Originally Posted by civicchick2001

well they are both cuties

i want mine shiny like yours is.. and that paint i have doesnt give off that effect.. did you put like gloss paint or something on top of it? and thanks for the tip. might be doing this real soon.

Originally Posted by Kennykid2002

Get gloss engine enamel,
thats what I used
Then a coat of clear engine enamel will help too.

And oh lord, I think I've started a LED frenzy @___@

Originally Posted by Lopes101

I just used a gloss red, and I didnt even clear coat it, which would probably be a good idea, but i wasnt down with 10 more bucks for that.

Originally Posted by civicchick2001

did you get the 500 degrees or the 1000 degrees paint? i think i remember seeing those at autozone.. i might re-paint my valve cover to the prettier metallic blue paint i saw there. and hopefully if its engine enamel paint, i can use that for painting this piece we're talkin about too.. the blue i have now is a taaad to bright lol..

and also, is this thing a pain in the butt to get off? this header cover piece or whatever? dunno if i can do it or not

Originally Posted by Lopes101

I got the 500 F stuff, should be fine, and no its not hard, just dont be driving around too much before because its HOT!

Originally Posted by Lopes101

Perfect, i will use photobucket from now on thanks!


OK, so today i went at the hubs caps. yes, unfortunately i currently cannot afford rims so here we are getting creative!

here's some pics, lemme know what you guys think! These were the stock silver hubs that came with the car way back in 2002> they were in rough shape, with curb rash, and paint flaking off all the edges. I gave them an intense sanding, and a black paint job. After painting them black, i taped off the Honda logo in the middle of the cap, and using VASELINE edged the outside to be more accurate. Painted the logo silver, removed tape, wiped off painted vaseline, and thus we have painted hub caps!











Plans for the car:

- install the new suspension when it comes in
- New headlights (passenger side is cracked and fills with water)
- RIMS (when i can afford)
- Body Job (also when i can afford)

Originally Posted by donman

Those hub caps look great... What paint and paint code did you use and is it a flat black? Also what year are those hub caps off of?

Originally Posted by Lopes101

I did those hubs with regular plastic paint. They came out great and really like them. They are stock with my car (2002) they have never spent day off that car. Which is why they were in such rough shape before.

Originally Posted by donman

Well they are the best looking painted hub caps I've ever seen good job.

Originally Posted by Kennykid2002

Sorry I keep forgetting, but I took pix of my LED maps
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...ml#post4560027