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so i've been kicking around the idea of replacing the roof rack with black caps, painting the wheels black or getting a new set of wheels, and tinting the windows. kinda blacking out the car. also a black billet grille. can someone do a photoshop of my car to see how it might look? if it doesn't cost too much, dad will pay for it.

Give me a week and I can give you a little idea NOT photoshopped

I blacked mine all out.. I love it... it would be nice with the red and black...

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DEFINITELY get rid of the roof rack caps...DEFINITELY tint the windows...but I wouldn't go too dark.As for the grille? I think the black billet would look killer. If you get me a dead center pic of the front of your car, i'll photoshop the grille in both billet and blackAnd dude, your wheels are awesome. If you want black....try Plasti-Dip. It's not permanent and is flat black. Just do one and put it back on and see how it looks

I can black out the wheels... but that's about it, as far as my freeware editing software goes. I also have zero clue how I could 'shop the billet grille and especially the roof caps. But I'll give it a go...

i got to thinkin, if i did anything with the wheels, i'd get a shiny black wheel kinda like this and just replace the ones already on there.with the roof rack, i could paint it all black and get the top spoiler, or remove the whole thing and get the caps with the spoiler or no spoiler.

Okay I lied... But not about the roof caps though.

ok that looks pretty good... i think sometime in the future when i get over $1000 i might just have to do all this! haha.

Quote, originally posted by bassplayaz06 »i got to thinkin, if i did anything with the wheels, i'd get a shiny black wheel kinda like this and just replace the ones already on there. These will look nice on your Vibe. Keep you exiting !8" the way they are. They look great. This way you'll have two sets of rubber for the Vibe

I took the hub caps off my vibe about a month ago to rotate the tires & never put em back on. A few guys in work asked what happened to em,I said thay got stolen over at Home Depot !

puurty! Good thing you want billet inserts, and keep your GT badges on so we can tell them apart lol. I hope you go for the rack delete and add the top spoiler, that would be awesome!

I tried to talk the wife into a roof rack delete kit, but she wasn't havin' any part of it.As for your Vibe, BP, I like the way it looks now, but also I understand the need to mod.My own opinion is that black wheels are overdone these days. Plus they tend to disappear unless you have them very highlighted from the back by painting the calipers, rotors and dust shield in bright, vibrant () colors. Just my .02.

I agree that if you did black wheels, you;d need to hi-lite them from behind with some bright calipers.

I do agree that they need something behind there to set them off.

eh, yeah. well forget all that then... haha i'll just start savin money for the '79 Bandit Trans Am i've been eying on craigslist...http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ctd/2508773331.html

Quote, originally posted by 06pvibe »My own opinion is that black wheels are overdone these days.x2I prefer the wheels you have now. IMO silver wheels always look nice.

Quote, originally posted by J_TO_ENVY »x2I prefer the wheels you have now. IMO silver wheels always look nice.x3Plus, the deep black will make the cladding look faded, even though its not. But tint, yes, I LOVE my tint.

Quote, originally posted by 09vGT »But tint, yes, I LOVE my tint.x2. Tint is a must have! After re-reading your initial post, I am also thinking the roof rack delete and black billet grilles would look good as well, just not black wheels.

Hmmmm.... Blacked out rims with red accents.... wonder what that would look like on a Red Vibe???

Quote, originally posted by 09vGT »Plus, the deep black will make the cladding look faded, even though its not. But tint, yes, I LOVE my tint. That's true and I hadn't even considered it. Perhaps some gray rims would be best, something that compliments the cladding? Plus they will hide brake dust better than silver or black wheels would.I have graphite colored wheels on my Mazda that I think would do that. Check these out and see what you think.And yes, +3 on the tint as well!! In fact tint is not an option here in Texas... unless you are my wife, of course.

I dont think it would look very good at all! lol jk

Quote, originally posted by bassplayaz06 »ok that looks pretty good... i think sometime in the future when i get over $1000 i will put it in the bank.FIFY

OK, so this has been bugging me. I am on vacation this week and had some play time, so I tried a few things with your existing wheels. Have a look at these and tell me what you think.....First attempt. Fairly quick and east to accomplish.Second attempt. This one would be a little harder to pull off, but to my eye the results would be well worth it.Its not unlike something I tried on my Mazdas factory wheels. From a few years ago...'Course then I got the wheels I have now which are 5 lbs lighter and 1/2" wider and never did it in reality.Also, if you had a picture with a less complicated background, say something like a blue sky, doing the roof rack delete would be much easier and look much better.

How about body complimented and cladding contrasted?

How about blue?Or Purple?Or Turquoise?? Or... you could go all House of Bugs on it!!I'm havin' fun with this....

Try doing those rims black with the sides of the spokes accented in red. I saw this on a couple shows and it looks good when done right...Like this but inversed Or what I want

Quote, originally posted by MotoAce51 »This ^^^^

+2!!!