How-to: take off silver plastic part from rims

[KK10]

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.

[ssn1029]

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

[Matemorh]

(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

[Kenny C]

(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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[KK10]

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

[TeamLopez]

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

[Kenny C]

(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...

[KoupCoupe]

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

Where are your mud/rock gaurds? LoL!

[TeamLopez]

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.

[Kenny C]

(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!