 colors and have never REALLY been satisfied with them. at one point i wanted to paint them either green or red just to be different but i dont know if that would look any good on oem wheels. so heres some pics and let me know what yall think. thanx

first it was this gunmetal/bronze/ugly color:


then to a lighter, more bronze color:


to what i have had for about a week, white (crappy cell phone pic):



so let me hear yalls opinions
(except for black cuz theres too much of that already and i dont really like black wheels)
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 01:16 AM
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if you're not satisfied after 3 different colors, you probably need new and bigger rims. I thought the lighter bronze looked nice.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 02:03 AM
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maybe if someone is bored you could photoshop red and green on there?
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by A769,Aug 20 2006, 10:33 PM
ok so like the title says i was hoping to get some opinions from yall about what color to paint my oem ap1 wheels. ive already gone through 3 colors and have never REALLY been satisfied with them. at one point i wanted to paint them either green or red just to be different but i dont know if that would look any good on oem wheels. so heres some pics and let me know what yall think. thanx

first it was this gunmetal/bronze/ugly color:


then to a lighter, more bronze color:


to what i have had for about a week, white (crappy cell phone pic):



so let me hear yalls opinions
(except for black cuz theres too much of that already and i dont really like black wheels)
that bronze looks surprisingly good
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 02:42 AM
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Well, there's too much black out there because it looks the best on the car.

With what you've shown, I'd go with option #2, the lighter bronze.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 04:31 AM
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I know you said you don't like black, but I think that would look great on GPW.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 05:04 AM
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Don't you think black on a white car totally drowns out the wheels? Why bother having nice wheels if it's going to be black and hard to see. From afar, it looks like the car's on hubcaps.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 06:12 AM
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 09:36 AM
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Maybe you're not satisfied because you really want different rims instead? I like the way matte black looks on ap1 wheels though.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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ok well i decided on gold...whatd yall think? personally i like them (ill try to get better pics later its just its raining ouside right now)
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