Here is a current pic of all the 18" A-Spec rims that are now available courtesy of Acura of Escondido, CA. (off ebay) He emailed me a pic of all the rims that is a fairly good depiction as well as a good description as to what you could expect to get finish-wise....listed from top to bottom:

Chrome Look
A-Spec
Silver Sparkle



The Chrome Look and A-Spec rims’ finishes are made the same way, just with varying amount of black and chrome paint. The A-Spec is a duller (almost a satin finish) chrome that is slightly reflective, but you cannot make out the reflection. The Chrome Look is highly reflective and looks much like chrome only with a specific amount of black paint under its finish which makes is look a bit darker. This finish is mirror like, but not to the extent of actual chrome. FYI: these are not chromed rims; it is paint.

 

Fixed pic links. Sorry.

 

Thanks a lot for posting that pic, helps out a lot.

Where those pretty much the same colors last year (05) too? I saw a 3G TL a couple of days ago and it had some A-Spec rims that were a really nice "dark chrome", a lot darker then these rims here. Maybe those are from (04)?

Thanks