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paintin steelies?good idea or bad?

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i have seen a 106 with standard steelies just painted white-and i think they look well nice for rally style...anyone got any opinions on wether i should do this for now until i can afford some decent alloys?
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y not dude just dont spend a f**k load doin it but on the other hand dont just use gloss lmao
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imo steelys suck :lol:
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shouldnt have to spend alot..as long as i key them properly i shouldnt need to prime them..not like i need a perfect finish lol.so will only cost me whatever the paint costs..probz only need 2 cans of the 500ml halfords cans..so about £12-15.cheaper than a set of wheel trims lol.

how easy would it be to mask them off etc? anyone done it before?
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not bein funny but i thought about doin that after i bought my alloys lol but i think it would look ok, lowered a little on steelies 8)
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yeh its only gonna be temporary.and iv seen it on a 106 and dont look that bad,il try find the pic and post it on here.
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heres the pic..i think they look good for rally style :)

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anyone else think this is a good idea or bad???
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I quite like the steelis painted white on corsa's. Especially on a darker colour, dont know about white car tho?? Can anyone photoshop them onto your car to see? I was thinking about steelies too.
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do u think black would look better then? i think white would look quite nice tho,seein as it is rally style...we used to have white wheels on our white evo 6 and it looked well good.should be alrite coz i still got blak bumpers...mite b diff once i colour code everythin...but for now i think il jusy spray em white- icant really go wrong lol
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Get some pics up when youve done it, i am tempted myself.
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sounds like a good idea imo, and hay, why the hell not? what you got to lose!!!! :lol:

what colour you thinking of doing them??
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yeh once i do it il post pics up.

gonna do em white like the 106 above :)
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i was thinking about painting mine black on my silver corsa...

this is only because ive mashed two wheel trims :meh:

dunno wat it would look like... might try some photoshopping :P
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yeh think that would like good,depends on wot look your goin for.im goin for rally style so white steelies will fit in really well.

any chance u could photo shop mine with white steelys? plzzz :lol:
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