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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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Got my Y2K's back from paint. They will go on my 00 NBM T/A. What are your thoughts?



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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 12:20 AM
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have fun keeping them clean LOL
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Pics of car?

Hopefully you have other white accents on the T/A, if thats the case they will look really nice IMO. Otherwise they might look out of place. I love white wheels, but I'd just hate having to constantly clean them
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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Here is an older pic of the car. Its in a few pieces currently.

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thats gonna look sick with your NBM paint..way to be different...im thinkin about white wheels on my white camaro
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Originally Posted by nbm142ta
Here is an older pic of the car. Its in a few pieces currently.
Nice! My only suggestion would be getting white stripes on the side of the ram air part of the hood. I don't know what you Pontiac guys call them, Blackbird stripes maybe? But yeah, your car looks great man

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thats gonna look sick with your NBM paint..way to be different...im thinkin about white wheels on my white camaro
DO IT!
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The stripes are going on as soon as the car goes in for paint. Probally twoards the end of the season. Those will def be in the plans.
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they look real good!
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um... not feelin them.
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Those will look good, especially with a corvette brake conversion
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I don't like them either. I think polished aluminum would look better.
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Originally Posted by NBMZ/28
I don't like them either. I think polished aluminum would look better.
x2 I have never seen a car with white wheels that I think looks good
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Wheels look great! So they are painted and not powdercoated?
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I think it will look good! way to be diff and keep good taste!
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Wheels look good, I can't wait to see it all together.
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Originally Posted by JDECO
Those will look good, especially with a corvette brake conversion
Already have the C5 Brakes up front with the ZO6 calipers. flls up the wheels quite nicley.
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Originally Posted by InsaneAuto86
Wheels look great! So they are painted and not powdercoated?
They are painted not powder coated. I didint want subject them to the heat cycle of powdercoating and weaken them. The wheels do see a few RR days a year.
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Originally Posted by krobinson123
x2 I have never seen a car with white wheels that I think looks good
White on white is about the only possible way to do white wheels. Not a fan of this at all.
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Originally Posted by gofast908z
um... Not feelin them.
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they don't match up with anything in your car....imo
also good luck not getting them scratch when putting tires on if you painted and not powdercoated them.
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