thetoymaker
Senior Member
Is it a look at my car thing, or what?
I have a set of really nice honey-comb patterned 5 spoke, 1-peice, forged, aluminum alloy, chrome-plated wheels.
they are really nice and they look great.
Why do honda "tuners" seem to prefer the black, white or gunmetal black wheels?
I even saw a pathetic eagle talon for sale that the guy had painted over his three-spoke chrome wheels with black spraypaint.
WTF?
I used to have a black, 91 HB and it looked really really nice with chrome wheels.
At the time I had two HB, and one had silver 5-spoke wheels, the other had the chrome.
When I drove around in the black one (chrome rims) all the motorcycle guys and girls would pull up next to it and pace me on most roads i drove on.
The red HB (silver rims) was invisible, I could pass by a cop while doing 80 in a 55 and he wouldn't even look.
Both had the typical features, lowered, low-profile tires, aftermarket wheels, 1250wt systems, fog lights and the darkest tint I could buy.
Both had perfect paint jobs too, shiny they always looked wet, (Mcguires wax)
I have seen spoked chrome on some of the domestics but the local ricers have black or white rims.
White rims are a serious bitch to keep clean.
And black rims make the wheels look small.
Besides if ur gonna pay $800-2000 for rims, why not have some sparkle?
There are black rims that cost over $2k........ug.
I just want to know for a daily driver- what type of rims would u put on ur ride?
And why? Is it the costs? Is it the fear of the rims getting stolen?
Performance name brands aside, weight is the true enemy right?
16" rims are best for hondas in my opinion, perfect balance of style and performance
B)
I have a set of really nice honey-comb patterned 5 spoke, 1-peice, forged, aluminum alloy, chrome-plated wheels.
they are really nice and they look great.
Why do honda "tuners" seem to prefer the black, white or gunmetal black wheels?
I even saw a pathetic eagle talon for sale that the guy had painted over his three-spoke chrome wheels with black spraypaint.
WTF?
I used to have a black, 91 HB and it looked really really nice with chrome wheels.
At the time I had two HB, and one had silver 5-spoke wheels, the other had the chrome.
When I drove around in the black one (chrome rims) all the motorcycle guys and girls would pull up next to it and pace me on most roads i drove on.
The red HB (silver rims) was invisible, I could pass by a cop while doing 80 in a 55 and he wouldn't even look.
Both had the typical features, lowered, low-profile tires, aftermarket wheels, 1250wt systems, fog lights and the darkest tint I could buy.
Both had perfect paint jobs too, shiny they always looked wet, (Mcguires wax)
I have seen spoked chrome on some of the domestics but the local ricers have black or white rims.
White rims are a serious bitch to keep clean.
And black rims make the wheels look small.
Besides if ur gonna pay $800-2000 for rims, why not have some sparkle?
There are black rims that cost over $2k........ug.
I just want to know for a daily driver- what type of rims would u put on ur ride?
And why? Is it the costs? Is it the fear of the rims getting stolen?
Performance name brands aside, weight is the true enemy right?
16" rims are best for hondas in my opinion, perfect balance of style and performance
B)