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previuosly, chrome lips to give your 89 excel this look
http://images.google.com/images?q=Me...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


> Bling. Instant gratification. Chrome on your car for no damn reason.


> People who drop money for rims -- let's say Patrick Williams, right


>"Rims are the big thing now," says Williams, an engineer for the federal
> government.



>"Rims are more of a fashion statement rather than an automotive one,"

> "People have really bought into
> the idea that their car is a reflection of themselves, their
> personality."


> For rims, the beginning was about five or six years ago among members
> of the West Coast-based "tuning" culture. These are guys who gear out
> their cars with performance engines, fins, new grills, and then
> somebody came up with some custom rims.

fins?


one for the soccer mom's hummer
http://www.putco.com/images/body/Image15.jpg
http://www.putco.com/bodyart.shtml


> There are fads, of course within a $3 billion trade. Spinners, the
> insets within the wheel that keep turning after you stop, have peaked.

not common

> Floaters, insets that remain still while you drive -- giving the
> appearance the wheel isn't turning at all -- are the new hottie.
>



>"There are a lot of knockoff tire companies that have sprung up in the
> past couple years, and these are not like fake Nikes or Louis Vuitton
> handbags -- they're a critical safety feature," says Victor Carrillo, a
> company spokesman. "They're performance tires, so they wear quickly.
> There is a greater risk of blowouts, so you have to carefully monitor
> the tire pressure. You have to understand when you get these that they
> are not going to last like ordinary tires."



> the 57-inch plasma