Hub Caps

[BatMobile]

I bought my Yaris in July of 08, Its a red hatch i love it! Since money is scarce right now i decided to paint my hub caps black it added a nice touch and was very inexpensive. I also taped off the toyota symbol so it's still silver.
Eventually i would like coil overs, exhaust and intake but we'll see how the money flow is.

I also have a bat sign decal on my back window that evolved from many inside jokes. Originally the boys i work with made fun of the yaris and its tiny engine i went on to brag that it turns into the bat mobile on the full moon. They're all jealous now.

The yaris has had only one incident, and that involved a trash can. My friends and family made huge bandaids and put them on the yaris as a joke. They're jealous.

Anytime i see another hatch yaris when i'm driving i tend to yell and point yaris, my boyfriend laughs and i ask the question, do other yaris owners get excited when they see me? lol I Heart my lil Yaris!

this is my first post glad to be a member

[BatMobile]

side note the boy in the picture is my boyfriend, painting the steering wheel for his nissan 240 sx s13

[LeetViet]

What products did you use and what were the steps?

It looks nice!

[BatMobile]

We used a plastic fusion flat black spray.

First we took the hub caps off and sanded them by hand. Then we used a degreaser on them. Followed by spray painting them with the black fusion paint. We did a lot of coats, prob 8ish then we followed that with several clear coats of matte. I let them sit in the sun for a while, and didn't put them back on for a couple days.

Our next project will be taking the emblems off to paint them black.

*if you want better directions i can get my boyfriend to write them. I'm new to the working on cars thing, i do all the work on my yaris but i'm getting hands on help from the boy. so i might not have the best directions*

[YarisSedan]

Not to flame you but those sticker and license plate frame to me looks a little on the tacky side. But on a plus side i like the hubcaps looks much better.

[DefStarYaris]

I've thought about doing the same to my hubcaps, since my emblems are already black and I want everything to match. I'm just riding around on bare steelies right now, which works I guess.

Oh and by the way, whenever I see another Yaris on the road I point and say Yaris as well. My girlfriend calls me a dork, but I don't care. I like seeing them. When we go out of town I usually count how many I see during the trip.

[yaris-me]

Nice job.:thumbsup:

[nick.dollimount]

I definitely laughed out loud when I read this because I do the same thing when I see another Yaris.

Me - "Yaris!"
Passenger - "You have issues..."

[hatchbackkid82]

i like the hubcaps lose the band aids though, well keep at least one

[kuyachris84]

I like the band aids! xD

[BatMobile]

the bandaids were only on for a day, my mom put them on when i was at work, i drove all the way home and didn't know.

[coffiend]

YARISSSSSSS!

I'm guilty of pointing and shouting yaris as well.

I don't feel like an idiot now that I know other yaris owners are the same way.

I like the black hub caps btw

[BatMobile]

YAY i'm not alone, i will now and forever contiune to point and scream yaris without feeling ashamed. and my friends and boyfriend can be embarresed i don't care! lol

[auxmike]

I have no problems with the license plate frames.
This IS a girl's car after all!:tongue:
Nice job on the hubcaps too, miss!

[dragon]

I've thought about doing the same to my hubcaps, since my emblems are already black and I want everything to match. I'm just riding around on bare steelies right now, which works I guess.

Oh and by the way, whenever I see another Yaris on the road I point and say Yaris as well. My girlfriend calls me a dork, but I don't care. I like seeing them. When we go out of town I usually count how many I see during the trip.

I DO THE SAMMMEE THING!!! she calls me a dork too, but we know, we know..

question... how do you take the hub caps off? I can't figure it out, i've spent 2 days trying to take them off.

[yarisugi]

Welcome to Yarisworld -dragon-
You can remove the hubcaps by slow lifting around the rim all around the edges with a wide flat head screwdriver. It's like opening the lid of a paint can.

[tomato]

Hey we got new people on board! Welcome, guys! :headbang:
I love the idea of painting the hubcaps black. Looks GREAT!!!
I notice you have paws on your license plate frame. Do you have a cat or a dog, or something else?

ps. the band-aids are pretty funny, but I love the "I heart my Yaris" plate! :smile:

[fujiwaru]

now i know that i'm not alone when it comes to seeing other Yaris owners on the road. XD

[Sparks Toyota-TRD]

Hubcaps look good. Cheap and easy mod! I wave too all the Scions down here and they all look at me crazy, mainly because it is retired people driving an XB.


Tim

[DevilGirl]

Do you happen to recall what brand of paint you used for painting the hubcaps? I really like that look, and would like to do something similiar (not sure if black is what I want since my car is Meteorite Metallic).

[YaYa1320]

Krylon makes the fusion pain, it's for plastic, Wal-Mart has it!!!:coolpics:

[SaerinRhoe]

I definitely laughed out loud when I read this because I do the same thing when I see another Yaris.

Me - "Yaris!"
Passenger - "You have issues..."

I do the same thing. My son cracks up every time too. :biggrin:

S.R.

[dragon]

just did my hub caps, not a very good pic but you get the idea. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/AusSquad/black1.jpg