Wheel dilemma. Chrome or polish lip?
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Hello guys i`am planning to get new wheels maybe "vip modular vr02" to be my summer wheels and i have two options for the lip it can be polish or chromed so which one should i take. I have heard that polished aluminium will oxide, is that trueand is it hard to get shiny again ? And then i am worried that what will the cromed lip look after 5 years driving if i sometimes lost to gravelroads?
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From my experiance, and what others have said, polish looks great, but is a BITCH to maintain. Chrome on the other hand will always still shiney, but is more heavier than polish lips... Really depends on the look your going for....
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get chrome lip now... then sell me those VIPs when you want to get polished.. 
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what do those wheels cost? theyre sick looking....
just looked it up.....woah! id have to sell a kidney, which is prob worth it cause those rims are hot
, gl with the purchase man and id go with chrome
just looked it up.....woah! id have to sell a kidney, which is prob worth it cause those rims are hot
, gl with the purchase man and id go with chrome
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Originally Posted by pgetsch' post='764869' date='Jan 10 2009, 11:46 PM
im shocked that there is a vote for chrome in this forum....have you all come to the dark side??? 
All Chrome wheels :thumbsdown:
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Originally Posted by pgetsch' post='764872' date='Jan 11 2009, 02:49 AM
what do those wheels cost? theyre sick looking....
just looked it up.....woah! id have to sell a kidney, which is prob worth it cause those rims are hot , gl with the purchase man and id go with chrome
just looked it up.....woah! id have to sell a kidney, which is prob worth it cause those rims are hot
, gl with the purchase man and id go with chrome
. But other hand its going to hurt me only once. 
If i am going to get those wheels maybe i go with chrome lip and matte black finish.
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=51461&hl= <-there is same looking car that i have in post#12 but i would get matte black finis on centers.