ok what you need to do is assign a blinn to your rims, slide the color all the way back to black and go to specular shading. when you're there; eccentricity==>0.3 specular roll off===>0.7 specular color===> light grey(about 80% to the right) reflectivity===>0.7 reflected color===>option box==>env.chrome play with some settings until you're happy good luck,(brother )