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10th April 2008, 06:51 PM
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Rim finishes?
I'm trying to find some new tires/rims and I'm trying to figure out the different finishes.
What is hyper-light finish? What is the difference between silver finish and chrome? Does the silver hold up? I love my factory chrome. -Krissy
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11th April 2008, 08:33 AM
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Re: Rim finishes?
No clue on hyper-light.
Silver versus chrome. My daughter & son-in-law both have PTs w/Chrome - on both it pits and flakes off. I've had silver cars and silver wheels on both my PTs - the wheels match the car perfectly, and are easy to care for and on my '02 looked brand new at 87,000 miles.
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'05 Limited (Silver, of course)Turbo Lite, Auto, 4-wheel ABS, Sunroof, spoiler. E&G Classic Grill, K&N FIPK, BTG Dual exhaust, $20 catch can, Aoogah horn, LED washer lights, Sunroof deflector, Weathertech window deflectors, Fuzzy dice, Alteeza Gen3 taillights, rear lowered 1.5", rear sway bar, hood struts, Freedom Design strut bar. Traded in 2002 Silver Touring Edition, ABS, Sunroof, Auto w/87,000 miles. 
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11th April 2008, 10:02 PM
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Does it have the same depth and reflectiveness as chrome?
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12th April 2008, 03:00 PM
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It depends on what you drive in how the finish will hold up. If you drive in snow with road salt or even sand it can pit and chip and dull/tarnish if you don't keep them clean and protected. The key to keeping any of the finished looking good is to clean and protect. Wax the rims like you would the cars' paint and they will look good for a lot longer.
Finishes this is where pics help. The one I don't have pics of is Powdercoat. It looks like paint is much tougher than paint, a bad but easy example of powder coating is file cabinets are sometimes powdercoated. Same type of care as you would with paint or chrome. Hubcap on my Painted Wheel is chrome as is the wheel you see in the reflection. I know you know what chrome is, but I thought I would show a custom painted wheel too..  This is LiquidPT wearing Painted silver wheels also could be called Hyper-bright wheels. I looked on a few sights and the pics I saw looked his wheels so I am guessing its another name for a bright silver.  This Mike-in-Orange's PT wearing a painted wheel with a polished lip also could be called Hyper-dark. 
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The 2001 27F Bootlegger is the Street Fighter. The 2003 GT Stage1+ 5-speed 14.6@93MPH in the 1/4 mile. Its Alive! Still unregistered, wearing new wheels and looking to scare small children!  Mom's driving a 04 Platnium Series Turbo Lite in Graphite Metallic.
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12th April 2008, 06:37 PM
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'05 Limited (Silver, of course)Turbo Lite, Auto, 4-wheel ABS, Sunroof, spoiler. E&G Classic Grill, K&N FIPK, BTG Dual exhaust, $20 catch can, Aoogah horn, LED washer lights, Sunroof deflector, Weathertech window deflectors, Fuzzy dice, Alteeza Gen3 taillights, rear lowered 1.5", rear sway bar, hood struts, Freedom Design strut bar. Traded in 2002 Silver Touring Edition, ABS, Sunroof, Auto w/87,000 miles.
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12th April 2008, 08:43 PM
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Thanks for all your help! I've decided on red with chrome.
 I'll make sure to care for them properly. I have about 2 years worth of brake dust that refuses to come off the rims I have now... lol
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12th April 2008, 10:16 PM
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Once a week or two depending on miles of a quicky wash will stop that from happening again. Along with switching to a ceramic or low dusting brake pad which can extend the time between washes. The OEM pads are horrid for dusting on the rims.
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The 2001 27F Bootlegger is the Street Fighter. The 2003 GT Stage1+ 5-speed 14.6@93MPH in the 1/4 mile. Its Alive! Still unregistered, wearing new wheels and looking to scare small children! Mom's driving a 04 Platnium Series Turbo Lite in Graphite Metallic.
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15th April 2008, 07:04 PM
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Will that also decrease the horrible squealing when I start to stop?
I do have a question. For a 2001 Inferno red PT which do you think would be cooler:   I noticed REIDS had the same idea on the second one, though lol
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Last edited by Krissinator : 15th April 2008 at 07:10 PM.
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15th April 2008, 07:13 PM
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Wow!
 They are both nice....who sells those? I think they would look good on my black GT also...PTpreacher
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15th April 2008, 07:27 PM
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The first one is Exel Wheels It also comes in yellow and blue
Second one was harder to track down, I saw a tiny picture here: Ace wheels - Spark - Custom Wheels and Performance Tires at Customwheel.com but have tracked it down these sites as well: Dinosaur Tires - www.dinosaurtires.com Mack S WHEELS There seem to be two that look somewhat similar the Mack-S and the Spark
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