Bullskim

I am very low on budget and i was thinking of just painting my 07 is250 stock rims to black. Should i paint it or just keep it as it is?

DaWhole9

Could look very cool....what color is you IS?

IS_NIICE

iTrader: (1)

seen it done, everything painted gloss black including the center cap (L is still chrome). the car was black and had smoked tails. looked good.

ek9vboi

iTrader: (3)

thats a negative. just save the time and go make more money to buy wheels. please don't rice things up... the car did cost 30k+, its not a honda.

ndk83

ive seen it done aswell. black car, dark tints, 17" stocks wheels were painted a gloss black NOt including centercap. looked SICK!!!!!! was pleasantly surpirsed at how good it looked. so if ur car is black go for it

DaWhole9

Funny...I did it on my Carrera, never got accused of being "Ricey"....Painted 19" Porsche rims....In fact, I STILL get peopl eon boards sending me emails about those rims....It ran through my mind when I got this car....I still may do it...just until I decide which rims I want....Oh here is my Ricey Porsche...lol

IS_NIICE

iTrader: (1)

i agree.

and feel that if you need to be a baller on the budget, painting the factory stocks is an easy way to get a clean look on a black car. i mean he could easily get 4-500 dollar crap wheels, but i feel that is ricier than painting the wheels black.

IS_NIICE

iTrader: (1)

my boy did the same thing on his 996 stocks. looked sick as well, and his car was more of a dark everest green. i think that it could look good on all color IS, just make sure you smoke the tails as well.

Hartawan

iTrader: (1)

If your car is black, go ahead. paint it and get some spacers and a drop, youre set.

DaWhole9

I would love to see that!

cliffud

iTrader: (3)

dawhole- did you actually get them painted or powder coated?

weesped

iTrader: (8)

im now tempted to do this. seeing how i cant get rims on -.-. i wish i could put my works on.

Brian231

Make sure to get a good clear coat on them to reduce flaking or chipping. The Careera above looks great. I also like the NM Edition IS-F wheels. Black rims look the best on the black IS's. I also vote for keeping the Lexus logo chrome on the center cap.

DaWhole9

Painted...powder coating can make the rims weak and brittle...I had the body shop do it the same time my body kit was done. They held up VERY well. I was thinking since they were so close to the ground they would get so nicked and scratched that they would look horrible. The down side is they took a few weeks to do because they were so backed up..but I wasnt in a hurry, I was riding on my set of stocks not those....

sirCharles

That Carerra def not ricey

I have seen the IS OEM 18'' stocks painted black on a couple of rides here on this forum. search the wheels thread too...I think the guy was Euro.