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Old 09-26-2008, 03:03 PM   #1
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Powdercoat Rims: Gloss Black or Flat black

just bought these rims for my talon, im gonna powdercoat them black, which you think would look better on a black talon, gloss or flat black?, i cant decide.



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Old 09-26-2008, 03:17 PM   #2
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Gloss will always look 10 million times better than Flat. Flat looks cheap.
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Old 09-26-2008, 03:38 PM   #3
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+1. What are those wheels? I like them.
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Old 09-26-2008, 04:28 PM   #4
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Old 09-26-2008, 05:41 PM   #5
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how bout a satin(sp) black?
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Old 09-26-2008, 05:56 PM   #6
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Old 09-26-2008, 06:07 PM   #7
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I've done Matte and Gloss both before. Gloss FTW.
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Old 09-26-2008, 08:41 PM   #8
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+1. What are those wheels? I like them.

the guy that i bought it from says he thinks it came off an evo, how he does not know, amazes me but i wasnt gonna argue.
heres a closer picture, maybe you'll recognize it.

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Old 09-26-2008, 09:46 PM   #9
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Old 09-27-2008, 01:50 AM   #10
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looks like they are off the oz racing edition eclipse gs.
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Old 09-27-2008, 02:42 AM   #11
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Gloss will always look 10 million times better than Flat. Flat looks cheap.
For Rims I agree with that statement.

and yeah those are off of an OZ Edition Eclipse GS

I would keep them the way they are personally. I've been looking for a set of those.
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Old 09-27-2008, 03:37 AM   #12
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Those are NOT the 99 special edition GS rims, keep guessing guys

Just for your reference
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Old 09-27-2008, 03:39 AM   #13
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hmmm maybe they are just oz wheels then...
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Old 09-27-2008, 03:49 AM   #14
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they look like ET25's to me but im not too sure.
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Old 09-27-2008, 12:47 PM   #15
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