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View Poll Results: Paint my wheels?
Leave them alone 16 50.00%
Paint them Gunmetal 15 46.88%
Paint them another color 1 3.13%
You really don't care either way... 0 0%
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Old 04-06-2012, 10:58 AM
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Need your opinion on painting my wheels! ASAP

What do you think? Should I paint these wheels gunmetal/hyper silver or leave them alone? Bringing her in today for some suspension work. Thanks!

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Old 04-06-2012, 11:25 AM
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Replace them with a set that has some lip.
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Old 04-06-2012, 11:31 AM
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Replace them with a set that has some lip.
Thanks for the suggestion, but it's the wife's car and I want to keep stock wheels on there. Looking for an aggressive OEM look similar to some of the new e70/90s. Nice wheels tho!
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Old 04-06-2012, 11:47 AM
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I considered refinishing my OE wheels until I found out a set of of good used, hubcentric, non-OE, TUV certified used wheels can be obtained for roughly the same cost as the value of the OE wheels and refinishing costs. Got mine for $600 with CF black/silver center caps and a set of 9/32 tread Hankook Ventus tires that retail for over 1k tires alone. There are steals on E-bay for X5 tire/rim sets. Lips on BMWs look awesome.
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Old 04-06-2012, 01:44 PM
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OP...leave them alone, looks fantastic as is. The gunmetal looks like they're covered in brake dust...that's just my opinion.
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Old 04-06-2012, 01:47 PM
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the only good thing about gunmetal is when they are covered in brake dust you wont even notice.. lol .. but i say leave them the way they are.truck looks real good
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gunmetal
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Old 04-06-2012, 02:56 PM
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Like the gunmetal look on there.
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Powdercoat gunmetal.
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Leave em alone. At least it matches your running boards and badges. Up to you though.
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