take off hub caps?

[Exeon]

Well i got my '07 LX coupe about 2 weeks ago, i don't plan to get new wheels (HFP or some black wheels /chrome lip) atleast until spring because it wouldn't make sense to get right now because its winter soon. Should I take off my stock hub caps? I think i'd rather have the black look than hub caps.


any pics with stock steelies?

[Slav]

NAh dude, it depends on the color of your car, but i took my hubbies off to spray paint them and my civic looked real cheap, i suggest you spray paint them, everyone tells me that they look like rims anyway, oh by the way my civic is silver, ill try to get some pics up soon.

[Tim]

Yes! Take the hub caps off. But then polish the lip. And voila! You have your own set of trendy tuner wheels.

[Exeon]

any more opinions or pics?

[06silvercivic]

i just took my rims off my silver lx and i left my hub caps off id rather have the black than those stupid hub caps plus while ur driving ppl just think u have black rims lol i put tire shine all over the steelies lol gives em' a nice gloss lol

[Mikey6p]

Got pics?

[fa1]

I'll take some pics on steelies when I take the hubs off to paint

[spocheld]

If you take off your hub caps intentionally I will personally jump through the computer screen and beat some sense into you. That is the single ugliest thing you can do to ANY car, it makes it look like you just got some rims from pick N pull. It doesn't make it look like you have black rims, it makes it look like your hub caps fell off.

[Nikko]

I had to remove my hubcaps for an auto-x....im too lazy to put them back on.

[ethlar]

Originally Posted by Nikko

I had to remove my hubcaps for an auto-x....im too lazy to put them back on.

Why did you have to remove them, they are bolted on by the lug nuts.

[Yodums]

If you're going through the winter, you mine as well keep them off and blend in with everyone and their winter steelies.

[Twosocks40]

I was in the same boat. I just went and bought some 16" enkei wheels. I figure once I wear the brand new tires down I will upgrade to 17's.

[sbigshot]

I live in the southern US and don't know too much about dealing with snow and winter weather .... my question is: Is there a reason no one buys an extra set of alloy wheels of some sort to mount winter/snow tires on? Is it a cost thing, does the winter road gook mess them up too bad? There is no way I could have those ugly steel wheels on my car for several months out of the year, I would have to get a 2nd set of alloys to mount the winter tires on.

[Exeon]

I decided to play around and paint to see what it looks like, since if it looked too bad i'd just take them off. Didn't need to take them off to paint. I just used a piece of paper to cover the tires when spraying. I used Dupicolor high performance wheel coating - Graphite grey (6$ can), looks like gun metal color. Id recommend to EX alloy owners. can't wait till spring when i can buy some real wheels. I'm getting the HFP lip kit sometime next few weeks.


end up painting the center caps

[EconoboxMan]

I didn't like the LX hubcaps, so I had the 16" alloys from Honda installed. The 7 spoke alloys look dandy.

[Civic Pride]

Nice job exeon that looks nice..

Good to play around if you know you are getting real wheels..

I might do that to mine and after winter is gone get some real rims.

[rizwanmakani]

that looks really good exeon.... tell me one thing.. will the color come off if you wash the tires or does it stay on and how many cans of spray did u use to color all four of them?

[Exeon]

it shouldn't come off unless you scrub it directly with hard sponge or something. If you want to make sure it stays on for long time, sand the hub caps with like 2000 grit sand paper. I used 1 can for 2 layers and still got enough for 3rd layer.

[06TechCivic]

Did the same thing about 2 months ago, I think it looks great until I can get my new rims. I used the same exact paint. Heres a picture.



Later,

Kory

[rizwanmakani]

Originally Posted by 06TechCivic

Did the same thing about 2 months ago, I think it looks great until I can get my new rims. I used the same exact paint. Heres a picture.



Later,

Kory

Very Nice ... i need to do somethin like this with my hub caps too.. can't decide which color... What color will look good with GG?