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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 11:48 AM
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Opinions please

I have a 2006 MCS astro black/astro black with 20% tint all around. My car is about to be lowered ~35mm on coilovers. I am thinking about this wheel in either graphite or hyper black-

http://www.tenzoracingsports.com/roadwheels/gf7/

17x7 et 42 19.1lbs, 18x7.5 et 42 22.3lbs

1. How do you think it will look? Can anybody photochop for me? Please!

2. The graphite and hyper black look the same on my screen. Can anybody describe the difference to me?

3. Any experience with Tenzo? How is the quality?

Thanks for all the input.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 03:53 PM
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Graphite is Dark sliver. almost same as the DS mini color. As for look on the car .. as you put its opinions.. if your keeping the normal mini chrome accents it should look extremely good. If your going to black out the belt line the sidemarks and the headlight trim.. i dont know if "I" would want the chrome accents on the rims. it may look out of place to me.

Sorry never had a copy of Photochop or Photoshop for that matter.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Boy, I can't see any difference between their hyper black and their graphite. Usually graphite is like a charcoal gray and hyper black is like a black chrome or something.

In my opinion, black wheels on a black car look over-the-top; too monochromatic. But if you're putting 18" wheels on a MINI, maybe that's the look you want. I think of graphite wheels as more of a racy option. It all depends upon what the overall theme of your car is going to be.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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I can see it.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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Thanks for the opinions. Does anybody have anything to say about Tenzo quality?
 
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