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Old 03-25-2013, 04:35 PM
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Well I finally plastidipped the wheels and tinted the tails to keep the black and blue theme going. Plastidip turned out pretty decent but im not sure if i like them or not, Do you guys think the polished look better?
Here are some pics of the car as it sits now! Lowering springs are coming within the next month, just gotta decide on a set.
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What do you guys think? Which lowering kit would you guys suggest? looking for a pretty solid amount of drop but still a decent ride. Does that rule out sportlines? i know this isnt the suspension forum lol
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I would personally say polished, but i've never been a fan of black rims on any car. Either way add some tint to your to do list.
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I like the rear with the tinted tail lights and blk panel , post pics of the cme when its all done, The blk wheels look good i perfer the chrome or stock color on the blue color we have but it doesnt look bad being the back in blk and the rims are blk some dark tints would pull it together nice . and i just put a lowering kit in my car and it looks hot lowered but it was a pain in the *** for thr front and i ran into every problem under the sun
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With this color I would stick with something other than black for some contrast. A gunmetal color would be the darkest color I would go with on NBM.
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Unplasti-dip them. Immediately.....
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I like the subtle color contrast, wish the pics where better. My only comment would be that you need to decide on whether all the black is gloss (like sail panel) or flat (like wheels), thats my only gripe is that you have 2 different types of black, pick one and do it all that way.
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Polished imo always looks better,wheels get lost when all black,why dont ya peel off the black on the lips and maybe leave the inside the spoke polished,
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I think it depends on how you picture the car being, show car like-then polished wheels, more menacing-then keep em black. I like it both ways, but thats a good thing about plasti-dip is you can leave it for alittle while and when you get tired of it pull it off and clean the wheels up!
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looks good! and yes good ride and sportlines will never go together in the same sentence look good when the car is standing still but when riding in it you will hate all the noises
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I love your color car and those black wheels... Not a fan of the tails,

Honestly I have sportlines and love them..
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I've always hated the SS 10 spokes so anything that can be done to make them disappear the better. So thumbs up on the dip.
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The BMR / Koni sale is pretty hard to pass up. You basically get the 1.2 drop springs free compared to the normal cost of Konis. I really prefer the LT1 taillights. They flow better with the trunk lines.
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Car looks great as is. As far as lowering goes, strano/koni is a good setup.

You should get some inserts for the berger panel. But this car looks great, love nbm
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Looking really nice
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Springs will be here to put on on Tuesday or Wed.
Pulled plastidip off because i missed my polished on NBM look, car still looks good with Berger and black tails IMO

Heres a pic of the front with polished, ignore the damn moth that splattered on my bumper lol
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10000x better without the plasti-crap! Looks great!!
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Originally Posted by LPE 403
10000x better without the plasti-crap! Looks great!!
Thanks man, i really appreciate the kind words! i like the polished better myself as well.



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