Messing with the trim/wheel finishes.....

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...rim_wheels.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...rushedtrim.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...sh68/black.jpg

are you gonna run forgelines or keep the wheels you have now?
i think that last one look dead on 100% cant tell if theres a silver pinstrip on the wheels if yes then hellz yes! lol
if not then deff. with one.:hail:
but i do think step lips fit you car better esp. with the racey look the rendering give it.

No, not gonna switch to Forgelines. I just never had Ben change the wheels since they are so close looking to the 5 stars I have on there now.

Yeah, I like the all black version too.. black trim, mirrors, and wheel lips. :)

No pin stripe - I think that is just the leftover shine/polish or sunlight? If I do it I will go all the way and black out the whole wheel - preferably in a matte finish.

thanks AJ!

Diggin the last one as well.

I had a feelin you would.

My vote is for the top rendering. Keep the polished outer hoops and semi-gloss black the centers, and keep all the trim shinny. Why isn't there a back bumper?

For the record I do like the 3rd rendering a lot! I just feel that the car needs consistancy and that if you are going to black out the exterior wheels and trim...then the under hood and interior needs it too. And that 3rd one screams cage and race style seats like in the rendering! :)

But at the end of the day...this is only my opinion! :lol:

All great points Anthony. And ones I have been considering them as well. I just have to find that happy medium between all black and too much shine.

I had thought about one idea of having the exterior theme being all dark and black, and then interior and underhood having some polished and brushed stuff, as you mentioned. Not sure about that though. Thinking it could work maybe... ?

There will be a back bumper. Not sure why it isn't there. Guess it never was there before when we borrowed the basis for this rendering from Penny.

Thanks Anthony. Your opinions I do appreciate.

I guess at this point the hard thing is balancing the final design with parts you have already have. If you were open to changing the seats, steering wheel, adding a cage, and possibly changing a few of the billet parts to black finish...then I say go for it and do the 3rd rendering...it's pretty bad ass! But I know that you are so close to actually driving the car and WAY tired of spending money...so I guess you have to find that balance with what you already have and what you want in the end. There's nothing wrong with your initial design...but it sounds like you want to make a few changes and possibly tuffin up the over all feel of the car?

Aint build/design change a bitch!! :_paranoid

What about taking the shine away with a brushed look? That way you don't have to tear the hinges apart to go black. Can you do a brushed finish on the steering wheel or is it chrome?

Yeah I think I can still move to an overall darker/non-shiny theme, which really has been my plan/goal all along. That doesn't mean there can't be ANY shine or chrome though IMO. I am not building a show car winner here. :) Yeah I won't be blacking out anything under the hood. I like the way that is already coming together. Had considered black IC plumbing as we discussed but I think I will keep the industrial theme going there.

I like brushed and I like black. I think at a minimum I will brush the hoops if not doing them in black. One or the other there. After seeing EVS Motors/Ted's updated version of his J2Z 67, I think the chrome trim and blacked theme can be done and work well together. I really like his latest pics he posted and it has helped me see some similarities in what I was already trying to do as well.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...lash68/019.jpg