Suspension, Brakes, Tires & Wheels - To paint or not to paint

I've asked this question before and everyone had mixed opinions so here it is again I chopped another pic so should I paint my rims so I have a silver lip and black rims???

The corner is the original.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/dblclutchin/sidepassscopy.jpg

I say yes. Personally, I think it looks great with black wheels.

Thanks for your input. I'm thinking of powder coating but I'm pretty sure that will be spendy.

definitely paint.

Ya I would def. paint them looks sick

yep like the black

i dont really know what powdercoating costs, but thats defientely the way to go. but then again it may be cheaper to just buy new black rims and sell the old ones to make up some of the difference.

Powder coat. The finish is damn near bullet proof. Paint....WILL chip and flake off. Spend the money and do it correctly. It will look awsome for years. (if you keep the wheels that long)

yea id def go with the black

yes...you need to paint those......

i did mine last week and i couldnt be happier

All you guys who "paint" your wheels....wait till you see how GOOD they look in a year or more. Powder coating cost five times as much, but will look like new 10 times longer. I am on my 5th Civic. The first 2, I did some painting on the wheels....the regular stuff, spokes and all that. My first experiance with powdercoat was with black. When I sold the car 4 and 1/2 years later, the wheels were in almost perfect shape.

I'm using a high gloss black paint from my dads metal fab shop used to paint elevator bases which people walk on all day, i mean these are freight elevators so the paint lasts and I'm taking the rims off 6 months outta the year, im not worried so if they chip the slightest bit I'll just repaint them i the booth again. Powdercoating would be nice but i dont have a 3rd testie to sell. So im gona idex card the rims ad try and make them look nice. ^ Hail you got anymore pics of yours besides the ones in ur sg I see you went for the polished lip look to I like that.

Just my 2 cents on paint v. powdercoat...I was in this situation about a year ago.

Although powdercoating would undoubtedly be more durable, it has some downsides:
1. Around here, unless you have a tool to pop the tire on and off the rim, you'll have to get (pay) someone to do this to take it to the powdercoat shop. This of course takes time and money.
2. Then its around 200 bucks to do all the wheels.

Painted mine for probably $20-25 bucks, but I took my time. Prep is so so important, and a year and a couple months later, through salt and sand and snow they still shine like new.

But it took me pretty much 7-8 hours straight work, wet sand, dry sand, 4 coats of wheel paint and 3 coats of clear coat. Hey, I went overboard but I wanted them to last.

So, if you have the money and time, powdercoat, but paint, if done properly, can look real good for several years...

3rd testie.....thats funny......:)