Hamish
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Looking at the finish of my new wheels now. Ive decieded that i want an anthicite centre and a polished outer (sorry stavs)
What im a bit unsure on is where the paint should stop and the polishing start.
1) Just the face and polish any other bits in sight

or
2) Paint the face and the bits pointed to with the arrow and stop at the indicated black line

Excuse my bad photoshop
[Edited on 17-07-2007 by Hamish]
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Hamish
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comments welcome too
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JM_16v
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i chose option 1 as think option 2 will look crap but i think option 1 will look amazing
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Ben G
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2
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Ben G
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oh wait, 1 as theres no actual line to stop at on 2 so could look a bit shit.
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Hamish
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thing with option 2 is, i dont know how it would be done as there is no clear cut line on the wheel to stp the paint and start the polishing
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Ben G
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Robin
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Have the whole thing diamond cut.
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Hamish
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was contemplating gettin them mirror polished, but after looking a K3 VMU's car i dont think it suits brocide yellow
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SportBoy
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1 ... just dont go too dark with the anth
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Robin
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erm... diamond cut face with black inners.
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Hamish
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dont like black cetres. would make the wkeel look smaller and i think you loose detail
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Superlite Ltd.
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Polished lip on a painted centre
tried and tested for many many years 
 
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Hamish
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thats guven me ideas....but i thinkbrocide yellow centres would be too much
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Superlite Ltd.
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photoshop it first 
lots of people have superlites made with centres the same colour as their kit cars shell. Its nice sometimes, other times it looks pap
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Hamish
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i cant cwont be able to get a good colour match, im rubbish at ps
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Superlite Ltd.
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an example of a well chosen colour:

and not so well chosen:

[Edited on 17-07-2007 by Superlite Ltd.]
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Hamish
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yea, cheers for that. i think ill just stick with the anthacite for the minute
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Superlite Ltd.
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Thats exactly what im going for on my arden blue bugger
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Hamish
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Robin
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quote: Originally posted by Hamish
dont like black cetres. would make the wkeel look smaller and i think you loose detail
I meant the bits between the spokes
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Hamish
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yea but:

its hard to distinguish (sp) between where the spoke stops and the dish starts
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Robin
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give me 10 mins
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Icy
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seen them done both ways, do what ever way u want
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Robin
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Icy's way is better though TBH
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