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mazdabel April-12th-2005 11:17 PM

Rim bashing
 
I've made the decision to can my current appearance of my car. i once thought about cruisin' in my pro but now i want the racer look. How stupid do chrome rims look anyway? My car should be treated better but instead I mistreat it awfully. I don't do it justice. I think black rims or dark metal would look better. I'm sick of chrome! hard to keep looking "pretty" and heavy as hell! Stupid!!! :thumbs do

jster28 April-13th-2005 05:37 PM

i have 18" dark gun metal racing rims they look great on my blue nightblue protege

zerocover April-13th-2005 09:23 PM

I have a set of lightweight rims with a polished aluminum lip on them. They look awsome however the aluminum is very hard to keep shiney. Much harder then chrome.

Saint-beast April-13th-2005 10:12 PM

Any pics of ur rims???

mazdabel April-13th-2005 10:29 PM

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Alright. Here's a pic of my rims. well one of 'em anyway...

P-rotege April-14th-2005 10:44 AM

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I've got silver 17 with the polished lip. Here's how they look. Chrome sucks... I hate chrome

TitaniumMSP April-14th-2005 05:58 PM

I dunno when I see chrome wheels I think pimp ride (Escalade, Tahoe, Lexus etc...) . I personally hate when someone puts chrome wheels on a sports car it just looks out of place now on the other side the 20" chrome wheels on the new Dodge Ram look sweet as hell....really depends on the car/truck/suv...

mazdabel April-14th-2005 07:34 PM

So it seems that i have three votes against chrome rims. Keep in mind i'm thinking about getting sports rims and forget about the mexican side in me that likes cruisin' on chrome!!

zerocover April-15th-2005 07:58 PM

http://web.njit.edu/~mg48/rims/PICT0015.JPG
Pretty big picture you can see what an insane lip it is. IT reflects itsself! I need more of a side angle.

import_tuner19 April-15th-2005 08:07 PM

chrome sucks, get black with polished lip it looks sweet, or even gun metal, something dark and less flashy.

mazdabel April-15th-2005 09:12 PM

You know what? I've made my mind to make my car all-black. Not black rims, but darker like gunmetal or what import's talking about...pretty good feedback...I'll also lose the altezzas but not oem; i like the black jdm (i think they're called that)

zerocover April-16th-2005 10:15 AM

Tint the altezzas it looks awsome
Usually when you tint tail ligts you get alot of red through but if you tint altezzas its all black becuase you have a nice clear surface to tint.

Desiwoman April-16th-2005 02:40 PM

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Hi guys,

I just put my summer tires/rims on my car and thought I would share them with you. I think that I am somewhat partial to the chrome ones - they look fabulous on and especially when the car is in motion. Much better than the brushed alloys!

import_tuner19 April-16th-2005 07:03 PM

i like the look of black rims with a polished lip on a black car in motion, at night. The black dissapears and all you see is a silver ring suspended in air, it looks awesome or even the tenzo rims with the red ring and the black spokes. Its mostly personal choice and i personally dont like flashy things like chrome.

mazdabel April-17th-2005 05:54 PM


Originally Posted by Desiwoman
Hi guys,

I just put my summer tires/rims on my car and thought I would share them with you. I think that I am somewhat partial to the chrome ones - they look fabulous on and especially when the car is in motion. Much better than the brushed alloys!

Yeah I like that! Summer rims alright. Especially cruising in the park; you know people are gawking! Something about chrome that makes people turn to notice...


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