The new parts look sweet,and congratulation's on the new shop. Your going to love having it! Its going to be pretty good size too. But they fill up fast!!!!

Nice parts, but congrats on the big garage! :thumbsup:

Ok guys, I need some help badly on making a decision. I'm about to send my wheels back to HRE today. They are boxed up and everything. The only thing I'm torn between is deciding on the finish. I'm having trouble deciding between 3 finishes. I can tell you, the black center is OUT of the question. I don't care if it is satin black or gloss black...the answer is still no. I actually don't mind it on other peoples cars, but I'm too thru with the blacked-out wheel look. No offense to those who have them, it's just not for me. Don't care for the polished hoops either because when they get dirty and a bit older the hoops get hazey and it's hell trying to polish them back to a high luster shine. Anyway, I did a vote about a year ago when I decided to change my wheels and didn't want to update an old poll. So, I figured I would just ask in my thread. The 3 choices are as follows.....

1) Brushed clear center with chrome hoops and leave the bumpers chromed. (I know how chrome is becoming less popular)

2) Brushed and tinted clear with brushed clear hoops and brushed bumpers. (My #1 choice)

3) Brushed/clear center with brushed clear hoops with brushed bumpers. (Less dimension if whole wheel is brushed clear)

Basically, as you can see, I'm torn on the hoops. The centers will be brushed no matter what, rather tinted or clear. I've included a pic of what HRE's brushed tinted clear looks like versus their brushed clear.

Brushed/cleared
[IMG]http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...elle/brush.jpg[/IMG]


The next two are brushed /tinted clear (adds a little dimension to the wheel)
[IMG]http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...lle/hre2-1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...elle/tint2.jpg[/IMG]


Lastly, here are a few shots of my wheels before I make a decision on the new finish. The are full chrome...maaaan, WTF was I thinking. :mad: :mad: They are dirty as hell from being in storage.

[IMG]http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF0578.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF0580.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSCF0581.jpg[/IMG]

I like the TINTED Clear....

I second that

Thanks Greg and Greg. LOL!! That's why I said that tinted clear was my #1 choice. You can still see the brushed finish through it. HRE must use some sort of transparent color in a clear powder, I guess. But, I would do that with the regular brushed and cleared hoops. What y'all think?

Deff. Keep the lips chrome, I hate full brushed wheels they need to diffent colors to create demension to the wheel. You can't go wrong with brushed tinted or regular brushed centers on you bright colored car.

The tinted clear looks great.

brushed tinted clear is my fav. 2nd brushed clear

brushed tinted clear! :thumbsup: