Painting/Customizing my stock wheels...advice?

[cboisits]

I have the same wheels as the car shown below but they are all black. I like these wheels on this sedan. I like how you can see the five stars within the design. I don't know if they were machined with a lathe or what not, but I want my rims to look like these. I'm pretty sure there's a wheel shop that can help me with it but how much do you think it would cost? And what do you guys think of the five spokes being painted white???

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[zspeed]

@jtrader might be able to help you. He did a DIY on his OEM rims.

 

[jtrader]

Not exactly the same rims, but sanding off the black coating worked for me.

https://www.civicx.com/forum/threads/converting-stock-sport-wheels-to-the-si-look.48487/

 

[Vic_L]

I have the same wheels as the car shown below but they are all black. I like these wheels on this sedan. I like how you can see the five stars within the design. I don't know if they were machined with a lathe or what not, but I want my rims to look like these. I'm pretty sure there's a wheel shop that can help me with it but how much do you think it would cost? And what do you guys think of the five spokes being painted white???

From what I know the shiny metallic sections are machined on both versions.
Difference between the all-black, and these is just the paint.
Clear coat (transparent, or tinted clear coat?) is then applied to the entire wheel.

You can either get the machined sections repainted, or have the paint sanded off.
Then have clear coat re-applied.

 

[KYRGYZ]

that looks like a camry wheel lol
Try plasti dip, different colors, easy to remove and customize and doesn't cost bunch.

 

[GoldClass]

I have seen some chrome delete overlay to blackout the wheels. Not sure if there is any Silver overlay. Might want to explore?

 

[Phy]

Second the suggestion for plasti-dip. Easy-ish to do and can be removed if you change your mind.

 

[SDAlexander8]

There are professional alloy wheel repair companies that will customize your wheels for you. They strip them down to bare metal, make repairs, powder-coat and paint to your specification.

Only catch is that it’s super expensive. like 150$ per wheel. Is that worth it on stock wheels that people sell for like 400$ all the time here? I guess it depends on how much you like the stock wheels.

I think you should offer a trade with a hatchback owner with those machined spoke wheels. People are willing to pay good money for those new black Si wheels right now.

 

[Siqc Cafe]

Can also try superwrap.com
Its like plasti-dip like others mentioned.
But it's vinyl, that's also removable

 

[Hats_N_Hoodies]

I would straight up trade you but you are in the US. I feel the opposite. I would prefer all black. Especially since they will soon be my winter rims.

 

[cboisits]

That Superwrap looks interesting. Might have to purchase some of that and experiment. Thanks! And that would have been an awesome clean trade Hats and Hoodies!

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