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Old 31 Oct 2009, 01:37 am
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Default Re: Poll: Black w/ Chrome Lip or Chrome

Hey guys! Thanks for all the feedback. I agree with everything you guys said and so I went ahead and ordered them today. Paid $444 for a set of 4, shipped. Pretty good deal if you ask me. I'll be taking them to a local shop so they can stretch a set of Nexen N3000 40-series tires on 'em when I get them, and then I'll be selling my stockers most likely. I've actually seen them sell for ~$100 in good shape. Pretty funny how that works-- I can almost make back what I spent on my new rims. :P I'm also excited because I'll actually be able to show off my cross-drilled/slotted rotors and my painted calipers as well! I went ahead and coated them with red, so I may wind up redoing them.. not sure how the red will compliment black rims.. but we'll see.

Anyway, thanks for the tips on the tint as well. I would really like to take it to a shop and see if they will even out the tint on my windows, or possibly go darker than the stock tinting.. we'll see. I also just ordered a painted rear spoiler and a billet horizontal grille. I'm also considering ordering a set of smoked tail lights as well. Hopefully I'll have the time to swap in my springs within the next 2 weeks or so.. I'll definitely post pictures when I have them installed!

Also found a guy on Ebay who does these:

Which I'm assuming consists of some sort of lacquer paint and a clearcoat afterwards. Looks really good with the stock tails, in my opinion, and would definitely compliment the black rims and tint..
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