What do you guys like better?

Ok, I've been playin around tonight, and wanna know what you guys think of this. I wanna get new wheels, but don't wanna spend the cash on them right now. So I figured I'd try and improve them...

The first one is my car stock, the second one is my personal favorite, and let me know what you think of the third. I know they are subtle changes, but I think they improve the overall look by a tad bit.

i like the second best, but in reality i dont think you would be able to black it out as well as with photoshop. i'd say just wait for wheels.

or look for cheaper wheels, found mine on ebay $263 delivered

Do you have a good pic of your wheels, and the ebayer you bought them off of 2000LS?
 

If you did the 3rd ones, you would have to mill slots in them where the lines are, or the paint will just rub off. Do you have that capability?
I like the 3rd ones best, but the second ones are good, also.
ANYTHING is better than the stock wheels.

Wayne: That's what I was afriad of. While I could get access to a mill, I don't know if I wanna go that deep on these stock wheels.

Slotting the rims would be easy, you need to slot them .005 to .010".  Hogging the rest of the in the holes and re-balancing would be the trouble unless you have a CNC mill or water jet.

Wayne pretty much said what I was thinking.  I like the third pic best, but the stripe would come off unless you mill slots.  And if your spending money on that, you might as well save that money for rims you like better.
 
I'd do the second choice until you save up enough money to get the rims you really want.  The black paint wouldn't be that expensive, and the wheels would look better than stock.

http://www.montecarloforum.com/photo.asp?photoid=1207&asortType=6&apage=1#
thats the best pic i have of them, but theyre 17" factory take offs from a 05 equinox, so theres probly more detailed pics of the wheels floating around, or just find a 05 equinox to look at...

i bought them from 'dustinb14' i think its a shop that puts on aftermarket wheels and sells some of the take offs on ebay. doesnt look like hes selling anything that would fit our cars right now.

i think the reason i was able to buy them as cheap as i did was because few people would know that equinox wheels would fit our cars, or think to look for them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHEVY-17-EQUINOX-SINGLE-WHEEL-RIM-SINGLE-SPARE-b_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43957QQihZ008QQitemZ180161131918QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V
theres a better pic of an individual wheel

theres a couple sets of 16" equinox wheels, but not much of the larger wheels...

witha quick search best/cheapest thing i found was
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-Chevy-Monte-Carlo-Impala-17-Aluminum-Wheels-O-E-M_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43957QQihZ002QQitemZ120191473245QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
set of 4 17" new body style monte carlo wheels, $455 shiped

I like the second one

i'm with space.. thats why i'm so slow to want to buy new rims for my car... the stock ones look pretty darn good.... personaly, if you clean you car much (which it looks like you do), it seems like the paint woudl wear off... leave tem be.

Complete the Intimidator look, I see ya put the badges on might as well put the wheels on to.

but then he needs the spoiler too....

i liked the second choice  looks pretty sharp. Before I got my rims I was thinking about having the  rims powder coated in that same style but came across the ones i got for a faily good price.

after staring at tha photos for 15 minutes i finally figured out the second photo is the best...

i say do #2 (pun not intended) just tape them off good and prep and spray the inners and roll on that till some nice wheels for cheap roll around..

The second blacked out ones look best to me.

so ur just plannin on paintin them?

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ORIGINAL: kweef

so ur just plannin on paintin them?

 
Yeah, you are going to paint them right?
 
I did it a few times to my other cars, it's not hard.