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Leave them as they are
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iForged Hyper Gun Metal style powder coat
5
20.83%
iForged Semi Gloss Black style powder coat
5
20.83%
Have them stripped and polished
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What to do with the FM/10's

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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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or powder coat them gunmetal then remachine the face so only the inner of the web pattern is powdercoated like the ones below only not red

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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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You could trade me for some FM5's
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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hmmm, its sooo hard to decide, but i finally went with black after seeing evaporate's car.

EDIT: do 02gtpfornow's suggestion!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 10:48 PM
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leave them as is or Semi-gloss black the center
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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I think I'm narrowing it down to Hyper Gun Metal, or the Nickel type finish. Keep it up guys!

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You could trade me for some FM5's
Ha, very tempting! Mine are unique tho, not to many people have 17x10's up front and 17x12's in the back . Your car looks killer though!
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 08:13 PM
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the race gold in the center dumdumdum!!!!!!! that would look sick with your car especially with the polished lip being as big as it is

might sound like rice but gotta do somthing different and rice or not it looks sick on any vehicle
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 'Trust'
I think I'm narrowing it down to Hyper Gun Metal, or the Nickel type finish. Keep it up guys!



Ha, very tempting! Mine are unique tho, not to many people have 17x10's up front and 17x12's in the back . Your car looks killer though!
FM5...FM10... either way they all gravy in my book

With either of those 2 colors, I bet a matte finish would look best.
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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I voted to keep them as is. However there used to be a guy on this board who had a C5 with semi-gloss black centers with a polished lip and it looked awesome.
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Originally Posted by 02gtp4now
i say leave them or gunmetal
Me too. It's really a win-win, all of your choices will look badass. IMO I wouldn't PC them black though.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 03:52 AM
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I like the black center look.

Had three sets of wheels that way and they were the easiest to maintain and got nothing but compliments where ever I parked or drove my car.

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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by whatsgrip?
Ruby Red centers

chrome lip

lol...jk..... I say leave how it is and polish the lip!
You think it's funny but I think a red center with a black lip would turn out a little better than you think. It's a tough call but it might not be a bad idea just to kick around. Otherwise I say black centers chrome lip, just make sure the calipers are painted red to offset the color a little bit.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Definitely not painting the calipers red, waay to many people do that. I have a good idea for them
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