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civicseth
10-05-2005, 09:31 PM
I couldn't find a red Civic picture that was worth a crap, so here is what I came out with.

Option 1:

Paint the face of the wheel, leaving the inside the textured grey/silver and polishing the lip.

http://gallery.502streetscene.net/data/500/medium/black-si_s.jpg


Option 2:

Polish the entire face including the lip and leave the inside textured grey/silver.

http://gallery.502streetscene.net/data/500/medium/outside1.jpg
http://gallery.502streetscene.net/data/500/polished.jpg
c_mack9
10-05-2005, 09:36 PM
polish the face
jonyb
10-05-2005, 09:41 PM
Neither
tpham
10-05-2005, 10:05 PM
dip em
civicseth
10-05-2005, 10:07 PM
Neither
Well, they've been started, so it's got to be one....CHOOSE, I say!
junkman
10-05-2005, 10:19 PM
I am a pretty big fan of the full polish, shiny never goes out of style.
Ares
10-05-2005, 10:41 PM
Neither
im polishin my stockers, .....! :p
Nsane1
10-05-2005, 11:01 PM
why you polishing your stockers? I like the polished face. But, I'm not a fan of chome/polished wheels. Unless it's on like a truck or something.
Amagine
10-05-2005, 11:04 PM
polished...or powder coat em...
you paintin your car red now?
civicseth
10-05-2005, 11:08 PM
polished...or powder coat em...
you paintin your car red now?
Choose one. And no. This is for Christy's car.
Nsane1
10-05-2005, 11:10 PM
Satin Black the .......s. Seen it on HT and they're sexy.
Amagine
10-05-2005, 11:15 PM
Choose one. And no. This is for Christy's car.
christy? who the heck is that?

personally I'm a shiny guy. so thats my choice

however a shiny ... black powder coat would rock too :D
BoostMan
10-05-2005, 11:25 PM
Choose one. And no. This is for Christy's car.
Why are you doing this? Shouldnt Shawn finish what he started.
civicseth
10-05-2005, 11:31 PM
Why are you doing this? Shouldnt Shawn finish what he started.
I'm not doing it. Shawn just doesn't want to finish polishing them out, so he's thinking about painting them, but I don't think it would look good.
eg6ky
10-06-2005, 07:31 AM
don't paint em.............eeeeeewwwwwwwwwww
JH~Tibby
10-06-2005, 07:33 AM
I think that Baverian pwrs dad will powder coat wheels for 35 a piece. But if your going to do one of them I say polish them.
Torquenstein
10-06-2005, 07:51 AM
I think that Baverian pwrs dad will powder coat wheels for 35 a piece. But if your going to do one of them I say polish them.

....! That's a hell of a deal! You sure he does them for that cheap?!

Oh, and I vote polish. Not that I'm into shiny stuff...just looks 10 times better than option #1. No offense to those currently running on option #1 by the way. :)
JH~Tibby
10-06-2005, 08:02 AM
Yeah Eric last time I checked he quoted me at 35 a piece. He has a big oven and everthing.
Torquenstein
10-06-2005, 12:57 PM
Man Jeremy, this is information that you're supposed to be telling us about. You've been holding out on me you little .....!
RANDOLPH
10-06-2005, 01:24 PM
DO NOT PAINT THEM it will make them look cheap and ....ty....polish them....
94MRej1
10-06-2005, 02:30 PM
DO NOT PAINT THEM it will make them look cheap and ....ty....polish them....


That is not really an accurate statement.

Painting wheels follows the same basic rule as painting cars. They only look as good as the time and effort that you put in to them.

The guy doesn't want to finish polishing them, so that means he is probably getting lazy. Chances are he will skip steps when painting in order to get them done.. I say let someone else paint them, I have seen a couple of sets of Si wheels with the Rota Group N (Mugen RNR) black with red theme going on.. Actually looks alright...
jonyb
10-06-2005, 03:11 PM
Painting them black will make them look cheap.
civicseth
10-06-2005, 03:14 PM
Painting them black will make them look cheap.
I concur.
Smitty
10-06-2005, 03:15 PM
For the love of God Shawn. Polish them things! :D
eg6ky
10-06-2005, 05:29 PM
painting si wheels is "ricey" enter the rice hating comments
TwistedGA
10-06-2005, 05:37 PM
Stock wheels in general are lame. No matter how you try to church em up, they are still stock. :p
eg6ky
10-06-2005, 10:00 PM
stock si wheels imho, which i know doesn't matter to you, are a lot better than cheap, low quality aftermarkets. I won't name name's cuz some of you might have em and call me an ....... for stating my opinion.
TwistedGA
10-06-2005, 10:16 PM
stock si wheels imho, which i know doesn't matter to you, are a lot better than cheap, low quality aftermarkets. I won't name name's cuz some of you might have em and call me an ....... for stating my opinion.

I'll agree to that. OEM>Cheap in every aspect. But if these are a downgrade or just midgrade in quality, don't do it.. Or your paying for them, I'd say don't do it, just keep saving for some quality wheels that would really benifit the car while looking nice doing it... I see those wheels on too many cars on the road already.. :p
c_mack9
10-06-2005, 10:23 PM
ok these are my old wheels that were beat up pretty badly anyway. Si wheels look great on any honda they will fit. he started polishing them cause of teh beat up-ed-ness. leaving them like they were was not a good option, if they were new that would be different. she got them from me for cheap but they are still an upgrade from her current oem stock wheels which are 14" steelies w/ dubcaps. now after that, option 1? or option 2?
civicseth
10-06-2005, 11:11 PM
stock si wheels imho, which i know doesn't matter to you, are a lot better than cheap, low quality aftermarkets. I won't name name's cuz some of you might have em and call me an ....... for stating my opinion.
I hate you Marcus.



:p




Option 2. Polish them Shawn. I will help you polish them if you help me with my 5-speed/interior swap. :D
eg6ky
10-07-2005, 07:32 AM
i wan't talkin about rota's. I've had three sets of those and they are nice wheels i don't care what anyone says about it. They may be COPIES of other wheels but they are nice and lightweight. That's not saying i'm going to buy some but i like them nonetheless.