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Black rims are out ?

Old 02-12-2016, 04:57 PM
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Just got the word from a good source The Black Rims Fade is out, it lasted a few years now and had the best run ever.
What's next the Sorces say it's WHITE. White on White is the odds on favorite.

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I'm not concerned about fads, or fades. I buy what I like, not what I think other people will like, or the internet says I should like.
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Old 02-12-2016, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Rochester
Just got the word from a good source The Black Rims Fade is out, it lasted a few years now and had the best run ever.
What's next the Sorces say it's WHITE. White on White is the odds on favorite.
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Old 02-12-2016, 05:14 PM
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I was ahead on that trend by many years. I owned a triple white 88 35th Anniversary Edition Corvette back in the day. All of them came equipped with white wheels, white seats, and the exteriors were all painted white. I am leading a new trend now toward the sleek look of chrome.

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Just got the word from a good source The Black Rims Fade is out, it lasted a few years now and had the best run ever.
What's next the Sorces say it's WHITE. White on White is the odds on favorite.
Old 02-12-2016, 05:16 PM
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Old 02-12-2016, 05:18 PM
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The good thing about the black wheels is that anyone with 3 bucks can buy a can of Krylon and mod their wheels. One of the security guards at work has a really cool looking 90 something Chevy Trailblazer in which he did the black Krylon mod. After the over spray on the tires started to fade it rally looked cool.

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Thanks for the info. ........yeah I'm going to sleep like a baby tonight. Long live chrome wheels

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Originally Posted by roadbike56
Black Chrome
That is what I put on my car. Love it over the chrome from the factor.
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Now my wheels will be a collector item in the near future!
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I've seen pink(but not on a Corvette, but it's not a color I'll choose. Just because something is "fashionable", doesn't mean that it is "attractive".

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Originally Posted by Red Rochester
Just got the word from a good source The Black Rims Fade is out, it lasted a few years now and had the best run ever.
What's next the Sorces say it's WHITE. White on White is the odds on favorite.
My black wheels haven't faded at all.
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Actually read (here I think) that color matched wheels will be the next big deal/
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Originally Posted by Red Rochester
Just got the word from a good source The Black Rims Fade is out, it lasted a few years now and had the best run ever.
What's next the Sorces say it's WHITE. White on White is the odds on favorite.
All the stats I've seen indicate that with the below 30 years of age crowd, chrome would be on the way out before black rims.

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Way overdue...
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Starting to see a few cars running colored rims in my area. Mostly imports. I think imports started the black rim fad, too.

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I'm not concerned about fads, or fades. I buy what I like, not what I think other people will like, or the internet says I should like.
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Originally Posted by meyerweb
I'm not concerned about fads, or fades. I buy what I like, not what I think other people will like, or the internet says I should like.
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Originally Posted by justplainjim
Way overdue...
I agree. They reminded me of plain old rims. Chrome rims never go out of style.
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