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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 11:51 PM
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What color to paint my TE37's?

Theyre in rough condition and recently just sanded down. They used to be top secret gold but that was ages ago. I think its time for the wheels to get a little love. After i paint or polish them ill replace the stickers again, but I just cant decide what color to go with!

Any advice on color/ lug combos?

Whats a set of wheels cost to get powder coated usually? $200 per wheel?

 
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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on your car, I would paint Blue !!!!!
 
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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powder coat is about 400 for a set down here.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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Black face with car's color matched lips and lugs... HOT!!!
 
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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OLIVE GREEN!!!!! with TITANIUM LUGS!!!!!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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so i painted them a dark gunmetal.... im not feelin it at all man *sigh*
going back to the paint shop on Monday

can anyone give me some quick photoshop pics of what the wheels would look like on my DG coupe? im thinking gold, bronze, LIGHT gunmetal, blue, white....

a few minutes of your time may save me hundreds of dollars... lol



yuck....
 

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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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Yeah not diggin the dark wheels. Go with light gunmetal and a polished lip. Kinda like these:
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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go gold or bronze
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 05:28 PM
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Bronze for sure. Or just send them my way (Those are my favorites!)
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 05:53 PM
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you should do macaroni yellow!!!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 10:50 PM
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Wtf is macaroni yellow
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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im in the same boat man. selling my t1s and prob picking up some varrstoens to rock for a little bit till i trade my car in. i hate black wheels so i had planned to powdercoat them but im undecided on a color that will match DG. i was thinking a hyper silver, light gunmetal, bronze/gold.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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Light gunmetal!! Ftw!!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 11:06 PM
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Wtf is macaroni yellow
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+1 for bronze
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 11:19 PM
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NO no no gold or bronze on a silver G35, that color only looks good on OB or TB coupes! To keep it super clean I'd P/C your wheels body color, with your tires very black that would look
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