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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 01:37 AM
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what color should i paint my vert meshies?

So im having a having hard time deciding what color
im going to paint my vert bbs wheels.

just looking for ideas

pics of what any of you guys have painted yours would be appreciated .

lemme see some wheels.....................
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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 01:50 AM
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bronze/gold/gunmetal/white. Everything else is meh.
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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 02:51 AM
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Leave em be and get some real wheels.
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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 02:57 AM
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Leave em be and get some real wheels.
painted stock wheels are still stock wheels and dont really look much different. Just leave them.
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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 03:06 AM
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silver with polished lips
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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 03:11 AM
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Leave them alone. I would never paint factory wheels.
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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 03:29 AM
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fluro green.
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Old Jul 30, 2011 | 11:03 AM
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I think im not going to paint them now, i like the way they cleaned up lol.
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Old Jul 30, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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White/gold/gunmetal/green??? Gross. Don't insult the convertible BBS wheels like that. Original silver with locking center caps is the only way, because they look damn good like that.
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Old Jul 30, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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There are a dozen of threads about this ****. Paint them whatever the **** you want. At the end of the day they're just Vert wheels and nobody gives a ****
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 05:34 AM
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Leave em be and get some real wheels.
12lb BBS rims seem pretty real to me

To the OP, if it were me I'd loose the bling bling red lugnuts and put the center caps back on....but it's your car do what you want
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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If it were mine id leave the rims stock but paint the inners and the inside of the combs or whatever you call it black to make the wheels appear larger
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 08:34 PM
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I tried that once. It made them look smaller... and stupid. Back to silver they went.
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 11:55 PM
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I tried that once. It made them look smaller... and stupid. Back to silver they went.
Thank you. I wish people would figure this out and stop embarrassing themselves.

Painting the center of a wheel and leaving the lip polished (or a lighter color) should only be done on 17's (really 18's) because it always makes the wheel look AT LEAST 1" smaller than it actually is (dependinding on the size of the lip). So you can imagine how stupid it would look if one were to start off w/ 15's...
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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yep yep im sticking with the stock color just need to polish the sh** out of em.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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Pink. No question.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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yep yep im sticking with the stock color just need to polish the sh** out of em.
There you go. Smart decision.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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i dont know what y'all are talking about. they look amazing painted gold.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 02:44 PM
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I have spray painted black vert rims on my vert... and honestly it looked cool for a little while because it was different... but I now like stock vert rims better.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 03:37 PM
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I had Lincoln mesh (very similar to the verts, but less of a lip) on my FC painted gold with metallic flake, and silver lip, looked pretty good to me.



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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JustJeff
12lb BBS rims seem pretty real to me

To the OP, if it were me I'd loose the bling bling red lugnuts and put the center caps back on....but it's your car do what you want
Sorry aren't the like a 6in or 6.5 for width? Pretty weaksauce if u ask me. Keep the pizza cutter sizes for winter driving.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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i dont know what y'all are talking about. they look amazing painted gold.
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I had Lincoln mesh (very similar to the verts, but less of a lip) on my FC painted gold with metallic flake, and silver lip, looked pretty good to me.
The problem is painting the centers a dark color. As mentioned earlier, light colors such as white, gold, or silver are usually fine.

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Sorry aren't they like a 6in or 6.5 for width? Pretty weaksauce if u ask me. Keep the pizza cutter sizes for winter driving.
Yes, that too.
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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why paint the stock mesheys.... i say because some of us are broke, and cant buy real rims. keeping the car running is hard enouf... haha and because vert wheels are sooooo light, why get heavy rims..... gold vert rims FTW!!
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 01:46 AM
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I like the gold and silver well done!
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 03:04 AM
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I agree with leave em and get beetter rims
But if u must, I thouht white would be cleen
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