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Old 11-16-2009, 06:23 AM
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thinking about painting........

I want to do something more to my car but I really like the overall exterior of the the car. I was thinking of painting the lip kit, and color matching the wheels QT1 white. I mean it looks good on paper, but I have never seen it on a maxima.
Should I go from this

to this
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Old 11-16-2009, 06:33 AM
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black lip looks way better in black,IMHO
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If the color match was better, I'd say do it. But leave the wheels alone.
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Old 11-16-2009, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 321VQ35MAX
If the color match was better, I'd say do it. But leave the wheels alone.
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:00 AM
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I had white wheels way back in the day. I really liked the look of it and always got tons of compliments. I powdercoated them black when I began buying CF parts to pull the two tone theme together.



a few other members did have white wheels with a white kit, Slammed98 being one of them...


I think it is a clean look, as long as the wheels match the car fairly close, if not they will just be too bright and stand out too much. If you do it, leave the lips polished.

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Old 11-16-2009, 08:09 AM
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painting the skirts sounds good, it will look less like primer.
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:27 AM
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Could we see the other combo?

Can you post a pic of the white skirt and rims as they are in silver?
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keep it black. best of both worlds IMOP.
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yea i like the way it is now. 2 tone ftw.
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Old 11-16-2009, 03:01 PM
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Dude...trust me...your car is fine how it is. If you just feel the need to spend, send it to me so i can look tht good.
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I really want to paint the kit. and the only reason I even thought about doing the wheels is because I was thinking of getting them dipped in chrome. But that is expensive as hell.

thanks for all of the input everyone
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Old 11-17-2009, 07:18 PM
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Have you thought about painting the face of the wheel white And leaving the rest that Polished (or whatever) finish? Truly the best of both worlds and I would paint the kit 100 percent.
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