I want to paint my phone dials black with chrome lip. I have an example of what it would look like because I painted my Spare tire that way.
Heres how my spare looks and how I want my phone dials to look.

 

so paint them?

 

Yes, paint them. As long as you do it well it'll look fine. My dad had been painting the phone dials on my white FC daily driver when he handed it down to me, and I've continued the trend:

FC 1
FC 2

 

that spare looks great

 

painted dials are still painted dials, just look even crappier and lack of taste. Just leave them alone in my opinion.

 

if you refuse to go aftermarket go for the paint, i polished my first set and they came out decently but have yet to see someone do a clean paint and polish

 

worth the $1 dollar in paint if you ask me.

 

So I painted the rear tires. Just to see if it looked good. Looks better in person. I like it, tell me what you think. Then i'll show you with all four painted.

 

looks pretty good.

 

I cannot stand my Phone dials...even if I painted them they still only have 185 tires on them ugh.

 

better than stock. hypertek always hating you're not cool if you use stock parts.

 

painted phone dials < 5 lug swap = better wheels

thats just me though

 

Says the guy with no taste

 

That's actually not bad. I usually hate painted stock wheels, but yours look much better than the typical 'dripping and uneven coat of shitty spray paint' that you always see.

 

yay someone else with the same color car as me, im rockin 5zigens black with polished lip

 

i wasnt hating lol, end result is they are still phone dials! lol
guess ive seen too many beat cars with flat black spray canned wheels

 

Phone dials are still phone dials in the end, but if you paint them you get a few more months out of not hating them.

I painted mine all black when I rocked them, looked better than dirty chipping clear.

Looks like you painted them well.

 

Hypertek: Don't listen to the lames. 14's = lame. Phone dials = the pinnacle of lame.
That being said.... those are the cleanest dials I've ever seen.

However time wasted painting phone dials is time better spent scrounging the yard for a 5 lug swap and some real wheels.

Lol, as a matter of fact that painted/polished spare looks much better and you wouldn't be giving up much width...

 

Can I see pics of your car with 5Zigens? Are they fno1rc?
Also can you tell me the dimensions of both tires and wheels?
I'm asking cuz I want to get the Bronze Fno1rc

 

Sportmax 005s anyone?

 

I remeber my phone dial days i did not want to paint mine but i did put 225 tires on the back and 215 tires on the back

thus began my hate onf high side wall tires lol

 

I painted mine black back in the day, then went instantly to aftermarket.