Rim stripes on a polished rim?
 

What do you think? My rear rim is polished, the spokes arent just the outer part. I have the grey/black 01, and everytime i look at it i think to myself, the wheels need something else. the front rim is still black to go with the color scheme, and that would look great with a rim stripe. Now i was thinking either grey or red, the red to match my "i". the grey wont stick out too much on the polished rim but the red would.

Has anyone ever seen rim stripes on a polished rim? if so how did they look? Pics?

would it look stupid? I now wish i hadnt polished the rim, because the rim stripes are so ****ing cool lookin.

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RE: Rim stripes on a polished rim?
 

haven't seen any rim stripes on a polished rim.... honestly don't think it would look good on a polished rim. Polished rim is usually what ppl want instead of rim stripes because it doesn't look so cheap.

not sure if i read right... but did you say your front rim is still black and the rear is polished? I would make the front polished also because if I were to see your bike... i would think you used to have both polished... had damage on the front rim.. and couldn't afford to polish another one. it's like a car with 3 chrome rims, and the 4th is a dirty black spare.

I dunno, just my thoughts.

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Your right i thought about it and ive decided to just polish the front also. I tested it by painting some masking tape and throwin it on real quick and it sucked.

RE: Rim stripes on a polished rim?
 

I have it on mine and it looks okay imo. Mines the precurved silver reflective one that's silver in daylight and bright white when light hits it so it's pretty subdued .. so I dunno about red. I had some decent pics but I can't find them right now. Here's a crappy pic though without the flash (so the reflectiveness is not shown on this pic) .. if u do it, def. do both wheels not one.

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/555...noflashkd7.jpg

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p.s. if you want a better pic let me know

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Yeah if you wouldnt mind.

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Actually, the opposite is true. Polished rims are what some people consider cheap looking on a modern sport bike. Rimtape done properly, and with the right color is not cheap looking at all.

http://www.randymcelroy.com/images/rr/rimtape1.jpg

http://www.randymcelroy.com/images/rr/rimtape2.jpg

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hmmm, sounds like someone is bragging, lol....

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i'd be bragging too thats a good looking bike

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Here are a few quick shots.

Click any pic to enlarge.

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P1000810.jpg

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P1000814.jpg

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P1000815.jpg

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P1000816.jpg