painting M3 tire cover

[kimwin]

My M3 has white color, however the tire covers are black. I have seen other M3 Tesla , white color, with silver color tire cover. Looking very good to me.
I want remove the tire cover and "spray paint" them with silver color, then put them back. Does this affect warranty in any way ?

 

[jjrandorin]

Does this affect warranty in any way ?

No, unless you mean on the covers themselves.

 

[kimwin]

No, unless you mean on the covers themselves.

I am confused with this statement. I only mean to spray paint the tire covers after removing them out, this way, paint is not accidentally get into any other car part.

 

[fholbert]

My M3 has white color, however the tire covers are black. I have seen other M3 Tesla , white color, with silver color tire cover. Looking very good to me.
I want remove the tire cover and "spray paint" them with silver color, then put them back. Does this affect warranty in any way ?

Tire cover?

Are you talking about hub caps? I’ve seen white hub cabs on white Tesla’s. Kinda blah. Have you looked at these?

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[zoomer0056]

Are you talking about hub caps?

It's a new world now. Teslas don't have hub caps. They are called wheel aero covers.

 

[fholbert]

It's a new world now. Teslas don't have hub caps. They are called wheel aero covers.

They have several names, but Tire Covers was a first.

When I hear tire covers I think of these. My guess, they don’t last long when you drive with them installed.

 

[zoomer0056]

tire covers

See post #6 for a pic of tire covers. You're really talking about wheel aero covers.

 

[JWhite65]

My M3 has white color, however the tire covers are black. I have seen other M3 Tesla , white color, with silver color tire cover. Looking very good to me.
I want remove the tire cover and "spray paint" them with silver color, then put them back. Does this affect warranty in any way ?

My suspicion is the only warranty it would affect, if any, is the warranty on the tire covers.

 

[zoomer0056]

tire covers

Wheel covers. They don't cover the tires. See post #6 for a pic of tire covers.

 

[JWhite65]

Wheel covers. They don't cover the tires. See post #6 for a pic of tire covers.

Yes. Of course.

 

[jjrandorin]

My suspicion is the only warranty it would affect, if any, is the warranty on the tire covers.

This is what I was trying to say.

 

[kimwin]

My suspicion is the only warranty it would affect, if any, is the warranty on the tire covers.

I really do not care about warranty for tire covers. These are cheap (hopefully from Tesla) stuff anyway.

 

[zoomer0056]

tire covers

Wheel covers.

 

[kimwin]

Wheel covers.

Yes, wheel covers. My bad.

 

[kimwin]

OK, these are called wheel covers. Today is a sunny day after weeks of rain. So I go ahead to spray paint the wheel covers of my M3.
Here are the photos (before and after)

BEFORE:

AFTER: I love this look more than the black ones.

 

[kimwin]

I remove the wheel covers from the car, then for each of the cover, I put the cap of the paint can over the Tesla logo at the center of the cover.
then spray over these things. The Tesla logo remains intact.
It takes one full spray can to complete the job.
I have seen some car with white wheel cover matching the color of the car body. This look very interesting but does not fit my taste.
From now on, dirt that got on these covers will show up more visibly.

 

[JHCCAZ]

It's a new world now. Teslas don't have hub caps. They are called wheel aero covers.

Ahem.
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[Skavatar]

I remove the wheel covers from the car, then for each of the cover, I put the cap of the paint can over the Tesla logo at the center of the cover.
then spray over these things. The Tesla logo remains intact.
It takes one full spray can to complete the job.
I have seen some car with white wheel cover matching the color of the car body. This look very interesting but does not fit my taste.
From now on, dirt that got on these covers will show up more visibly.

looks great.

how's the paint holding up? what brand of spray paint did you use?

 

[kimwin]

Just a spray can from Home Depot, brand is in the pic below:

Color: metallic silver.
Time will tell how it hold up.
I used this kind of paint on many water pipes around my house, exposed to sun all year round, the paint hold up quite well. Expect to repaint in 2+ years.