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What to do with stock 16" TA wheels?

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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 01:02 PM
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Default What to do with stock 16" TA wheels?

I originally had decided to strip and polish my stock 16" 5-spoke wheels since I have a set of 99+ 16" twisted 5-spoke Firebird wheels on my car now, and then use the polished wheels for daily use and the twisted 5-spoke wheels for autox use, but now I'm undecided. Help me decide what to do with them.

BTW, they are already mostly stripped, and there is a nice rough surface underneath the paint. The 99+ wheels are in great condition.

Also: Please post if I should use for daily or autox duty after refinishing them.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 01:05 PM
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The color that you decide to go with also depends on what color your car is. Gunmetal with a polished lip would look different. You could also get them widened but then you'd get into trouble when trying to find tires to fit them.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 01:09 PM
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My car is Mystic Teal.
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I also have a teal trans am and I painted my 16" rims black and left the lip silver. Im not sure how to post pics but here is my car domain link, you can see how they turned out. http://www.cardomain.com/id/17withabird
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Black with a polished lip would look nice....like 17WITHaBIRD did....
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