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I was looking at some pics and noticed some of you took off the rim add-on piece and wanted to know how you smart people did it. A friend of mine wanted to take my rims and put it on his civic and i have some extra rims from my last car that i was thinking about putting on my koup.


So if anyone can help me, either that or give me your opinion if i should change them to my other rims.

You would have to remove each wheel and there should be screws that you can screw off from the backside. and then the silver inserts should come off.
Its a pain to remove each wheel but it is worth it

(09-16-2010 02:40 AM)KK10 Wrote: [ -> ]I was looking at some pics and noticed some of you took off the rim add-on piece and wanted to know how you smart people did it. A friend of mine wanted to take my rims and put it on his civic and i have some extra rims from my last car that i was thinking about putting on my koup.


So if anyone can help me, either that or give me your opinion if i should change them to my other rims.

3 phillips screws for each insert on the "back" side of the wheel.
You know that thoses wheel in your pic won't fit!!! Koup's bolt patern is 5x114

(09-16-2010 09:42 AM)Matemorh Wrote: [ -> ]3 phillips screws for each insert on the "back" side of the wheel.
You know that thoses wheel in your pic won't fit!!! Koup's bolt patern is 5x114

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i was afraid that they wouldn't fit. I figured they would because they fit because they fit my 300zx which was also a 5 bolt but i didn't check the measurement, anyways thanks for the info for the rims. I will do that soon. first project with the car! WOOO! unless you call installing seat covers a project. =p

Anyone have a close up pic of the the stock rims without the plastic inserts?

(11-04-2010 02:58 PM)TeamLopez Wrote: [ -> ]Anyone have a close up pic of the the stock rims without the plastic inserts?

Best I've got...

(11-04-2010 07:13 PM)Kenny C Wrote: [ -> ]Best I've got...

Where are your mud/rock gaurds? LoL!

Hey KennyC thanks brother for the pics. It was what I was looking for exactly. Those rims look good without the silver inserts. I think I just saved a few $$$$ by seeing this and doing this mod instead of buying new black rims. Also thanks for the welcome on the other thread.

(11-04-2010 07:52 PM)KoupCoupe Wrote: [ -> ]Where are your mud/rock gaurds? LoL!

LOL...they take away from the clean lines of the car IMO. I cleaned the wheel wells after taking those pics. About 19,000 miles on the car so far with zero rock chips on the fenders or rear quarter panels.

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(11-04-2010 11:20 PM)TeamLopez Wrote: [ -> ]Hey KennyC thanks brother for the pics. It was what I was looking for exactly. Those rims look good without the silver inserts. I think I just saved a few $$$$ by seeing this and doing this mod instead of buying new black rims. Also thanks for the welcome on the other thread.

No problem...glad it helped!