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Old 07-26-2012, 04:19 AM
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Default Vadriven, help me pick the color of my new wheels!

So, after 11 years of driving piles of rotting crap I went out and bought myself a Gray 2006 TL, and me being me, I can't leave well enough alone, so my mind has been churning in regards to the setup I want. So far, I have decided on the Work CR-Ultimates, but I can not decide on which color! That is where my lovely automotive decision makers come in handy -you guys-.

I'm not doing anything overly aggressive since it will be a DD, but so far the specs I'm looking at are 18x8.5 +30 in the front and 18x9.5 +35 in the rear. Fenders are definitely going to have to be rolled.

The color is this



The colors of wheels are these



GT Silver


Work Metal Buff


Matte Gunmetal
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:31 AM
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GT Silver
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:41 AM
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I like them all but the matte gunmetal for your car. I think the work metal buff would look good.
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Old 07-26-2012, 04:50 AM
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Default Re: Vadriven, help me pick the color of my new wheels!

I usually like the gunmetal, but that's not going to work for that color of car. You have a silver/gunmetal car, so just about any other color of wheel would look good. Why are you limiting yourself to those three colors of wheels; have you thought about getting whatever color is on sale and getting them painted or powdercoated?
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Default Re: Vadriven, help me pick the color of my new wheels!

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I usually like the gunmetal, but that's not going to work for that color of car. You have a silver/gunmetal car, so just about any other color of wheel would look good. Why are you limiting yourself to those three colors of wheels; have you thought about getting whatever color is on sale and getting them painted or powdercoated?
I thought about that, but although I'm looking at the works I do have a tight budget, so I cant do anything else for about a year. I'd love a burning black or hyper silver, but since the wheels are one piece work said they can't customize them in those colors.
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METAL BUFF
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GT silver.
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Default Re: Vadriven, help me pick the color of my new wheels!

Metal buff.

A bunch of wheels don't look good in a polished/chrome/buff color, because they have really shitty offsets.

I think these will look good because of the wheel setup and the color combo.
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Default Re: Vadriven, help me pick the color of my new wheels!

I've been leaning towards the metal buff or gt silver. I just don't want to be that douchebag on polished/chrome wheels that look horrible on the car., haha.
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Default Re: Vadriven, help me pick the color of my new wheels!

GT Silver.

Also hit up Sageauto for the wheels they will get you a better deal than most.
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