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Postby ®usty » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:13 am

Hey all, just wanted some opinions on rim colour, I'm getting some rims powercoated, and just wondering what colour would suit it best.

I have a Red 96 Celica

colour im considering are.
white
silver
bronze/gold
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Postby THA SHZ » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:27 am

powercoat them a deep charcoal grey , looking good on a few we have had done , white too hard to keep clean 8)
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Postby celica_xr9145 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:35 am

I say white, although like said, there hard to keep clean :?
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Postby ®usty » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:06 am

well I do keep my car clean, so I cant see white rims being to much trouble 8)

thanks for the input, keep them coming.
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Postby xsspeed » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:15 am

Fluro green or teal

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Postby cogent » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:19 am

im seriously considering fluro green on the RX7.
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Postby pjay » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:24 am

Fluro green or yellow
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Postby Adamal » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:27 am

Combination of these colours:

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Postby Zitchu » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:28 am

Gold looks pretty sweet on a red car.
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Postby cogent » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:28 am

get rims with nice fat spokes, paint white, paint red rising sun across the spokes.
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Postby ®usty » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:32 am

umm I might stay away from the fluro colours guys, but let me know how you guys get along with them
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Postby cogent » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:36 am

baller spec

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Postby sergei » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:38 am

cogent wrote:baller spec

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That's awful.
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Postby cogent » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:39 am

so is your taste in operating systems but I dont hold that against you :lol: 8)
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Postby 79rolla » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:42 am

get thim panted a diferent color each quarter
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gun metal or a dark greay. or black with a red rim looks good too
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Postby ®usty » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:55 am

I know I dont have a white celica but


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they do come pretty nice in white.
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Postby dnalunchie » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:00 pm

®usty wrote:I know I dont have a white celica but


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they do come pretty nice in white.


just when I think im getting over st205's someone HAS to post up a pic of a hot one and BANG Im right there again, tralling through countless trademe auctions...... its like my dirty mistress of cars...
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Postby ®usty » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:02 pm

its trdgt4 :lol:
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Postby dnalunchie » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:06 pm

®usty wrote:its trdgt4 :lol:


yeah HE is the worst of them all, Im ganna have to burn that issue of PC or ill never get over it
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Postby ®usty » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:16 pm

or you could just buy a gt4 rather than burning his achievement?
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