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    kinda think the black of the car strips look wrong now should match the wheels
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    Quote Originally Posted by T5frankie View Post
    not dark enough lol
    Any darker than they are and you lose the definition of the wheels though. I think they look spot on. They also make the trim look darker which makes it look cleaner.
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    Looks a lovley job but as every one knows I like silver and just a bit darker shade of silver

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    Yours and frankies car are twins lol nice job .

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    Quote Originally Posted by martybelfastt5 View Post
    kinda think the black of the car strips look wrong now should match the wheels
    exactly right, its bits like that that make a car, my strips are black and so are my wheels

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nealevo View Post






    Still not sure!!

    They were stripped of tyres, dipped to clean off all old paint, refurbed and then painted, as I didn't like the finish of the powder wheel I'm display, £30 a corner
    thats bloody cheap, need mine doing properly

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    Looks very good to me against the red paintwork, leave them on!

    Having said that, I would have gone for a darker shade of silver. Excellent job at any price by the looks of it, certainly £30 a corner is brilliant - would like them to do mine if not too far from me.

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    I think it looks really nice, personally I prefer the wheels to be lighter than the tyres so you get the definition between the wheel and the tyre, and the tyre should ALWAYS be darker, more black if you will, than the wheel for the right look, which is exactly what you have


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    Looks good to me.
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    looks nice. i possibly would of went a shade darker, but frankie has a point with the trim on doors been colour coded. would make it complete.

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    go black u will have brown tyres lol


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    It now looks just like mine! Lol, mine were done last August same shade with a metallic lacquer I love em,great minds think alike!!

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    Everytime I looked at the car I wasn't happy with the dark grey so I had them redone in chrome silver grey




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    I preferred them how they were lol
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    The look loads better mate, Sorted

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    That's betterm!, tbh I think it was the shade of the grey they'd used rather than how dark it was. It looked kinda like a bluey grey in the photo's and it just didnt suit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tomcat View Post
    That's betterm!, tbh I think it was the shade of the grey they'd used rather than how dark it was. It looked kinda like a bluey grey in the photo's and it just didnt suit.
    Yeah I think that it was the colour that was putting me off, it reminded me slightly of MRPs gay blue wheels of yesteryear lol

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    Sorry mate just seen this thread or i would of said they looked crap lol, much better now however i would of gone darker black chrome





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    i dont think the colour of the wheels is quite right but the bumper and trims look fantastic, how do i get mine like that??

    edit... the previous colour i meant, lighter is much better


 

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