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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:12 AM
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I just want your opinions.... I really can't decide becasue I like them how they are, but I think I will like them better gunmetal. But if I don't like it, I'm screwed. What do you guys think?? Also, I someone can photoshop my wheels gunmetal, that would be great.

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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:28 AM
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why would you want to mess up a perfectly good set of fat 5's.

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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:30 AM
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I would - polished silver is soooo dot.com
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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I would, they are easy to paint\prep and look really nice in gunmetal.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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Hope that helps...I say go for it
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 01:00 PM
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leave the lip unpainted to have that polished lip finish...
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 02:01 PM
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Default Re: Should I paint my wheels gunmetal? (acatak)

i say get some swirlies..i dont like fat fives...but if u paint them it will look alot better
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 02:12 PM
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leave em alone and buy some rims
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 02:59 PM
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I know their is a thread somewhere in the archives that shows how to paint fat fives gunmetal if you decide to do it.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 03:24 PM
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ewww, dont do it.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 03:25 PM
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I think they look great painted. Here's my boy Patrick's(patrickgsr94) wheels.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 05:24 PM
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i say sell them for like 300$ and get some cheap rotas
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 05:35 PM
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instead of the dot come gun metal, how about bronze? or gold?
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 05:42 PM
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Default Re: Should I paint my wheels gunmetal? (acatak)

if they arent scratched, leave them alone.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 05:57 PM
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dont do it. keep it original as you will never get it back to what it looks like now
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 05:59 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kid1320 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dont do it. keep it original as you will never get it back to what it looks like now </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 06:33 PM
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i say go for it they look good gunmetal
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 06:45 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dominican_Kid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why would you want to mess up a perfectly good set of fat 5's.

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If you do it right, they look great. Click my sig for how-to.

Thanks kev

But these wheels don't have enough of a lip to do a polished lip like you can on the 97 GS-R/98 LS mesh wheels.

Here's a newer pic of mine w/ a nice shiny clearcoat on them:
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 06:47 PM
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Default Re: Should I paint my wheels gunmetal? (acatak)

I like mine gunmetal, but I only painted them because they were scratched and the clearcoat was shot to hell. If the wheels are perfect I'd leave them alone.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:19 PM
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^^ You talking that thing off-road?
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:08 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teg-your-it &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">leave the lip unpainted to have that polished lip finish...</TD></TR></TABLE>


**** no. that **** looks vary raunchy. like hookers on the point raunchy.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:09 PM
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Default Re: Should I paint my wheels gunmetal? (acatak)

I say leave them alone.

Now if your car was black, I would say paint them.
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 06:33 AM
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my springs will be here tomorrow and installed this weekend
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Old Jun 25, 2003 | 11:58 PM
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Default Re: Should I paint my wheels gunmetal? (acatak)

them rims look hot man. Hey, I just painted my phat fives gunmetal and I have a white teg, I'll post pics of it sometime, maybe tomorrow if I feel like whippin out my digicam. Peace!
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Old Jun 26, 2003 | 12:29 AM
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Default Re: Should I paint my wheels gunmetal? (gok)

leave them alone. It looks good just the way it is and gun-metal on a white car make the rims look like *** in my opinion
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