Hello, I have some irocs that need to be repaired and reconditioned and I came across some pictures on the web of some pristine looking Iroc's. My question is the color of the center stripes and such. They look grey on my rims and on most pics I've seen. But I found a pic of some that had black instead of grey. I'm wondering if they came black from the factory and faded, a lot, to the grey or if someone painted them black on purpose? And if so, has anyone on here done that? Any thoughts for being mounted on a black car? Looks nice in the pics. I'm just wondering what color I should tell the shop when I have mine restored.

 

i like it, looks great on a black car, cool

 

The wheels in the above pic were painted. The OE's are silver (grayish) and gold.

JamesC

 

ok, thats what i was thinking, that they were grey. thanks. has anyone seen something like this in person? I agree they look good on a black car, I'm just wondering if, once seen in person, its too much. Too dark, too much black, too much of a contrast, or if it does look as good as the pic of the car?

 

One of my former students painted his wheels black to match his black IROC. Personally, I thought the look was darned bad .

JamesC

 

they painted the entire rim or painted them just like the pic i posted? and "darned bad" literally not slang? as in they didnt look so good? wording threw me off, sorry.

 

Painted as above. They looked terrific on the car.

JamesC

 

I think having the black accent vs the gray on a black car will look awesome!

I want to do that to my 91 Z wheels, but they are excellent condition so I don't want to strip them down. Eventually I will find another set to do it to.

 

i have a set like that on my car, black instead of grey. i must tell you, it looks amazing. espically with a black car, like mine. but i think it would still look amazing with any other color. the grey just didnt cut it for me, my buddy had grey ones on his black IROC, and they looked good, but not as good as if they were black.

 

they look like 16X8's those can fit right? front and back??

 

yeah, same size as my stock rims, so i believe that would be 16x8, if anyone wants to correct me, go for it. i just went from 235/55R16's to 245/50R16's.

 

cool. yeah thats exactly what i was wanting to hear. can you post some pics of yours, especially ones of them on the car?

and to answer question of rim size, yes those are 16x8 and they fit. The IROCs and GTAs were 16x8 and have different back spacing for front and rears, thats how they fit. 245/50R16 was original tire size, atleast i'm pretty sure about that size.

 

yeah i can, but right now the only pics i have are at night and when the car is covered with salt. i didnt get any pics of it before i had to go back to florida for school, so ill tide you over with that until march when i can get back to it and wash and wax it.

 

ah. thanks. yeah i can already see how even dirty they look good in black. looking forward to cleaner pics.

 

yeah, then mark your calendar for like March 13th. i wont be able to get to her until then. oh well. i guess i should get my tickets home soon then.....

 

lol. will do. i've already got that marked as the beginning of the 2010 formula one season. now i've got something else to look forward to on that day. thanks for your willingness to post pics. i'm sure they will help me out a great deal, as well as other people who might be interested.

 

no problem. i have no issue showing off my car.

 

and as promised, a few days late, due to weather, here are my rims nice a shiny clean.

 

now thats what i'm talking about. looks great! thanks for the pics. Thats exactly what i'm considering, an all black RS with that scheme on the irocs.

 

no problem. i got those off craigslist, and the PO had already painted them black. they were a pretty good deal so i got them. when i get the money im going to get the stripped down, and polished, and where it is black now is going to be professionally painted by then, and then clear coated. it will look sick. and then all the lights are going to get murdered out.

 

thats my plan too. the ones i have are in desperate need of repairing and restoring, so when they go to repaint the grey i'll have them do black instead.