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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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A friend of mine has his eyes on some ashanti rims (expensive *** rims that make CCWs look like bus fare) , and wanted he to painted some of the spokes on the rim the same color of his car which is an Electron Blue 99 SS. I think it may look good, but what are your thoughts guys?
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 03:13 PM
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I've seen this a couple times, and if the color doesn't match absolutely perfectly, it looks really cheap.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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nope will look ugly. the only color i ithink looks "ok" is black
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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ugly unless its black

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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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That only looks good on big suv's w/spinners ...........not

electron blue rims sounds like rice
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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i say no to any body colored rims
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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Just curious what color are you referring to as electron blue? To my knowledge the only blues in 99 from the factory for a Camaro were Navy Blue Metallic (NBM) and Bright Blue Metallic (BBM) and they didn't make a BBM SS. Thanks
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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Not looking to hot there.
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When its done, you do it when you have a new car or recently repainted the car a custom color, and then you match the rims......Other wise its really hard to match the rim paint to the cars paint....


I liked the colored match Lambos...
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First off Asanti wheels are directed towards a crowd totally different from the muscle car crowd...no offense intended. Those are usually overdone styles (most ugly as hell, IMO). Any wheel could be painted or powercoated to match a car but it most be done tastefully to look okay. Best results I have seen are with black or white cars. Other than those colors becomes very difficult to make it look good.
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u guys dont like the blue trans am rims on that one special edition?
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I do!! Those were anodized, looked great. That is one of the instances were other color than black or white can be made to look good.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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Oldsmobile were the only people I've seen do this right. A very hard thing to do and to have look legitimate (other than black...and you have to be careful even with all black).
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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thought it looked good on my TA .. but the paint has to match perfectly, or be a compliment color .. can't be slightly off


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Do a CHOP.
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Originally Posted by Silas2k
u guys dont like the blue trans am rims on that one special edition?
no i think it looks like
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by '99 SLP#24
Just curious what color are you referring to as electron blue? To my knowledge the only blues in 99 from the factory for a Camaro were Navy Blue Metallic (NBM) and Bright Blue Metallic (BBM) and they didn't make a BBM SS. Thanks
He's probably referring to the real electron blue.

Regardless of the color of the car.. I think it's a bad idea. I've got absolutely nothing against the blue wheels on the 30th TA... but that's not a "color matching" wheel, it's just a wheel that goes with the overall scheme of the car.
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