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Originally Posted by gaveup
I suppose that's your opinion.
Roomate did it on his Jeep SRT8 (which costs significantly more than a Nismo) and has gotten nothing but compliments on it. Co-worker did it on his M3, and it looks great. I have spray painted (Satin black) base wheels and everyone seems to like them a lot. Have yet to hear anyone say that it makes any of these cars look $10 cheaper, much less $15,000.
If you're the flashy type, flat black wheels in general aren't for you, regardless of the costs.
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Oh I definitely got compliments on the wheels when they were black.... from Civic owners. I go to car shows on a pretty regular basis and the verdict from the cheaper car owners: keep the black. And from more expensive car owners (or cars that started cheap but had a lot put into it): stick with the stock. I went to a few car shows with the left side of the car stock and the right side had the plasti-dipped wheels. People said both looked good but the stock looked significantly better. Keep in mind I have the Nismo RAYS wheels. I had a few people ask me what I did to my 350Z when it was all black wheels, and that among many other reasons made me go back to stock. I never had anyone ask if it was a 350 when the wheels weren't plasti-dipped. It was either, "370" or "what car is that!?". That's my plasti dipped wheels justification. If you have expensive wheels, don't coat them in $6 plastic. Just my opinion but a lot of people will agree. These pictures you see of the wheels on the forum make the wheels like much better than they actually do in real life.
It also might be the shiny Magnetic Black'ness' of the car offsets the flat black plastic.