Painting OEM wheels

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erickang411

Discussion Starter · Aug 14, 2009 (Edited)

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Hello,
I bought my E in Aug 2009 and I started doing some stuff to make it my own. In regards to the wheels, I had a guy take my rims off and paint it Glossy Black...I left the middle Honda logo unpainted...I think they turned out pretty good...I'll post some pics...the pics are pretty bad b/c its dark outside....and the wheels are dirty b/c its been raining alot in NC...
ps. i wanna sleep in my E, but i think my breath'll make the new car smell fade

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Kaoss

· #2 · Aug 14, 2009

Looks great, keep the pictures coming

And don't worry about the new car smell fading, just try to keep all the windows closed

flbugboy

· #3 · Aug 14, 2009

Hot(way cool) rims

I think it look great !Was it pricey? I would like to do it to mine

Nasty Toaster

· #4 · Aug 14, 2009

had my doubts, but u did a good job. more day time picks, poor-favor

erickang411

Discussion Starter · #5 · Aug 15, 2009

flbugboy said:
I think it look great !Was it pricey? I would like to do it to mine

You could do it yourself if search Youtube but I had a friend do it for me.
He charged me 150 for materials
250 for labor
90 for a tire shop to take off, and put back on
so it was 490 total...
Heres a video I watched,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bh8hzwC2TA&feature=related

Yoda E SC

· #6 · Aug 15, 2009

wow, a friend charged you more for labor than it cost for materials? some friend... for that price you could have almost got a set of black wheels and kept or sold your factory ones and ended up paying less than that. just saying

Yoda E SC

· #7 · Aug 15, 2009

dont get me wrong, i like the look, just kinda expensive.

erickang411

Discussion Starter · #8 · Aug 15, 2009

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better quality pics in the sun

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erickang411

Discussion Starter · #9 · Aug 15, 2009

Yoda E SC said:
wow, a friend charged you more for labor than it cost for materials? some friend... for that price you could have almost got a set of black wheels and kept or sold your factory ones and ended up paying less than that. just saying

Yeah..haha...I should've tried to do it myself...but i'm lazy and rich..NOT

Yoda E SC

· #10 · Aug 15, 2009

erickang411 said:
i'm lazy and rich..NOT

i am half of that statement myself

but the other half that i am not causes me to do alot of things myself that i may not have attempted if i was both things ins said statement

mr2driver

· #11 · Aug 17, 2009

They look fantastic! Should have came that way from honda.

GaryS

· #12 · Aug 17, 2009

Okay, I'll step out of my usual curmudgeonly stance and say:

WOW! Those really look sharp! I have never seen a rattle can paint job come anywhere near the shine that you have on your wheels. Well done.

JoeFr8tus

· #13 · Aug 26, 2009

That looks sweet! I Like the new '09 six spoke alloys. I wish I had some on my '08. I love black wheels. I hate chrome and bling... stealth is always cooler than flash!

element77

· #14 · Jan 5, 2010

Black wheels=smooove. I also can't afford to do it properly ..aka: buy aftermarket wheels, and that makes youtube vids and rattlecans very tempting but still.........I'm still waiting for my pair to swell. I have rattlecanned alot of the trim on my E. all very nice.;-)

snowdreams1080

· #15 · Jan 6, 2010

looks really good!

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