sanity check: hpd wheels missing black washers?

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ybakos

Discussion Starter · 12 d ago

Hi drivers,
Can one of you please take a look and/or post a straight-on picture of your black HPD wheels? I am seeing chrome around the nuts and I swear that wasn't there before.

I did a wheel swap this past winter and I wonder if the shop didn't save some kind of black washer or trim. I don't remember seeing that unpainted part exposed.... I recall it was all black.

Maybe I'm losing my mind. Thanks for the sanity check.

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ybakos

Discussion Starter · #2 · 12 d ago

I see a photo here:

Black HPD wheels

Anyone had any luck finding these wheels? I really like the look and I assume since they are Honda wheels there is no weight hit to the suspension calibration. I can find them listed on various part sources but they are always out of stock / back ordered. Thanks. 08W18-T6Z-100A - 18" Wheel...

www.ridgelineownersclub.com

Seems like I am right.

Can anyone help me w/ the part numbers?

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Discount Tire

· #3 · 12 d ago

VA Ribs said:
Here is a nice close up of the black "HPD" wheels. I personally do not care for the bronzed color but impulsively went with the black. I did not go with the HPD package which seems a bit gimicky to me, but these really compliment the truck (albeit at a price that was more than I should have paid)
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Borrowed this from @VA Ribs on another thread, but it looks like it answers your question. You're good!

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ybakos

Discussion Starter · #4 · 12 d ago

Discount Tire said:
Borrowed this from @VA Ribs on another thread, but it looks like it answers your question. You're good!

Thanks, but I don't think that's right. See the photo here:

Black HPD wheels

www.ridgelineownersclub.com

I'm pretty certain I'm missing some pieces that were not kept when I had my local shop remove the wheels for the original swap.

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ybakos

Discussion Starter · #5 · 12 d ago

I guess I could do a quick stop at the local dealer lot to squelch my doubts.... will report back.

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CNC1

· #6 · 12 d ago

I don't think those are washers, I could be wrong though. I thought they were steel inserts in the wheels; Honda uses a radiused base on the lug to seat it in the rim.

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WC Ridge

· #7 · 12 d ago

Normal. Here’s mine

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el_davicho

· #8 · 12 d ago

The HPD wheels are “painted” (powder coated) wheels. There is no washers or spacers of any sort where the lug nut torque down. It is left unpainted on purpose to provide a solid smooth surface for proper seating and torque of the lug nuts. You’re not missing anything.

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Vlad the Impaler

· #9 · 12 d ago

Some lug nuts for first gen have built-in washers.

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Tommy4eyes

· #10 · 11 d ago

That is normal as others have said, and they are not washers.
Not to nitpick, but both pictures above are Passport HPD wheels. Dealers started putting them on Ridgelines because the Ridgeline versions are practically impossible to find.

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Zigzagman

· #11 · 11 d ago

Tommy4eyes said:
Not to nitpick, but both pictures above are Passport HPD wheels. Dealers started putting them on Ridgelines

much nicer without the 10 ‘bedazzled’ spots on the circumference

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