JDMej1

so i want to paint my steelies for next winter to switch things up but im not sure what colour to choose. i have a black ej1, heres a pic



so my options i was thinking of were:

red, black with silver lip, white, burgundy, gold, or navy blue. help me out i cant decide!

heres an ej1 with red steelies i found..

D.T.P

I would personally go with all black because winter time you don't really take time to clean them so any bright colour will attract attention to the dirty rims.
Maybe a red lip or something not so tacky. Again that's just my opinion, you do whatever you like better.

PurpleStuff

That civic with red steelies and whitewall tires is just disgusting, imo.
Like Scrid3r said, go with black and maybe a colored lip. I plan on doing mine gold for the winter.

Sumol15

Great Ganesha that red is hideous! Keep it black.

JDMej1

thanks for the input guys, i think i might try and find a darker kind of burgundy or else go black with a silver lip.

D.T.P

I will be painting some rims soon, you should be thankful that steelies are so easy to paint. BBS replica mesh rims will be quite time consuming.
Polish the lip, tape it up and paint the rim black. Will look clean and not too flashy.

MyVtecGoesBWAH

i spray paint mine black every yr.

JDMej1

true martin, i think thats what im going to do, thanks

Tdot_civic_club

Persia

That looks stupid...

D.T.P

I'm sure the civic is on bags.
Plus everybody wants to look unique regardless if its ghetto or ugly to some.

Adair

I like what you have now, but if you're going to paint them, all black would look tasteful.

Sirberner

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diamond racing wheels are what you need.

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JDMej1

i know i seen those and want them so bad, but i would rather save for bodywork/swap. and sha, its just for my winter steelies because their all rusty and ****. idk i still think burgundy would look pretty sexy but more red-ish. or just a real dark red. i think ill either end up going with a real dark red/burgundy or a black rim with a polished or silver lip

MPR

LOL...all that negative camber looks SO stupid, imo...lol...

Anyways...yeah the red is a bit much.

I might paint my steelies white for next winter, just to be different and keep a similar look to my white summer rims.

Great thing about steelies is for very little money you can paint them any colour you want and if you don't like it, just change it again.

rick10

Why would you paint them? isnt easier to just put on some decent hub caps , it will look so much better . I rather drive a civic with hubcaps than with just steelies.

I drove my jetta on steelies for 2 months in the winter ( brand new ones) and as soon as i put on hubcaps ( crappy tire) everybody was saying that it looked so much better.

This year I m driving my civic with my rims on for the whole winter , I did it with my mazda 3 and it was perfect

rick10

that looks pretty good but i m wondering what is the price tag for 4 of those. I dont think they are cheap , and I think the OP wants to go for something affordable

MPR

EEEWWW...lol

(No offense, rick10.) I hate plastic hub caps/wheel covers. Always see them on other cars, all crooked and wobbly. Haven't seen any I like the design of either. Hit a big pot-hole and they can fall off. And the ones that are held on by the lug-nuts are a pain-in the ***! lol. They can crack and get scuffed and then they just look horrible. Sometimes they come loose and rattle....I could go on... lol...

I guess it's one of those things, for me, it's just a useless thing to 'dress up' your car, that isn't neccessary for the funtion of the vehicle.

If you use em and like em, by all means. To each his own.

rick10

they still look a lot better than painted steelies ... If steelies were so cool how come all the cars come with either rims or hubcaps.

Either buy proper rims or put hubcaps anything in between just looks odd . Sorry but painted steelies does look ghetto unless they are like the wheels someone showed above but i m guessing those ones are pretty expensive