Looks good man!

 

looks good! you painted your oem splash guards?

 

Yes I did. I think they look much better painted. IMO, when they're painted, they make the car look a little more beefy.

it's not at least 5 pounds?

They weigh next to nothing. It's purely a cosmetic thing.

 

Too bad the inserts weigh next to nothing so taking them out didnt make them any lighter =/ Still looks alot better, even with the holes in the spokes.

 

it's not at least 5 pounds?

 

I actually have the peices in my closet and just picked them up, and all of them together might be like 3 pounds.

 

43 lbs with tires, so the rim is around half that. Maybe like 23-25lbs... That is why you get rims that weigh like 18.5-19lbs.

 

The 17" Good Year Eagle LS tires that come stock on mine are suppose to weigh 21 lbs. which would put the wheels at 22 lbs. That is if we are talking about the same wheel/tire combo.

 

Those rims look so much better like that! I can't stand the inserts, but that's just me.

 

It felt like it took forever but it was worth it. In order to remove the stock SX wheel inserts, you have to remove the wheels, flip them over and use a phillips head screwdriver to unscrew 3 screws on each insert, 15 for each wheel. There was a bunch of caked up dirt underneath the inserts so it was nice to finally get that all cleaned up too.

Let me know what you guys think.

Oh and as a side note, when I had the wheels off, I weighed them and they were 43.5 lbs each...ouch

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I think you mean wheel with mounted tire ; even so thats heavy. Good reason to go aftermarket; check weights at tirerack.com.
wheels and tire weights are in specs.

 

I realize this is an old ass thread but I'm so doing this. My inserts are chipped to hell and look bad.

 

Could paint them

 

This was my original plan but I really like the look of the rims without them.

 

Did you use anything special to clean the wheels after you took out the inserts? I took mine off and found a good amount of caked on brake dust.

 

is there another way to do this than taking your wheel off?

 

You might be able to use a panel popper from the front and pry it off. I wouldn't recommend that though, you risk damaging the wheel or the center cap itself. Best way is to remove the wheel and pop it out from the back

 

They are screwed in. Have to remove the wheel.

 

thanks guys , man thatll take time i wish i had a mechanic who had time to just take all 4 off and lemme do it quick