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Old 01-22-2014, 07:17 PM
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Finally got the camaro painted. just some pictures with my phone lol. car wasnt really even that clean. and it still needs to be buffed but oh well. lol i know i need to lower it. but the car is still my DD and i dont feel like draggin my headers everywhere. lol but i was wondering on what yall though about powder coating the rims black?
color is Tropical Blue Metallic
it looks 10x better in the sunlight but i have not been able to get professional photos done yet.





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car looks really good with the fresh paint. if it was me, and it's just my thoughts, I would leave the wheels as they are, it flows well together as is to me, maybe lowering it a little in the future...
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also was thinking about black tail lights.
i feel like the originals just throw it off and i cant find any aftermarkets that dont look all ricey
i just cant decide on the black rims
and i will be lowering the car as soon as i get a seperate DD
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Beautiful color, looks great. Tail light covers wud look sharp. But don't touch the rims man, they fit the car well. Black is so overplayed
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That color looks awesome on the car! And like others said, keep the chrome wheels.

As for taillights, if you don't want to tint them, maybe get the lt1 style lights. It doesn't have that amber color and would look nice.
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thanks guys!
im really happy with my color choice. in the sun its just phenomenal!
i think im gunna do the tailight covers. i have some from my old camaro. i just have no clue where they are in my piles of parts. haha. i might buy new ones. but also on the wheels i was thinking maybe new wheels more spoke style maybe deep dish. but like that gray color like anthracite or something like that with a chrome lip. i feel like that would look sick
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Lower it a little bit and swap the headlights for some black housing versions of the stockers..
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Originally Posted by JDEP162
Black is so overplayed
As is chrome

Color is perfection. I love medium blues like this. As far as the wheels go, I would go satin black. I think it'd look really good. Don't do flat black though. Even if they were silver, it'd look better than chrome.
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I love the color. Wheels look great. Like the others said about keeping the chrome.

I agree with black stock headlights
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Keep the wheels the way they are, a drop, black housing stock head lights and that your car would be money!
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I like the headlights I put in it. Lol. I like the different stuff. But I just can't decide on the wheels. I think some deep dishes would be sick. Idk what brands to look at though.
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Some wheels with a deep dish painted to match the body color would probably look good. That color looks awesome on your car!!

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Wheels with a lip and lowering the car would look great!
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Don't do tail light covers have the place that painted your car tint some clear coat with black paint and tint them the right way. You can plasti dip your wheels flat black before you decide to have them painted or powdercoated to see if you will like the look. I vote black out the wheels and tail lights!
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Color looks nice! Reminds me of mine. I would never put black wheels on my car. Chrome looks best when done right on the right color car. Yours might be able to pull off black only because parts of your car are painted black.

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Great color man!! Black wheels have their place but not on your car IMO. Wheels are nice and fit the car. I do agree with Rebob5 and nascardude that some dished wheels/wheels with a lip would be a nice upgrade tho.
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I think HP Racing Evos would look pretty sweet
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love the color! black wheels would look good on your car imo since you already have black accents. this is where plasti dip can be your friend though, and they have a gunmetal color as well so you could try that as well as black on your wheels before you shell out the dough for new ones
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Lower it, put a grill on it, some 18s on it, done.
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I would see if the body shop has any paint left to do the mirrors...would look 100x better.

Would have been a great time to have them fill the holes and paint the grill opening black too


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