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Old 02-10-2008, 09:02 AM
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Default Bit o' Photochop help, please :)

I've never been overly keen on the relationship between my stock silver wheels and the Polar Silver color. I've considered having the wheels refinished when these tires expire.
Since my Photochop skillz are limited to changing sponsorship decals on Mark's car, I'm hoping a few experts can chime in with possible color alternatives. Ones that interest me are gunmetal gray, and the Turbo 'S' silver. Here is a decent pic of my wheels as they currently look:





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Gun metal>


What is Turbo S silver? I'll do that on as soon as I get an image for the color reference.
Edit, here you go>

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Jim,
Thank you. This thread gives an idea.

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Just get Fikse FM-10's or BBS RS-GT's and be done with it.

Also, I hear it's really popular with the cool kids to take business cards and decoupage them onto your wheels . . .




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Andreas my buddy just had his Cups resprayed in a Saab wheel color. We went to this joint in Allentown
http://www.wheelcollision.com/index.html and just looked around at the different finishes till he found one he liked. It was basically the same silver but with allot of flake sprayed on. I'll get pix when he puts them back on. I say go with Mark's idea and get the Gunmetal RSGT's.
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Boring . . .

Andreas, um, how about this?
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The Barney Ltd. Ed. Hollow Spokes!
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Boring . . .

Andreas, um, how about this?
Awesome. Thank you Andrew.

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Originally Posted by Cactus
We went to this joint in Allentown
http://www.wheelcollision.com/index.html and just looked around at the different finishes till he found one he liked.
Kaktisimo,
I clicked on that link but could not find anything to do with wheel refinishing. Am I missing something?






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Originally Posted by Mark in Baltimore
Just get Fikse FM-10's or BBS RS-GT's and be done with it.
I think these may work better with my dung beetle:





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Originally Posted by AOW162435
Kaktisimo,
I clicked on that link but could not find anything to do with wheel refinishing. Am I missing something?

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Over on the right where it says Specialty Finishes. Doesn't show many options on the site but you can get any color you want. I personally want to get some hollow twists someday and have them sprayed the color on the 04 Infiniti G35 18 inchers. You might like that color but on silver it is tough because you prolly want it a bit darker.
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Originally Posted by Cactus
Over on the right where it says Specialty Finishes. Doesn't show many options on the site but you can get any color you want. I personally want to get some hollow twists someday and have them sprayed the color on the 04 Infiniti G35 18 inchers. You might like that color but on silver it is tough because you prolly want it a bit darker.
I'm with Andreas. Once I got to that site I forgot what I was supposed to be looking for.
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Oh, and Anreas: I vote for the gunmetal version, in case you're counting votes. I think the silvers clash.
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