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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 11:42 AM
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current:

rims painted gloss black:

and of course these would be on the wheels

editing was done on photobucket and it looks like crap but you get the idea lol
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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Gloss black with blackouts! SEXY!!
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 12:05 PM
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I personally like the grey, but I think the black flows better with your car. Black FTW
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 01:01 PM
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yeah i'm leanin towards gloss black
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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Black looks much better. Red cars can pull off black wheels the best imo.

Gray doesn't look like they "belong" on there.

Nice car, btw
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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Old Nov 8, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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sweet thanks guys
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Old Nov 8, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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looks damn sexy and sinister .i have a set of 2004 corvette rims on my
94 formula that i plan on painting either gloss black or gunmetal ,by the
way my car is bright red like yours too. .. a light gray tint on the glass
will look good too.
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Paint the spokes black and keep the lip gray...just my $.02
That way you have a combination of both. IMHO all black wheels look like **** on ANY car no matter WHAT wheel it is.
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Old Nov 8, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by egott_91
Paint the spokes black and keep the lip gray...just my $.02
That way you have a combination of both. IMHO all black wheels look like **** on ANY car no matter WHAT wheel it is.
Bullshit



And before deep dish and wider lips



However, I am not a fan of ALL black wheels, I think it needs a dish or at least a lip. Kinda looks like a spare if its pure black.
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Gloss Black with a red lip line
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Old Nov 8, 2009 | 11:53 PM
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ryan it's not happening so drop it! lol
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Old Nov 8, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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all black FTW
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 12:04 AM
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IDK guys I'm in between the polished lip vs. all black debate... Trust's TA looks so sexy with all black Fiskes. I dig the all black C5 Z's myself
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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i'm also tryin to figure out where i could have the lip polished beings that my rims are not polished in any way
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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You'd probably be best off selling your current rims if they are in good condition and just buying gloss black/polished lip C5 Z's from OEWheels
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black & red FTW! looks like those black rims have some serious roadrash in that pic. lol i still give you an A for effort
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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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I dont think the grey fits either. Chrome or all black! My vote is in.
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we have them in c5 z06 black with machined lip. c6 z06 gloss black with or without the red banding.
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by airforcemanss
black & red FTW! looks like those black rims have some serious roadrash in that pic. lol i still give you an A for effort
lol dude thats with photobucket! hahaha i did try really hard though
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we have them in c5 z06 black with machined lip. c6 z06 gloss black with or without the red banding.
i bought these because i love the c5 z06 rims more than the c6 z06 rims but i didn't buy the motorsports cause i hate the look of them with all the rivets . . . plus i got these rims from a local member and he got my chrome 10 spokes. i might just pull these off the tires and have them powdercoated a gloss black
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