I have a Dark Green 98 Civic EX

And my HX's finally came in the mail a week ago from Texas.

How should i paint them ?

What Should I use to paint them ?

and how come when i put them on and tighten
the lug nuts my wheels scrape my brakes ?

Can someone help me im a newbie...

i want to make them Type R Style or Polished Lip with Black or Gun Metel and Red honda sign.

ANybody ?

 

1)Wash them really really really well.
2)Sand them with like 320grit
3)Make sure they're clean of any reminence
4)Spray em
5)Clear coat em

I think that should be good.

 

uh oh, your gonna have to shave some of your caliper if you want them to fit on your car, i don't know what exactly you have to do but i have heard that these don't fit on some vehicles and that you have to file or shave down the caliper.

I'm sure someone will chime in and tell you what exactly you have to do.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1356908

 

Something like this...




But more like this exact color..

my coupe is black and i want it to look like that.

 

Thx everyone

any idea why my wheels are scraping against my brake calipurs ?

 

I say paint em pink. Amy Del Sol did it and her car is hott, seriously.

 

they just don't fit, you have to shave the top of the caliper. the caliper is too big for the wheel.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Doeb714 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thx everyone

any idea why my wheels are scraping against my brake calipurs ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wheels are too small maybe?

 

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Hey Vero, do you have a pic? I've got a black hatch and I was gonna paint my slips this weekend. I'm open to color choices. I was gonna go with bronze.

 

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Strip them and polish them.

 

Um, yeah. This looks ******* hot.

 

can i just get some ordinary washers of some sort and get smaller lug nuts ?

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=555391

 

those pink hx's on that del sol is hot!!!

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Hey Vero, do you have a pic? I've got a black hatch and I was gonna paint my slips this weekend. I'm open to color choices. I was gonna go with bronze.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hey let me know where you get your bronze paint at. i think im gonna spray my 92 gsr's this weekend.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Um, yeah. This looks ******* hot.



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this does look pretty cool. but i couldnt do it for myself

 

amy

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you can either do this:
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or another way people do it, would be 5mm wheel spacers.
i've heard some say this works just fine, but i also heard some people say to use with extended studs


Modified by skip.two at 10:38 AM 1/12/2006

 

http://motors.search.ebay.com/...prchi=


get 2 sets for four wheels

 

Wow, pink wheels. And you guys called it hot.

"The voice of reason!!!"

Pink wheels are for girls and ****!
I'm sorry, but that is beyond rediculous. I apologize for this flaming but it HAD to be done. Wake up.

 

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"The voice of reason!!!"

Pink wheels are for girls and ****!
I'm sorry, but that is beyond rediculous. I apologize for this flaming but it HAD to be done. Wake up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hey dumbass, the owner of that car is a female, and those are her race wheels. Check user name Amy Del Sol for further info.

 

I purchased a set of wheel spacers from the local auto parts store because my hx wheels wouldn't clear my ex front brake calipers. They're the UNIVERSAL Mr. Gasket - Wheel Spacer, 1/4'' Thick (about 6mm), Fits 4-''4.25'', 4-Lug Bolt Pattern...they did the trick for me. Plenty of clearance and no need for extended studs. $23.00 at O'Reily Auto Parts.

Here they are at JEGS: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs...18581

However, these are just temporary, I'm actually looking into getting some 3mm spacers to tighten up the gap.

 

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