Rims question

[trick91]

I know its probably not the right time of season to be talking about custom wheels, but since they are off i may as well ask.

I got 20's on my car during the summer. They look awesome except my type of rim is American Racing, so there are gaps in between (its not a full plate of chrome). So you can see the wheel axel and all that in the light, and it dosent look that great. Are there things you can buy that you put behind the rim thats all black so it covers this up? Im not sure if thats clear enough. I was thinking of painting the axels but thought that would be a hassel.

[BartBandy]

Are there things you can buy that you put behind the rim thats all black so it covers this up? Im not sure if thats clear enough. I was thinking of painting the axels but thought that would be a hassel.

What you have: 20" American Racing bling-bling rims

What you want: Black steelies and hubcaps

[Pete_Coach]

As I understand your post, you do not like what you are seeing between the spokes of your rims so you want to put some kind of tin shield between the wheel and the axle to hide the brakes etc? Strange, why buy such wheels if you did not want to see what is behind them?
Have a look here http://www.herringtoncatalog.com/m178.html

[bionicbadger]

What you have: 20" American Racing bling-bling rims

What you want: Black steelies and hubcaps

Lol! Do they even make 20" steelies?

[cipher]

Isn't one of the ideas with these huge rims is that you'd have larger disc brakes and large monoblock calipers installed? I hate it when people install huge rims and you see tiny disc brakes up front and tiny drum brakes in the rear!

http://www.brembo.com/NR/rdonlyres/16A8B876-5195-40D3-9DC4-B574D5EA890B/3042/Sixpistonsmonoblockcaliper.jpg

[VorteC]

Anything over 18", it's no longer for performance, but for looks.. and you suffer for running such large rims. Most if not ALL, BBK's will clear with 18" rims.

Get a sexy BBK kit like brembo.. or endless.. or stoptech and the gaps will be good cuz u can showoff ur brakes lol

[Pete_Coach]

Isn't one of the ideas with these huge rims is that you'd have larger disc brakes and large monoblock calipers installed? I hate it when people install huge rims and you see tiny disc brakes up front and tiny drum brakes in the rear!

http://www.brembo.com/NR/rdonlyres/16A8B876-5195-40D3-9DC4-B574D5EA890B/3042/Sixpistonsmonoblockcaliper.jpg

Why do you have to clutter this forum with actual facts and reasoning. Geez! :lol:

[trick91]

As I understand your post, you do not like what you are seeing between the spokes of your rims so you want to put some kind of tin shield between the wheel and the axle to hide the brakes etc? Strange, why buy such wheels if you did not want to see what is behind them?
Have a look here http://www.herringtoncatalog.com/m178.html

its not a huge deal, ive had them on the past 2 summers so its not like they look bad. but this site looks good, ill check them out

[Asad_A203]

Lol! Do they even make 20" steelies?

I am pretty sure his car does not sit on stock 20's unless he has a really, really large vehicle, or he has a huge aftermarket brake kit on it. G35s even with Brembos can be downgraded to 17s... Judging by the rim selection; I don't think it is one of the things I mentioned; the OP just probably wanted larger rims.

To the OP; do you have any picture of how it currently looks?

[TooSoonJr]

If your brakes/suspension parts are rusty and look bad the best thing you can do is by flat black tremclad paint and give it a few coats to freshen up the look.

[trick91]

I am pretty sure his car does not sit on stock 20's unless he has a really, really large vehicle, or he has a huge aftermarket brake kit on it. G35s even with Brembos can be downgraded to 17s... Judging by the rim selection; I don't think it is one of the things I mentioned; the OP just probably wanted larger rims.

To the OP; do you have any picture of how it currently looks?

the rims are off for the winter. the only shots i have are in the dark from the summer and u cant really tell

[kleptodathief]

i wanna get these for my ricer! :cheesygri

http://xenonhid.dyndns.org/ebay/brembodecalsinstalledpic1.jpg

[ShadowVlican]

red paint and brembo stickers help decrease stopping distances by 50%!!!

[cipher]

red paint and brembo stickers help decrease stopping distances by 50%!!!

Actually...it's not the paint or the stickers...but the Brembo brakes and calipers will indeed decrease stopping distances. That's why many supercars (Ferrari, Porsche, Aston-Martin) come standard with Brembo brakes.

[MkmBandit]

i wanna get these for my ricer! :cheesygri

http://xenonhid.dyndns.org/ebay/brembodecalsinstalledpic1.jpg


Thats like giving a pair of Jordan's to a homeless guy

[kleptodathief]

haha i wished i had brembo brakes or that BBK lol...those were just the brembo DECALS lol

i do have brembo(blanks) rotors crossdrilled tho (aftermarket) and of course the ricy red calipers painted :cheesygri

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c307/kleptodathief/coilovers/madfrontcamber.jpg

can't wait to slap on those motegi traklite rims!

[ShadowVlican]

Actually...it's not the paint or the stickers...but the Brembo brakes and calipers will indeed decrease stopping distances. That's why many supercars (Ferrari, Porsche, Aston-Martin) come standard with Brembo brakes.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/104/captainobviouslb4.jpg

[VorteC]

Actually...it's not the paint or the stickers...but the Brembo brakes and calipers will indeed decrease stopping distances. That's why many supercars (Ferrari, Porsche, Aston-Martin) come standard with Brembo brakes.

lol, you suck at catching sarcasm.

[KawaiiTentacleBeast]

You could also paint your brake drums.

[Rekognize]

Paint the calipers, but please leave the drums black :|

Has anyone seen those fake caliper covers on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/SET-of-front-rear-Brembo-brake-caliper-cover-universal_W0QQitemZ160189644696QQihZ006QQcategoryZ 29695QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebaypho tohosting)? :lol:

OP might also be interested in a pair of drum covers (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Red-Simulated-Cross-Drilled-Disc-Drum-Brake-Covers-Pair_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33564QQihZ020QQite mZ300179624600QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW#ebayphotohos ting)