black stock rims?

[sporkHSP]

has anyone on here done this, or seen a pic of this done?... i know i can buy stock rims for my accord at the junkyard for pretty cheap, and they are all over the ground there, i was just curious if anyone knows if this would look alright... if you have any pics, please post

[Busted_Blue]

someone here did it to their white accord. I think they were from oregon. It was an LXi with black coated Lxi Rims. Looked nice IMO. I can't find the pics though =\

[blazin3gen]

someone here did it to their white accord. I think they were from oregon. It was an LXi with black coated Lxi Rims. Looked nice IMO. I can't find the pics though =\

no that was a guy from cali i think near redding ill try to look for the pics

[300700'88lx-i]

Oh shit, are we talking about my car here? hehehe :cool2: pics

[blazin3gen]

ahhaha i knew it was u i was just lookin up your old posts and couldnt find shit

[88LX-iSedan]

Here's some shitty pics of mine, done in gunmetal. I guess thats close enough to black..

[Busted_Blue]

Oh shit, are we talking about my car here? hehehe :cool2: pics

yea you! Clean Accord you got...dangit for some reason i keep thinking oregon....oh well.. its close enough to oregon to me. HAHA

[sporkHSP]

you got a good profile view of that car? i think i might get a set of those and black em out, that looks tight

[SteveDX89]

Here's stock hubcaps painted with graphite wheel paint and 2 layers of clearcoat.

[300700'88lx-i]

you got a good profile view of that car? i think i might get a set of those and black em out, that looks tight

Click the linky. Those are pretty much the only pictures I have access to right now. Unfortunately, the car isn't that pretty to look at right now. I got into a little mishap with a curb, and I haven't finished getting it back to beautiful. There's some bodywork that needs to be done, and the rims on the left side of the car are silver right now. ghetto

[DanLXI88]

What do think about painting them White ? Also what kind of paint should be used ?

[johnwc723]

white probably wouldnt be a good idea!! they would get very dirty very quick with all the break dust...

[Andrew]

has anyone on here done this, or seen a pic of this done?... i know i can buy stock rims for my accord at the junkyard for pretty cheap, and they are all over the ground there, i was just curious if anyone knows if this would look alright... if you have any pics, please post

If you're looking for cheap rims try picking up some alloys from a first gen acura, I picked up a set for mine for $125 at the local junkyard.

I also considered black stock rims with beauty rings and new chrome lug nuts, thought it would be a nice clean alternative to spending $700 bucks on custom alloys.

[whyterice]

These were suppose to be gunmetal but they are more black. I had thought about blacking out a set of OEM Honda 13" rims but, I did not want to paint them since they are stock and part of the original car....I bought these 17's instead....I got these new for $179 on ebay...oh and that is for all four not just one.

[Justin86]

those are pretty nice.

[dXsquared]

im running stock Prelude aluminum 13's... they weigh 10lbs each... super light

Travis

[Andrew]

These were suppose to be gunmetal but they are more black. I had thought about blacking out a set of OEM Honda 13" rims but, I did not want to paint them since they are stock and part of the original car....I bought these 17's instead....I got these new for $179 on ebay...oh and that is for all four not just one.

SWEET! Great price too!

[ryan88lxi]

i saw a set of webbed looking black ones on a 3g hatchback in the local yard, i was actually thinking about snapping a few pics of them and seeing if anyone was interested, they look like 13s or 14s with a silver honda emblem in the middle

[ehulst]

i've done the stock black wheels on my silver accord....just took the hubs off and did alittle cleaning up on the rims and they look tight....go for it.....gives it a cool look i think

[HondaBoy]

hey SteveDX89, you know those hubcaps really look like real rims. ive had people ask me about those type of hubcaps on other 3gees, since i know more than most people they know. and i thought that LX-i rims were aluminium. they were when i had them. heres something else i thought about. the stock steel rims with the hubcaps off, put one of those beauty rings on there. you know the chrome ring that goes on the lip of the rim? i think that might look alright.

[SteveDX89]

I had the steelies on for a week while I was painting those hubcaps. It looked crappy cause the lug nuts are real long and stuck out. You wouldn't want to stand too close when I drove by cause you'd lose your leg. BTW, they came off my LX-i parts car. Maybe it was just coupes that had hubcaps cause there is an LX-i coupe in town that has the same hubcaps. They just aren't painted.