Opinion Needed: Stock Wheel color

Caestus · Jul 24, 2019

Harlaquin said:
I mean, watching the internet people seem to think with ceramic the dust just rinses right off... It does not. You still have to scrub the wheels and wash them it really does not make it any easier. That brake dust aint like normal dirt on the rest of the car. the rest of the car i have ceramic as wll and the dirt for the most part does not stick a light washing and its gone. The wheels... nope. I can rinse and power wash doesn't matter I still have to ge tint here with a cloth and wash the things. The dirt maybe dosent stick as much but it really is not less work coating the wheels. That dust is brutal. I honestly dont think coating my wheels has made it that much easier to warrant the price of the coating.

Got you. I am aware the brake dust does not "wash" off or "rinse" off it needs to be wiped down with a proper cloth. However, my experience has always been that as long as I am diligent in cleaning the brake dust, it does not build up and can be wiped off with relative ease.

I can see how one could be confused with ceramic coating allowing the brake dust to spray off like it does on the paint etc. I plan to ceramic coat my car soon.

Chee_hu · Jul 24, 2019

Other - mag blue or something similar

02SilverSiHB · Jul 24, 2019

Caestus said:
As the title says, I am looking for opinions. I absolutely love the blue and black colors and I think it matches well. However, I am contemplating painting the stock wheels white.

I would have it professionally done and the wheels would be a glossy white (similar to the Champion White) with a ceramic coating which should allow brake dust to be wiped off easily.

What are your thoughts? Here is a picture of what it might look like... I added a few choices as a poll... leave your comments below!

it will look good in white. I met a dude with a blue Type R that he plasti dip his white and it looked great imo. He was in VA

His name is Mitnight he's not on much here thoughhttps://www.civicx.com/members/mitnight.12332/

.grimace · Jul 24, 2019

Painted OEM wheels is just cheap looking. Those aftermarket white wheels look cool, just don't paint OEMs

Caestus · Jul 24, 2019

.grimace said:
Painted OEM wheels is just cheap looking. Those aftermarket white wheels look cool, just don't paint OEMs

How does it look cheap? I am looking to get it done professionally with gloss and ceramic finish. I think it will allow for better contrast and some may not realize they are stock.

I also have the wheel warranty... so going aftermarket would defeat the purpose of me purchasing that. I do like the wheels in the picture, however, I want to stay with 20's and they will cost me 2500-4k for decent ones if I go smaller size I will still spend about 2-3k for new wheels and tires. There are economics involved as well.

However, I am curious what would make them look "cheap"?

02SilverSiHB · Jul 26, 2019

Caestus said:
How does it look cheap? I am looking to get it done professionally with gloss and ceramic finish. I think it will allow for better contrast and some may not realize they are stock.

I also have the wheel warranty... so going aftermarket would defeat the purpose of me purchasing that. I do like the wheels in the picture, however, I want to stay with 20's and they will cost me 2500-4k for decent ones if I go smaller size I will still spend about 2-3k for new wheels and tires. There are economics involved as well.

However, I am curious what would make them look "cheap"?

yeah, doesn't make sense, I've seen them painted and it looked good imo...especially if done professionally

Caestus · Jul 26, 2019

02SilverSiHB said:
yeah, doesn't make sense, I've seen them painted and it looked good imo...especially if done professionally

I am starting to re-consider white, but I still want to make the car more "my own" I am thinking more along the lines of a dark blue/black.... Maybe a dark metallic blue which should blend in with the trim on the car and not seem to over the top. What are your thoughts?

02SilverSiHB · Jul 26, 2019

Caestus said:
I am starting to re-consider white, but I still want to make the car more "my own" I am thinking more along the lines of a dark blue/black.... Maybe a dark metallic blue which should blend in with the trim on the car and not seem to over the top. What are your thoughts?

yeah a dark blue, like that mag blue? might be all right. White can be tough to clean.

you could always plastic dip first before committing to that amount to have it done professionally, that way you'll know if you like it

Caestus · Jul 26, 2019

02SilverSiHB said:
yeah a dark blue, like that mag blue? might be all right. White can be tough to clean.

you could always plastic dip first before committing to that amount to have it done professionally, that way you'll know if you like it

Yes I am thinking of a Mag blue

slowride · Jul 26, 2019

Does the wheel warranty still apply to painted OEM wheels? Might seem like a stupid question, but I would check on that.

TonyD · Jul 26, 2019

Another vote for getting aftermarket wheels. Good luck with the warranty when they see you painted the wheels. Everybody knows that paint will weaken wheels ...

slowride · Jul 26, 2019

No one said paint weakens the wheels, but it can affect the warranty. Part of that covers cosmetic things like road rash, so it isn't a bridge too far to think that they might refuse touching it because it isn't an OEM repair at that point. Again, I would at least check to avoid a surprise.

bri · Jul 26, 2019

Lol looks like "leave black" is winning by far but doubt you are going to follow that. I vote gold or a lighter bronze. I had white wheels a long time ago and they are very hard to keep clean, and if you are using the stock brake pads they have insane amount of dust. My blue wheels are covered with dust in just a few days.

metal_driver · Jul 27, 2019

Other - I have always been a fan of gun metal grey on metallic blue cars, but wheel cooler choices are a personal choice..

Learn2turn · Jul 27, 2019

Caestus said:
What color? Gold or Bronze?

"I think the same blue as the body would be original and KICKASS!!"
As in PAINTING THE WHEELS AEGEAN BLUE TO MATCH THE BODY.

Opinion Needed: Stock Wheel color

Should I paint my stock wheels? What color?

White

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Leave them Black

Other

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