zachlone

So I can't decide if I wanna paint my rims black or gunmetal or just leave them alone. I my car color is AM. LETS SEE SOME PICS!!

The Machine

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Here is a thread with some pics in it.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=732132&page=3

My personal opinion for people with darker cars is to leave the stock rims alone. They are a nice color to begin with and having a darker color car with lighter rims makes for a nice contrast.

CLtotheTL32

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Leave them alone

AyFeltaTL

got different rims now but they did the job when thats all i had!

zachlone

That looks good!

Did u plasti dip or paint them? Gloss or flat?

EL PESADO

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https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/got-am-anthracite-metallic-602236/

geekybiker

Too much contrast on NBP. Gotta have chrome if you're going that bright on that dark a car.


I did mine with duplicolor graphite.


Not sure if they'd look good on your car though. AM would be really close to the same color. I'd probably do black if I were to do it, but I'm not a sure fan of black wheels.

zachlone

That looks good !! I love the gold front calipers! I'm afraid that if I do black it will ruin the value of the car and it blend too much. I've always had black wheels in the past so maybe it's time for something different.

I hate chrome tho lol

great08

I've got a NBP '08 TL, and since mounting my snow tires on black steel rims I like the look so much that now I'm thinking of painting my stock Acura rims much like those shown above. You say you used Duplicolor Graphite - did you spray paint them? And how did you paint around the Acura logo in the center?

geekybiker

Yah, rattle can.

Get some fine sanding sponge and prep the wheel wipe down with acetone, stick index card between the tire and rim to mask the wheel. spray in light coats. Clear coat after. Not hard, just takes awhile. Expect to spend a full day doing a set with all the prep.

The caps I did the same thing, I just used some silver model paint to paint in the logo by hand. (If you thin your paint pretty liquid you can put in big drops and it flows around the logo.) Wait to cure, wipe up extra and then clear.

The logos really make the wheel though. I've seen some repaints with mismatched caps, or unpainted logos and its blah. The type S graphite caps *may* fit as well. Not sure about that those.

zachlone

geekybiker: how much are you lowered? springs?

geekybiker

HR sports. So like 1.5"?

zachlone

That's like the perfect stance! U have any issues with rubbing or scraping bumps and stuff like that? Ride quality still pretty good? What type of shocks do u have?

Steven Bell

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Black is easy, it's common. Go Gunmetal.

geekybiker

I have koni yellows with the front set on the lower perch. The springs are the type S HR sports (Is a 6mt, auto may sit slightly lower and want to go with the normal TL springs) Ride is great. A bit firmer than stock, but far from harsh. No rubbing. Going over speed bumps and in.out of driveways you have to be more careful but nothing excessive. I rub the plastic air dam every once in awhile if I'm a bit too enthusiastic going into a driveway. (not the lip, but the molded black plastic dam underneath the car.) All in all its a lot like my Corvette was in terms of ride and worry about worry about speed bumps and the like. Low, but not a street sweeper.

Edit- That pic is pre-konis btw. The rear stayed the same, but the front gap is smaller now (-20mm)

kibbles906

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dont really like that plastidipped wheels on antracite. my buddy has the same car and he did plastidip and it was peeling really bad. but its hard to find a nice contrast on AM..but id try gunmetal..or like a chromium black if possible.

lovelifee

I did white

lovelifee

I did white

kibbles906

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this is my buddies AM with Gunmetal Type S Wheels..looked decent.

Otacon

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Paint them gunmetal. Stock wheels painted black just look dirty and cheap.

Yumcha

I like them the way they are.

CLtotheTL32

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Put that money towards something else.

daciss

Im a huge fan of the plasti dip!