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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 08:33 AM
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Those look really nice. I'm a big fan of gold mesh wheels with a chrome or polished lip. I love my stock GTA wheels. I just wish someone would step up and make some replicas in an 18" diameter. I may just go ahead and end up forking over the cash to have some one-offs made. Someone on the GNX forums had some made, but they were 2 piece wheels with the hardware showing.


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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 11:28 AM
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if you're dead set on doing something different, be the first to try it. it's your car, who cares what others think. You said you're on a budget, paint your wheels with simple rim paint to get an idea of what you like and once you find the color that YOU like, go get them powdercoated to make the finish more durable. just my opinion. The black 5th gen with the gold rims looked sick though, it matches the chevy emblem really well which brings me to my next point. have some sort of theme or central idea going with your car. if it is all black, the color of the wheel won't matter too much, but will be up to your preference. if you have red emblems, then a red theme might go well. just play around with spray paint cans and see what you like and find unique. post pictures when you're done!
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by carlos64030
Those look really nice. I'm a big fan of gold mesh wheels with a chrome or polished lip. I love my stock GTA wheels. I just wish someone would step up and make some replicas in an 18" diameter. I may just go ahead and end up forking over the cash to have some one-offs made. Someone on the GNX forums had some made, but they were 2 piece wheels with the hardware showing.

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Sweet GTA! I love those cars, I used to have gunmetal '88 L98 GTA. I really miss that thing.

I agree with you on the wheels, those GTA wheels look killer, although they're a PITA to clean. I went through a lot of toothbrushes with those wheels! And I looked into getting aftermarket wheels for it, I wanted 17's, but I just could never find any that I thought fit the car better than the stockers.

With those gold emblems you have to have the gold centers!
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 09:46 AM
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:29 AM
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Have any more pics of the bronze mags wheels on that car? That's the original setup I wanted.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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Sweet GTA! I love those cars, I used to have gunmetal '88 L98 GTA. I really miss that thing.

I agree with you on the wheels, those GTA wheels look killer, although they're a PITA to clean. I went through a lot of toothbrushes with those wheels! And I looked into getting aftermarket wheels for it, I wanted 17's, but I just could never find any that I thought fit the car better than the stockers.

With those gold emblems you have to have the gold centers!
Thanks, man! I used to have a 1988 GTA too. Mine was Flame Red (burgundy) with Beechwood colored interior. I've always felt that whenever you swap out the gold factory wheels for something else, you pretty much take away almost everything there is about a GTA that makes it so special.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:53 AM
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Black WS6 on Blue FM5s



Green lotus yellow wheels

Black G37 on gold wheels

White GTR gold wheels

5th gen Camaro on gold RS wheels (chopped)

5th Gen Camaro on Gold WHeels

Year One 2nd Gen bandit, on machine face with gold walls

Maroon 370Z on Gold SSRs

Red Si on Gold Wheels

White E90 BMW on Gold Mesh Wheels


Gunmetal 911 on Gold Wheels

White Cayman on Gold wheels

Blue Gallardo on Blue Wheels

Wite 458 on white wheels
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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Have any more pics of the bronze mags wheels on that car? That's the original setup I wanted.


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Gold wheels is def something for ricers and subaru's.
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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I know i'm alittle late,,but here is my Black Z28 with magnesium wheels.
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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can't go wrong with gold/bronze on black...

Personally it is all about attitude and stance...you can pull off anything if the whole package is well thought out.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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Anybody else have anything new to contribute?
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 11:18 PM
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I'm a big fan of chrome or black. But I wonder how these would look:
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 11:43 PM
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 09:16 AM
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I was thinking of painting my stock 16`s bright orange or something , and using them just to have some fun burning rubber ..
I do however like the gold centers on the porsche and the biemer , might do that on my 19`s
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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I dno most of these cars a hideous
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 07:24 PM
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White can look good on f-bodies. Gold with a polished or chrome lip can look good on black cars if done right. Other than that, it's probably going to look terrible.
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 09:17 PM
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I ran gold on my black Grand Prix. Got a lot of look sand I liked it:



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