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Old 03-31-2008, 07:48 AM
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Summer is around the corner and it's time to get refinish my 19" TechArt wheels. Here is a picture of my p-car:

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I was thinking to stick with the same color scheme as the below sample:
Polished outside Lip, black or gunmetal color spokes, silver TechArt lettering on a spoke, silver center cap with matching black or gunmetal color TechArt lettering

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so help me choose! what color combo do you think is best looking for my car? any new ideas would be appreciated. so far, i am between three colors, shiny black spokes, matching seal grey spokes, or darker color gun-metal spokes (maybe like a polished darker metallic silver, like the infinite car colors wheels?)

anybody an expert at photoshop and want to photoshop my car with different color wheels?

this is a friends car with matching seal grey spokes:



thanks!

Jason
 

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here is a picture of my car with black 18" black TechArt wheels

 

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this is what i mean by darker gun metal color:

 
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Your Friends car is HOT!!!!
 
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Your Friends car is HOT!!!!
haha, did you send out your wheel for repair yet alan?

alan, i'm leaning towards a color slightly darker than body color (seal grey) with a polished lip
 
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color match!
 
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I would match the body......or if not, black. If you go slightly darker, they may look like you tried to match the body color, but the painter messed up.

As well, I wouldn't change the color of the wording on the wheel. I think it looks cleaner
just keeping it all the rim color.
 
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I think for the Techart wheels the color you have them suits them best, dont change a thing. I think the color matched and gloss black wheels look good on a Seal Grey but not with Techarts, maybe if you went with GT3 RS wheels or a set of HRE or iForged.
 
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I'd go with either flat black or dark, dark grey (no color match). Here's flat black with chrome lip on my seal grey TT:

 
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Your friend's seal grey with matching wheels is what made me buy my first turbo, which was seal grey. I think that combo is hot!!
 
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I think the color match is absolute class. I much prefer it to off colors. It just all comes together like a well choreographed play.
 
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Ok, I've got to ask this. I've been wondering what to do with my wheels also. I love the chrome look on cars but I never see it on P-cars. Is it an unwritten rule or what that chrome and porsche don't go together? Any input on this?
 
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just to share, i think this ferrari is also matching color and it looks nice =D
(sorry peter for stealing your pics)



 
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Originally Posted by EZ Cookin
Ok, I've got to ask this. I've been wondering what to do with my wheels also. I love the chrome look on cars but I never see it on P-cars. Is it an unwritten rule or what that chrome and porsche don't go together? Any input on this?
here's an old picture of the chrome 18" techarts that i use to run as my winter wheels

IMO, it's too bling

 
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go with the seal grey....
 


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