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Steelies...

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Riight basically i'm 17 have basically no money to my name and have a british racing green corsa... I cant afford alloys and just dnt like the idea of getting hubcaps tbh... any ideas of colour to paint the steels?? i've had a look on the web and was finkin red or gold.... any ideas welcome just dnt hate coz i haven't got the cash for alloys... lol :(

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its upto yourself really. there is so many colours and so many different shades of colours you can choose from, white, black, silver, orange, red, green, blue, yellow, gold, purple,
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go wild mate, :)
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im going for something really uncommon with my corsa c sxi alloys once i get them prepped and have money for paint. not saying incase you try steal my idea haha
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haha!! ;) i probably wuld so long as its nt to complicated!!
and i just wondered wat wuld look gd as its quite a dark greennn colour so i was thinking black and gold...? maybe :)
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bright white would look good or each one white with a different colour on each wheel.
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go for each wheel different colour to be different.
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haha like a drift car id say go iluminous
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haha! :D
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i was gonna go pink but cant find a decent shade there all too light and im not taking it to a garage to do it when i can do it myself haha
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I'm finking a nice black and gold.. any ideas where to get paint?? and do i need primer, laquer and that for them?
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Gold steels with black nuts. Or the opposite.
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i was thinking the opposite but hey great minds think a like! lool
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Yeah, black with gold nuts actually. Deffo.
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