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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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well in a few weeks im going to be painting my 67 camaro SOM with black stripes, im kinda still not sure what im going to do to my wheels....do u guys think i should just repolish the TT2's and leave them plain polished or should i have them powder coated black,dark grey, or SOM with a polished lip?.... im still not sure but i will be doing the wheels in about a month...thanks in advance
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i vote black powder coat!
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i say just leave them polished... that camaro is going to look bad *** SOM!!!
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:53 PM
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hell yeah. similar to bad penny.there's a guy on here who had a som with silver stripes looked bad ***. i think it was a 69.
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i say paint the car black with smoke gray stripes...and leave the wheels as is...
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leave them polished
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Powder Coated black or gray
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powder coat them black
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Leave them polished James.
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leave them polished..
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by SVTBAIT
leave them polished..
Youre just biased cause you have polished wheels!

Powder coated black is the way to go.










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well this monday the car will go to the shop to get the body done and painted...so im going with the dark gray stripes with SOM paint and the wheels black with a polished lip..
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you might as well just wait on wheels and see how it looks after the paint. then one of the geeks on here can photoshop them black !
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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the wheels wont get done until about 3-4 weeks from now....
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black!
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Powdercoat the wheels gunmetal
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flat black stripes with flat black rims.
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