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Old 04-03-2009, 07:16 PM
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Let the hate begin...

Update:


Small teaser shot for now.


Some more shots:









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Get ready....
(yes, picture focus fail on a couple. Not enough natural light left in the day!)








More pictures to come when they're on the car....

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Old 04-03-2009, 07:18 PM
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I dig it. Its nothing new. Maybe to a Cobalt........but EVERYONE else in the sport compact car scene has been doing colored wheels for ages now. Props for doing something different in the world of Cobalts.

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ummmm.. can't state opinion at this time. waiting on mounted pics.
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its mad jdm yo!...no but seriously pretty interested to see how it looks when they're actually on the car
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Originally Posted by WhiteSSBalt
I dig it. Its nothing new. Maybe to a Cobalt........but EVERYONE else in the sport compact car scene has been doing colored wheels for ages now. Props for doing something different in the world of Cobalts.
you're right, it is FAR from new. But, I have rarely seen anyone do anything but chrome, black, or bronze rims on a black cobalt.

I had to be a bit different

I'm just waiting to get flamed to all hell for it
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Well i guess i will be able to tell you appart from the others

im curious to see what they look installed
Old 04-03-2009, 07:24 PM
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I want to see a whole side of car shot and a slow roll vid to complete my opinion. Has Potential.

Great work BTW
Old 04-03-2009, 07:24 PM
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Hopefully they'll be mounted and installed tomorrow. I have a stack of tires next to me waiting to go on. Just gotta get up to the shop.

Just got these bad boys back from the powder coater today
Old 04-03-2009, 07:26 PM
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i like it, i wish my car was like a gunmetal gray cuz i would love to rock some pink ones! cant wait to see them on.
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Is this good enough to start the flaming?

Old 04-03-2009, 07:28 PM
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You still going to the drive in tomorrow night ???

Id like to see these in person
Old 04-03-2009, 07:29 PM
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Yup, sure am. Hoping to get to Belle tire tomorrow and get these and the new tires installed.
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I think the red on black will look good, but those wheels have too many spokes IMO.
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Don't worry about all the haters man. They're just stuck inside the box, lol. Or have apparently never been to an HIN show and don't realize what trends are actually in style right now. Colored wheels are def a big "in" thing right now.
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oh no, i actually welcome the haters.
i knew most of the cobalt community would find them disgusting... but, that's why i'm not a huge part of the community and hang out with all the other car folks


and yea, it does have quite the amount of spokes, should of saw them when they were gunmetal... ugly as hell IMO. but, i think the red helps make the multi-spoke look work
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Originally Posted by Opi
oh no, i actually welcome the haters.
i knew most of the cobalt community would find them disgusting... but, that's why i'm not a huge part of the community and hang out with all the other car folks


and yea, it does have quite the amount of spokes, should of saw them when they were gunmetal... ugly as hell IMO. but, i think the red helps make the multi-spoke look work
I hear ya.
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Originally Posted by WhiteSSBalt
Don't worry about all the haters man. They're just stuck inside the box, lol. Or have apparently never been to an HIN show and don't realize what trends are actually in style right now. Colored wheels are def a big "in" thing right now.
Really? I haven't seen one car around here with colored rims. I must be oblivious.
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those are beautiful, what size are they?
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18x7.5 +42 offset
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Originally Posted by Black SS/SC 06
Really? I haven't seen one car around here with colored rims. I must be oblivious.
cuz your still stuck in the damn BOX!!!! lol
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cuz your still stuck in the damn BOX!!!! lol
I have been out of the box for a while

All of you young kids that think colored rims are cool are the ones stuck in the box
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Originally Posted by WhiteSSBalt
Don't worry about all the haters man. They're just stuck inside the box, lol. Or have apparently never been to an HIN show and don't realize what trends are actually in style right now. Colored wheels are def a big "in" thing right now.
maybe some of us dont care what the in crowd is doing...only doing waht is "in" IS staying in the box....
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Sick ive wanted to do colored wheels for so long but the motor went so no new wheels for me....
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Originally Posted by Opi
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are those MY old wheels that I sold to averagewhiteboy?? Either way, they do look WAY better red than gunmetal...

I think they'll def. look sick on your car
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I don't give two ***** about what box I'm in. I like em!

You guys continue to bicker back and forth while I go and hug my rims.


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