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Painting Stoke 5 spokes gold or other colors...

Old Nov 29, 2004 | 08:14 PM
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Painting Stoke 5 spokes gold or other colors...

Anyone ever painted the stock 5 spoke 91 rims?? I think they could look kind of nice in a ricer kinda way. Here is what I was thinking. I would be using these for the winter tires so I just want to dress them up a bit

BTW I did these in like 4 seconds in photoshop thus the crappy results.





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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 08:16 PM
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 08:18 PM
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#2 personnaly...i like em
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 09:06 PM
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#3 and nice car.
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 09:07 PM
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Black Please!
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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black!!!!^^^^^what he said!
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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i like #1. i think FC's look bad *** with gold rims wheels
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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non of those look good but i agree gold does look good on fc's
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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what about red?
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 12:02 AM
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Black!! definatley

if you are painting go black, your chances of it looking good are probly the best. these are my wheels, sanded, painted, and clear coated..
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 12:15 AM
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Paint the lip/edge black and go with a gunmetal 5spoke.
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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I'm gonna have to say black...Don't know what it is but black wheels on a white car look hella sexy...
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 12:58 AM
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i like green wheels with a black lip on white cars. sorry if i got carried away with the rest of the picture. 8P

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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 01:05 AM
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^ha, lol. I think a darker 'bronze' color would look better than gold. I really like the gold/bronze look, but I probably wouldn't do it to mine. I'm afraid that I might not like it in a few years... But right now, for you, DO IT!! Post pics!
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 05:30 AM
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some one try white
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