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Old 01-07-2019, 02:11 PM
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Default Wheels - Yay or Nay?

I've been running Cayman S wheels on my car for a while now. I'm toying with the idea of powdercoating the center and insides in satin black,inspiration coming from the Porsche Sport Classic catalog.

My photoshop mockup makes the centers look a tad blue but I think you get the gist. Thoughts?





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I think painting them the opposite would look cool. Black paddles and silver pockets.
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I like it.
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I like them better the way they are - no painted center.
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Did you put the side Porsche decal on yourself?
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Originally Posted by Dranon
Did you put the side Porsche decal on yourself?
I did. It came from renndecals.com

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I like your mock-up. I like it better than the Club Sport wheels you reference because your spoke chrome goes further toward center and past nut holes.
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Those are the ****. Do it!
Our silver cars can appear a bit dull without a good color scheme.
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They almost look Fuchs-like.
I think they might look nicer with the silver center caps.
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Yay! I'd do it. I have a similar looking wheel on my white BMW 335i and it looks great.

In case it helps, I did something similar to my Targa except I polished the silver and painted the inside bits a metallic black. This isn't the greatest picture and I'm still working on the front bumper, but I'm happy with the wheel painting



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the painted hub number looks right, but you car would look good lowered a bit

don't do black



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