View Poll Results: What do you think?
Leave as is
33
40.74%
Go black/polished
46
56.79%
Other (please specify)
2
2.47%
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VOTE: Interesting look...
05-19-2005, 06:05 PM
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VOTE: Interesting look... What do you guys think? Normal or black with a polished lip?
Normal:
http://www.mtfba.org/forum/images/up...sh99ta/478.jpg
Black w/ polished lip:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=32791
If I were to paint them another color, they are currently machine finished, so I dont know how I'd go about polishing the lip on them. I guess I could find somewhere in the Nashville area to do that part. I've got a friend who paints for a living and he could get me the paint and do the work for probably under $100 on painting the centers black. Just curious what you guys think. Black wheels would make dealing with brake dust much easier.
If I did go the black route, I'd get some Nightshades and black out my side markers front and rear.
BTW: I'm putting in one vote for other since I dont know, and I'll just disregard one of the other votes because of it.
Normal:
http://www.mtfba.org/forum/images/up...sh99ta/478.jpg
Black w/ polished lip:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=32791
If I were to paint them another color, they are currently machine finished, so I dont know how I'd go about polishing the lip on them. I guess I could find somewhere in the Nashville area to do that part. I've got a friend who paints for a living and he could get me the paint and do the work for probably under $100 on painting the centers black. Just curious what you guys think. Black wheels would make dealing with brake dust much easier.
If I did go the black route, I'd get some Nightshades and black out my side markers front and rear.BTW: I'm putting in one vote for other since I dont know, and I'll just disregard one of the other votes because of it.
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05-19-2005, 06:39 PM
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If I did go that route, it would almost be mandatory to sand my calipers down and paint them red to really make the whole combo pop. Right now they are black with the Trans Am decals on them. Red with the decals would really pop on those black wheels.
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05-20-2005, 12:51 PM
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they both look good, neither is better than the other. i like the smooth look of the polished though.
just leave em. its up to you which looks better, theyre both the same number on the hotness scale.
just leave em. its up to you which looks better, theyre both the same number on the hotness scale.
05-26-2005, 08:25 AM
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I had the same wheels on my old TA, and my current one for a short time(see pics in sig), and I sent them off to have the face fully polished, and the inside/back of the rim + the sides of the spokes powdercoated black. Looked much, much better (IMO) than the 'normal' machined face.
There are a lot of pics on that webshots site, of the wheels on both cars, but here's a link to one on the current car:
Snypers on SOM
Whatever you do, go with powdercoating over painting...
Good luck.
There are a lot of pics on that webshots site, of the wheels on both cars, but here's a link to one on the current car:
Snypers on SOM
Whatever you do, go with powdercoating over painting...
Good luck.
