These pics really don't do the wheels justice. They look great in person, I've gotten a few compliments already and one of my friends thought I bought new wheels. Took A LOT of time...I actually broke one of the wheel studs off (bc of my impatience). Costed $38 to fix...but even with that it was well worth it IMO. With window tint my theme will be pretty much done.

 

looks nice man

black magic the tires, it'll look even better

 

heh yep car is REALLY dirty right now...too lazy to wash the car i wanna enjoy spring break for now

 

oh come on...spray and pray all 4 tires takes less then 2 minutes.

i can't believe you are more lazy than me who sleeps all day on my ****...









hehe...laziness 0wns.

 

hey that looks nice, what kind of paint did u use? and how did u get the chrome lip look?

 

oh yeah... Gotta love those almost free mods
THey look good man. I wanna do something like that to my stock wheels

 

Hot damn! That's cool. What kind of paint did you use to get the tires?

 

LOL yep I am as lazy as it gets

Head on down to AutoZone or Pep Boys or whatever auto supply store and they will probably have Dupli-Color Wheel paint. I got the charcoal color and clear coat. You have to also buy Aircraft Stripper (also at AutoZone for like $4) to strip the clearcoat/paint off the wheels.

To get the polished rim I stripped the rim of the wheel down to bare metal using aircraft stripper and a chisel to scrape the paint off. I have a complete write-up on my site.

 

Looks OK, kinda like they're always covered in brake dust...really nice lookin' neighborhood though.

 

yeah i don't mean to hi-jack this thread but i painted my wheels black. My friend tell me that it just looks like i took off my hubs and that i'm riding on steelies but watever. I like this look. It adds such an aggressive look after the 15" sawblades. Check it out.

damn luda, ur car gets nicer everytime i see it. After u dropped ur car, i was like "damn that's clean~!" Good work

 

Did you actually polish the lip, or is it just unpainted?

Either way, it looks pretty hot

 

Not too shabby! I was thinking about doing the same, but painting my wheels black. I'm going to sand blast them first, then use a polishing wheel to polish the lip before I paint them.

Gotta wait for nicer weather first ...

 

WOW! I like the whole smoke look on your car! Good Job!

 

Wow, I really like that.. hmmm

 

thanks for the comments guys

Heh I noticed your wheels after I posted...240sx wheels right? They look good imo...kinda stealthy. In pics they dont show up well but Ive seen black wheels in person and they look good. I know what you mean...I was wanting to buy black rota slipstreams but my gf was telling me itd look like I was rolling on hubcaps. But NOW she tells me it might have looked better if I painted with a darker color lol

mzmtg- stripped the paint and polished them with some metal polish my friend had...its not as shiny as it could be we will be using a dremel on the lip soon.

 

Looks good! What series are those tires? They look like balloons. May consider a lower profile tire.

 

That looks great! I think I may have to do that to my chrome Q wheels... I hate chrome.

 

Dmang....that looks good.. Humm.....

 

Painted stock wheels own.

 

I'm jealous
























Everything is green over there

 

I did the same thing on my DSM when I had it. Here is a picture:

http://www.haxors.com/~formz/MattKevin.jpg

 

 

Looks good. you did a nice job with the lip.

Are you worried about the paint chipping or peeling over time?

Does anyone have any experience with how the paint will hold up?

Mr.P

 

looks very nice i'll probably do this soon!

 

that looks nasty man. i love the color, how did you do it?

 

looks good but dont scrape the curb with your rims now.lol

 

WOW, I am absolutely amazed at what painting stock wheels can do . This is my next project. I believe that dark painted stock wheels, like in ludacris's case, look/match best with a black Maxima. I have a super black 99 SEL and I'm sure it will look marvelous when finished.

What amazes me even more is that NOT ONE post actually bashed the wheels in any way or form. It's weird because that's usually what happens here on maxima.org. Seems that everyone adores the new look.

I guess my only concern is with the paint coming/scraping off easily. Yeah?

 

nice ride.. im def doing this now... what kinda paint did u use and how long did this take....

 

hmmm i wonder what this mod would look like on a PB maxima...i may paint my rx7 wheels.

 

your car has a nice look to it...kinda the same thing im going for. if you could make the lip a little larger, or make it stand out more, i think it would really set off the charcoal color.

 

I DID like this look..........

but now im just obsessed with the SLEEPER LOOK......

 

haha...go for it!

 

I'll be honest. When I read this post this morning all I wanted to say was grose. Well now that everyone really likes it, I on the other hand still hate it. I don't know if it's your tires or the silly little lip. I'm sorry but I don't like it. But I do like the originality, and painting the wheels is not a bad thing. Props on the good work too because it looks flawless, but just not the color.

 

y2ksesteve- Looks like u got some paint on ur tire When I first got the car I wanted to paint the wheels dark grey or black...and I relied on photoshops to see how itd look until I saw pics of ur car awhile back. Your car looks good

formz- haha they look exactly the same

87maxwagon- I was worried about the paint not holding up to a high pressure spray at a car wash and tested it out today. The wheels came out completely unaffected by the high pressure hose...but there was a guy on honda-tech that started pulling paint off the first time he washed his wheels. Just be thorough with the prepping and you will be fine.

BOSS- Paint coming off shouldnt be a problem...definetly stay away from curbs, etc.

|x|_maxima_|x|- Duplicolor wheel paint...my www has all the info. It took me and some buddies one day for the front wheels and one day for the rear wheels. Make sure to do this on a day where it is dry, the rear wheels were done on a day when a lot of moisture was in the air and we had to wait around for a long time in between coats to dry.

 

great job on the wheels. it looks awesome. homemade mods like that is what seperates you from the rest. keep it going

 

I like being the only one with these wheels...

 

Looks weird without the centercaps and not a fan of the lip but the color is good.

LEMAR

 

thanks man...yep I've been concentrating on cheap little things to do to make it look better to me

 

looks good

 

While I am still more a fan of the bright aluminum look on dark cars, I do like what you have done. I think the shiny lip is a nice touch, looks good. Nice work.