Well,being that im on a tight budget and cant afford a nice set of wheels at the moment i bought a set of these to get me by. i found a set of these 14" 96-00 ex optional equipment wheels,since i was tired of running around on steelies. i paid $50 with some shotty tires. as you can see its not really eye candy.



I then opted to buy some (2 cans) krylon gloss black spray paint, sand paper, silver paint marker (centercaps)...$13 and change. reason i chose this color was to hide the wheel a bit . i then noticed the center caps had an engraving of the "h" on the backside. so i popped of the cover on the centercap and found the " h" was engraved on the front. so i decide to paint the insert in silver, for a bit of contrast.





i then sanded and grinded the wheels to remove the blemishes the best i could. i left a slight outer lip to contrast (seperate) the wheel from the tire. i achieved it by grinding with a (fine) wire brush drill bit, and some sanding. i then painted it with several coats and wound up with this.



Heh, so heres my cheap excuse for some "upgraded" wheels . i spent a total of about $75 including the wheels. so what do you guys think, was it worth the time..........or should i have kept my busted *** steelies? or . luckily i have some new tread going on them courtesy of the steelies

 

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Heh, so heres my cheap excuse for some "upgraded" wheels . i spent a total of about $75 including the wheels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Says it all right there. Excellent bang for your buck as long as you like them for that's what matters.

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so what do you guys think, was it worth the time..........or should i have kept my busted *** steelies? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Again, it's what you think that matters.

Although personally, I think you should grab a beer and congradulate yourself on a job well done.

Cheers!

 

looks good


i did the same project with my 97 accord SE rims. spent about 20-25.

graphite duplicolor rim paint
primer duplicolor
clearcoat duplicolor

 

definate improvement

 

Nice job on the DIY!

 

looks good bro...

 

i like it

 

looks good.

Any pics on the car?

 

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Any pics on the car?</TD></TR></TABLE>