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Old 02-10-2010, 02:39 AM
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Default Painted Rims :)

just painted my rims let me know what you guys think. and my calipers.

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will have better pics if you guys want.

oh if you guys see in my last pic the wetness in the fog has anybody had that problem? thanks
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Old 02-10-2010, 02:53 AM
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i liked how they looked before, ya the ebay lights fog up fast it should go away though
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the rims looked better before....as for the calipers i dont see the point of drawing attention to stock calipers...maybe black but red...meh
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they look the same to me?
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Old 02-10-2010, 04:13 AM
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^^have to agree, what are they like 1 shade darker? with the flash they look pretty much the same
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Not big enough of a change! Shoulda done bronze or gold. Look good anyways.
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The rims look the same to me.
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Old 02-10-2010, 06:25 AM
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Normally I agree, why bother painting calipers ... the rims look really great with the red calipers.

What happened to your hub covers/center caps?
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Old 02-10-2010, 06:41 AM
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Personally, for the work/money put into painting wheels I would have made it a more noticeable change than that. Looks like a good paint job though.
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Old 02-10-2010, 01:23 PM
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i second that capital laziness.........but I went through a similar thing, thought I was doing so much more, but they turned out the same as before. It happens, thats what I'm here atesting too,
but yeah the look the same, except for the red calipers.
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is that and ebay exhaust...........i was gonna get those ebay fog lights also but in yellow but i can see they fog up really bad but overall nice calipers
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well the paint job only cost me 10$ and we were bored so just decided to paint them. i wanted to go a darker gray but couldnt find any good looking ones.

i wouldnt have done gold because like 6 people around where i live have them gold already lol. i will eventually paint them again haha.
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is that and ebay exhaust...........i was gonna get those ebay fog lights also but in yellow but i can see they fog up really bad but overall nice calipers
i think it is an ebay exhaust. looking for another one though since i have a leak and its a little bit to loud. especially withouth silencer. idk if they are ebay fogs i bought them off some guy for $40 brand new so yeah. my friend bought the yellow ones from ebay and he had no problems with them.
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^^oh by the way those aren't vrd fogs, since you have that in your sig not that really matters you can call them what you want.

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looks slightly darker
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I agree, gold, bronze,black, time attack style, heck even white. That color is just eh
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