Hey guys.

I'm super disappointed in my wheels. When I bought them, two of the wheels were slightly curbed. I had them sanded down smooth and I used Dupli-Color Graphite Gray Metallic spray paint (several coats of primer and color, several coats of clear). Originally, it looked like a near perfect match. After it all dried though, the painted two ended up much darker than the stock Type-S color (much darker in person than in the pics). For right now, I have the darker two on the passenger's side and the lighter stock ones on the driver's side. And today I realized that the darker paint is beginning to chip as well.

I think I like the stock "Hyper Silver" color better, but I'm not sure what I can do at this point. Should I paint the last two stock ones darker gunmetal as well? Paint all four a different color? What do you guys think?

Any pictures of painted Type-S wheels would be great. I was debating on just painting them all black; but I'm not sure.


Here are a few pics of my car.




Original wheel color:


Darker wheel chipping (The center cap is NOT painted)

 

Don't do black! Gunmetal is a great medium between black and silver. I say take all 4 wheels and paint them all the same color.

 

Thanks for the input. I wish I could find the factory color and put them back to that. Ah


Pics of painted Type-S wheels? Anyone?

I remember someone had painted their's black with a red lip...but I can't seem to find pics of it..

 

Here ya go:

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-tires-wheels-suspension-97/tl-s-wheel-restoration-pics-816879/

 

don't ruin a good thing! lol

go have them all painted the same color and stick with an oem look. Don't change the one thing Acura did right is how I look at it.

 

Have them all painted the same color, whatever color you decide. I would have them professionally powdercoated!

 

Some photoshops I did for a fellow member:

Black:



Bronze:



Gold:



Silver:

 

Could you do a photoshop on my car?

 

i like the silver... nice paint shop skill

 

OP I think silver Type-S wheels would look great on your car. Your car is already a dark color so light colored wheels would give an awesome amount of contrast.

 

^

 

I agree. When the type s wheels are lightest, (at certain angles) is when I like them most. But the hyper silver (which is what a wheel shop told menthe finish was called) is amazing. I wish possible to set them back to factory.

Hmmm. Something for me to think about.

 

Sure, just provide me with a nice stock to work with =)

 

whatever you do, dont do black.

 

dont ruin em they still look fresh!

 

silver looks the coolest, actually gold is not bad too