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    anyone got pics of XR4's with black centers or any other colour for that matter

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    nooo dont do it

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    just want to see, besides if i paint them i can always strip them back, also the finish is fucked on my wheels
    mistreated by others

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    Yeah, I reckon these look awesome with a painted centre, or completely black.

    I remember seeing a pic of this ages ago, but its annoying that I cant find the pic

    Heres the closest I can find atm.

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    [attachment=12634:attachment]

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    they look good either way, meaning

    1. painted centre with polished lip
    2. painted lip with polished centre

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    [attachment=12638:attachment]


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    they do look tough painted but i much prefer polished, just remember if you do paint them and decide to strip it off later its not just a matter of throwing some paint stripper on and washing it off to reveal perfect shiney rims.

    the stripper eats into the alloy, then u need to use a cutting coumpound on a buff, then a polishing compund to finsh it. it took me about 2 hole days to get em back to almost new.

    Ahhh i miss those rims. so hot, U still happy with em gilly?

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    DO IT.

    Get it powdercoated though. Don't half-ass it. No matte black either, gloss or nothing

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    matte black xr4s look hot.

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    fuck no

    leave them the way they are

    your car has class, painted the rims will just give it a pig look, and detract from the cars overall appearance

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    you know it brother!! currently reside on the front of my KETO

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