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Old 04-29-2012, 07:30 AM
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I drool every time I see someone throw on some fat spokes. Problem is...I got a Lo that I still want to be recognized as a Lo. To me the black stock wheels are signature and find it very hard to stray from the solid blacks for this reason.

Now if someone showed or informed me/us about an aluminum rim with flat black spokes....I might just have to bite on a couple this year.

To me the wheels have more impact than paint or new bars. I am sure many will agree that when someone throws on some fattys, it's a game changer. It's lipstick on a pig.

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here's what im going with...changing it up a bit
 
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here's what im going with...changing it up a bit
Do it!!! Those will just look sick on your ride.
 
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here's what im going with...changing it up a bit
Those wheels look real nice, but I don't think I would want to clean them.
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the spokes I have now are 2 yrs old and ive never cleaned them. They look as shiny as the day I bought her. Spray them with some S100 every couple of weeks, and hose them off, hit them with the leaf blower and you're done.
 
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Do it!!! Those will just look sick on your ride.
Dude, do you have your bike back yet? Where the hell are the pics? Been waiting all winter to see it
 
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Dude, do you have your bike back yet? Where the hell are the pics? Been waiting all winter to see it
Ya I been waiting since Xmas to see it 2 lol.

Waiting 2 months now on painters. Lil pissed atm. I still got a mod 'to do' list and need the bike back to make sure before I pull the triggers. But once home, she is home for good.
 
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I think black fat spokes are what you need. The spokes are polished alluminum, not chrome. So you could go flat black rims and hubs and alluminum spokes.

Not sure how I feel about the Lipstick on a pig comment, lol, but I'm about to add a little more lipstick to my pig, lol.
 
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Go black on black with chrome nips

I also think the Sinister Sage wheel would look killer on your bike
 
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Originally Posted by 2010Deluxeguy
here's what im going with...changing it up a bit
I would not even want to think about having to clean those. About a full days worth of work if done right.
 


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