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California98Civic · 03-20-2018, 03:31 PM

One of the reasons I bought used 15" MINI seven hole Emola rims recently was for a stealth mod (also because taller than VX Civic rims by far while only about 2 lbs heavier).

I want to block and blackout the seven holes from behind, keeping a kinda OEM exterior look while getting more benefits of a "smooth" wheel face.

FIRST EXPERIMENT, comments welcome:

I want the holes to be black. So the foil tape surface could have a lightweight material, such as black weed block fabric I have on hand. Painting such a surface is also an option.

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	MINI 15" rim mods One of the reasons I bought used 15" MINI seven hole Emola rims recently was for a stealth mod (also because taller than VX Civic rims by far while only about 2 lbs heavier). I want to block and blackout the seven holes from behind, keeping a kinda OEM exterior look while getting more benefits of a "smooth" wheel face. FIRST EXPERIMENT, comments welcome: I want the holes to be black. So the foil tape surface could have a lightweight material, such as black weed block fabric I have on hand. Painting such a surface is also an option. Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.