ToroToro Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Kicking around a few ideas here.... First off...this spring I want to refinish my rims...thinking about going graphite/dark grey in the centers, leaving the other part polished. I'm open to other suggestions aside from "those wheels are ugly, get different ones" 10 minute photoshop \/ Also...Steve brought up the idea of painting the headlight trim red. I thought about it before...since I got rid of all the black in the rear...do the front to match. I'm not too sold on this yet though...opinions? Another piss-poor PS \/ Redfox's painted light trim. I plan to paint the black side marker trim too, because it looks like shit with red light trim and the black side marker outline, IMO. \/ And there is always the option of leaving it alone, but that's really no fun. \/ Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I would probably paint the wheels and leave the headlight trim like it is, I think the black up front goes good with the tinted windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 dont fuck with those wheels. use them for winter and get some different stock wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroToro Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Yeah, about the tint, I just ps'ed that on there, because 20% all around is going to be coming in the spring too, and I wanted an idea of the finished product. Just to clarify.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 tint, lower, and rims 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I think if you swaped the colors on the rims, you know do it opposite of whats posted, I think that would look great!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94CutlassSLCoupe Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Polish the entire rim...i think that would be about the only way those rims will look real good...If you don't want to do that, just leave well enough alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Polish the entire rim...i think that would be about the only way those rims will look real good...If you don't want to do that, just leave well enough alone agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Ok, this is more a question than anything...how did you get your windows to look tinted like that? I wanna photoshop my car as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroToro Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Just created a layer from BG, used the lasso tool to manually trace the window, painted it black, and set the opacity at 50% or so IIRC. Then I zoomed really far in and cleaned up the edges manually. Best to start with a picture without any glare or reflections on the window too of course. I got pretty lucky on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I like the grey inset wheels like that, man. I also like the headlight trim painted. That got my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 That looks incredibly badass in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockTherapy Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 i'm with Shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlsp Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 That looks incredibly badass in my opinion. :withstupid: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 i'd leave the wheels....but do the headlights and tint 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 The wheels are the cool part! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroToro Posted October 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Yeah, I'm definatley leaning toward doing the wheels the more I look at it...I dont want to wait until spring, but I know the winter would mess them up good. I still might do them before winter though. Still not too sure on the headlights... That look kinda reminds me of one of these numbers: But I might give it a try. If I hate it, I can get some new used ones to put on instead. Thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GutlessSupreme Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 I don't really dig the wheels, and honestly never cared for the painted light trim either... I think it makes it look cheesy, like the new vette headlights look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospeeder Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 i think it looks really cool, like retro sorta 80's wheels cool, what about black middles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout524 Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Looks great! Do it! Although, I do agree with 19Cutlass94, paint the other part of the rims and leave the inside part polished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 You should photoshop the reverse of the wheels (like everyone is saying) to see it. I also don't like the painted light trim, never did, never will. Makes it look too much like you're trying to make everything match, kinda like painting the whole interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 I think the wheels have a cool 80's retro sports car look. Made me think of Knight Rider for some reason, even though it doesn't really look like the wheels from Knight Rider, I guess it looks like some 80's futuristic style. It definitely looks more unique than stock, IMO. I hate the painted headlight trim, looks like it has a case of pink eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToroToro Posted November 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 For those who suggested this route... :? I still lean toward my first design...although that one looks nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 It looked a lot better the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockgp Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 how about black on the rims instead of gray? i kind of like your first PS, but gray sticks out too much IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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