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Painting rims to match the car. Anyone done this?

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Old 01-13-2008, 08:03 PM
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I am thinking of painting my 17" boxter rims guards red to match my 944 cab. I have not decided on solid red or red and black. Does anyone (other than black) have their rims matching the ex of the car. Thanks
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I'd go with the style shown in the picture, black center with red lip. Solid red would be kind of tacky IMO
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How about red centers with silver lips?
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or black with silver like the current main rennlist pic
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User jgporsche powdercoated some wheels with the same colors as above and it looked pretty good.

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Keith, Thank you Thank you Thank you. That was just what I was looking for. I didn't think I could do two tone since there is no lip on my rims, but that guy has the same rims!!! I sent him a email to see if he still has them. Thanks again, my PS skills are very crappy so chopping a set was not working out for me.
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Is it just me, or does tifos car seem unusually long looking?
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prolly cuz its lowered
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I have to say that I love the targa wheels on the 944 and the colored center and polished lip looks great on your car ^^^

My old car with targa wheels VVV

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mine came that way!
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Originally Posted by CarbonRevo
Is it just me, or does tifos car seem unusually long looking?
LOL. I think its due to the fact that it is very low and also that damn door trim strip down the side of the car. It breaks up the car a bit and makes the side of the car not look as tall as it really is. Whenever I finally get around to getting it painted the side door trim parts are coming off and never going back on.
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All red


Here is red with old skool white walls



I also have a white set and a standard black set. I wanted to have different colors since i started to get confused which of my 3 sets of wheels were which.
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m758, there's a guy who I always see at the parts store with some old, old (i.e. late 50's) MB 4 door. He's this eastern European guy and, rather than buying actual whitewalls, decided to break out the Rustoleum off-white.


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