Originally Posted by
bikerosity57
Hum, tell your friend to just throw the whole thing in the trash since he's probably already ruined the bike.
ok thats a little extreme.
Paint can be stripped. Parts can be purchased.
If he's really hung up on black wheels, go scour the interwebs for black 27" rims. The Spokes you can get no problem, and reuse the hubs like tolfan said.. I don't think you're gonna find Black 27" wheels all built up very easily though.