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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:36 AM
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Has anyone seen any black hubcaps for our stock wheels? The only thing left on my black xb that's not black are the hubcaps. I would buy wheels but I don't have the money yet. Something like the stock 9-spoke in black or whatever anyone could find.

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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:37 AM
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simple solution

just paint them black
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:44 AM
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the 9 spoke looks awesome in gunmetal.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:07 AM
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I've also seen some hubcaps in a dark gunmetal that look OK...
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by T Dot
simple solution

just paint them black
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:38 AM
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hub caps? what are hub caps?
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 06:34 AM
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Or you could just remove the hub caps haha
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 06:44 AM
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can we all say blackouts or as some people would say steelies
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by T Dot
simple solution

just paint them black
Of course, painting flexible plastic like the Scion hubcaps requires the right primer and paint.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:06 PM
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try these
http://www.teamscionrg.com/Gallery/d...?album=5&pos=2
http://www.teamscionrg.com/Gallery/d...album=5&pos=13
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:23 PM
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I thought about painting mine (i even bought some black paint for plastic) but i chickened out. It might look pretty ghetto, like painting your hood black to look carbon fiber.

But really, I have my eye on some nice wire hub caps now. So who I am to talk about ghetto.
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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nah its not ghetto. it's personal prefrence.

i painted my last car.s wheels Flat Black and they were nice lookin 16's for a Ford Focus ZX3

if i could post a pic i would
Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:28 PM
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before i bought rims, I did paint my hub caps black, and left the center scion logo unpainted. it looks pretty cool in my opinion.

Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:36 PM
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they look aight....u have ILL plates..where u from? ^^^^
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Fujiz_xb
they look aight....u have ILL plates..where u from? ^^^^
from chicago... living in kileen texas right now... (army for the next 3 months)
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 01:49 AM
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don't paint hubbies... just roll on steelies if you can't afford rims
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 03:53 AM
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My steelies look pretty nice when they're shined up. I still want to get some rims someday, but for now I like it better than the plastic saucers.
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 12:13 PM
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Just stick with hubs ON. Painted or unpainted. :D
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 01:09 PM
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Thanks for all the replies. I'll probably end up painting the hubs if I can't find a decent replacement set.
Old Nov 23, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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I would buy a cheap set from pep boys if you really want to paint hubcaps. You might regret it, and then you would have the stock hubcaps to put back on.



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