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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 02:27 PM
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Thinking of plasti-dipping my wheels, buying wheels is not an option right now. only want to because the finish on the wheels is discolored, looks like someone used a heavy degreaser to clean and let it sit to long on them, cant see it from the pictures but can in person. don't want to do black but looking for opinions on what color to go with, im thinking maybe some shade of gray, any ideas?
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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 04:43 PM
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White. Your car has a nice stance too.
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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 05:02 PM
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Thanks. It's got eibach drop springs and white would go but never been a fan of white wheels
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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 05:09 PM
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Was maybe thinking a darker bronze
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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 05:21 PM
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I think the grey would look good. You could always try one of those programs that put different wheels on your car like the one on Discount Tire.
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Old Aug 17, 2014 | 06:49 PM
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i'm in the same boat as you but from all the pics i have found black would look the best also maybe some 35th anniversary color scheme

here are some pics to help you along and the grey car looks to have gun metal on the wheels
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 09:13 AM
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I would leave them alone or paint them gunmetal.
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 11:18 AM
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Yeah best option seems to be a gunmetal gray. I think I'll just do that. If it doesn't look good I could always just peel it back off
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I'd go with either (high gloss) black or Navy Blue.

Here's my car with navy blue 18 x 9s
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doesn't look bad but not big on wheels matching the paint, except black. decided to try gunmetal, haven't done it yet but ordered to plastidip
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