I have an 04 DG sedan and its nearly bone stock. I really like they way it'd look if I were to paint the headlights and grille black but I also really like the way it looks now. Im also considering painting my stock 17's black too. What should I do? What would you do? I'd like to hear your comments and suggestions.

 

I really hate the painted wheels trend. Black wheels lack definition and you lose the detail. They just look dirty.

I find myself loving then look of clean semi stock sedans.....and a few select modded ones.

 

I kinda agree about painted wheels, its a bit "trashy" what do you think of debadging your G mustang?

 

+1 on painting the wheels black and looking trashy!!!!!! ....i havent did that since i was 17 years old and it was my first car

PLEASE DONT DO IT

 

Never got into the "making your stock wheels look like steelies" look

 

invest in a drop and baller wheels

 

yes. That is the right thing to do.

 

The OP has some good ideas... to an extent.

IMHO, leave your 17s stock.

 

I actually did debadge mine. Everything but mt Fuji on the trunk and black tint. Other than that my g is stock but I am looking for oem 18 sport rims.

To be honest...I like the car the way it is. Could use some painted headlights though.

 

This is an Infiniti we are talking bout here. Do it right, don't rice it out. Less is better. Get some nice wheels with a lip on it.

 

Im saving for those things, want to do them at the same time. hopefully in the next few months I can do it, paying for school is expensive!

 

I painted my 17s matte black for two reasons.

1) The finish on them was SHOT... looked horrible, flaked off the leading side of all the spokes... just yuck.

2) It was a stop-gap until I got the wheels I really wanted (the ones I have now)

Besides, I may end up buying an old Z31 or maybe a 240 sometime soon, and if so, matte black 17s would work better on that.

This being said though, I couldn't stand the lack of contrast between the wheel and tire, so I did a white pinstripe to break it up.

I guess it all really depends on the color of your car really.

One thing though... if you do it, you better do a really good job. I did mine with rattle cans, but I was really meticulous. Nobody that saw it thought is was rattle can paint, and when I told them, the usual response was "how'd you get it so even?"
The very last thing you want is for it to look cheaply done.

 

instead of painting things that dont need to be painted....paint match the door handles, the mirror bases.

 

Im thinking Im just going to leave everything the way it is...Im scared of painting parts and regretting it later. color matching the mirror bases is a good idea though. not to sure about the door handles.

 

Not all nice wheels have lips, lips are played out this year.