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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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I am officially sick to death of polishing the classics. Especially since I drive it on a regular basis and it sits ouside in the elements uncovered. Im either going to paint the centers gloss black with the polished lip, which I feel I can handle, or paint the whole wheel gloss black. Im also considering painting the sail panel and mirrors black as well if I decide on the all black wheel (think ceta trans am) and I already did the ceta bumper mod. I think the top half of the car blacked out would look cool w/ the black wheels. But since the color on the firebird is so rare, that has me not wanting to really mess with the painting of the sail panel/mirrors. Not that the color really adds any extra value to car at all imo. The windows will be getting tinted regardless. So here are some my options and some pics. And if someone could do some better photoshoping than me I'de appreciate it, mine look horrible I think. Let me know what you guys think.

1 - black centers / polished lips,
2 - black centers / black lips - body color sail panel/mirrors
3 - black centers / black lips - black sail panel/mirrors
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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here are some attempts at photoshoping







in these pics i bought some gloss black vinyl and wrapped a wheel to get a better idea of what it would look like




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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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the chrome lip and black top looks great imo
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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All black CCW Classics =
Keep the lips polished, bro.
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 09:03 PM
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Keep the lip polished and gloss black centers
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by carlos64030
All black CCW Classics =
Keep the lips polished, bro.
This.

Black centers, polished lips.
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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Gloss black center polished lip.
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 04:02 AM
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i think the first photoshop looks the best, honest its up to you man , i know there a pain to keep looking good but polished still looks the best imo,
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honest after looking at the pics and putting some thought into it all black looks pretty sick, but i dont think you would like all black or any black after awhile,when i had black wheels the look got old really fast , went back to polished and it looked way better, from that point on i will never own black wheels again
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