I finally finished painting my 5th gen EX alloys Graphite grey, they look sweet as hell. Im gonna let em dry overnight and put em on tomorrow when I get home from work I think I might be the first one to have Graphite ex alloys on a bordeaux red accord, I haven't seen any around here. Should I leave the lugnuts chrome or paint them black? I'm gonna paint the center part of the hub that fits in the middle of the rim black, or should I make it stand out more? Opinions please.

 

the chrome lugs may look out of place on dark wheels... but if you paint them the paint is just gonna come off when you tighten them...

whats "the center part of the hub that fits in the middle of the rim"?? the lug cap?? or the small 2" circle in the very center of the rim, where you can see the half-shaft bolts?? If its the later of the 2, i'd say to find some sort of "cap" for them... like "H" caps painted the color of the rims with a white "H" emblem...


BTW- PICS, PICS, PICS!!!

 

i left the H in the center of the cap black and painted around it graphite. Looks much better then chrome nuts and rusted axel nuts

 

Got pics of those caps?

 

I think I'll paint the lugs primer black, doubt the primer will chip off too bad, if it does, I can always brush on some more where it chipped at. the center part im talking about is the half shaft bolt. I have the caps for my alloys but dont want to put them on, I think it looks better w/o them. So im gonna leave the halfshaft bolt/nut as it is, mine is chrome:naughty: and primer the lugs.

 

graphite on red is :naughty:

 

lets see some pics!

 

I dont have access to a digi cam so when I drop the ass end this weekend I will take pics w/my 35mm and get them put on a disc so you guys can see how it came out.

 

I put the rims on last night:jawdrop: Looks tight as hell. I was kinda skeptical about putting graphite rims on a bordeaux red pearl accord but it looks sweet. I left the center caps off, gonna leave the lugs chrome, but now you can see the rotors out back and the calipers up front so im thinking about painting them black or bodycolor, any objections?

 

black for the brakes... dont draw attention to them.