OEM Wheel Modification Thread
02-25-2007, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by kwiker
Here is a quick one, will get some more up later when i find them.
edit: ok, here are some better ones...from the guy i bought the car from....he has great photo skillZ.
edit: ok, here are some better ones...from the guy i bought the car from....he has great photo skillZ.
that is bad-***.
02-25-2007, 09:46 PM
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Hey 781,
Your black Z with the gold rims reminds me of my dads 1981 DATSUN 280ZX turbo. Its black and has the gold rims. Its kinda a throwback Z car look. I like!
Your black Z with the gold rims reminds me of my dads 1981 DATSUN 280ZX turbo. Its black and has the gold rims. Its kinda a throwback Z car look. I like!
02-25-2007, 10:32 PM
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bought the tires and rims from a fellow forum member. then cleaned , sprayed with adhisive, painted,clearcoated. excuse the dust but live on dirt road
02-26-2007, 07:47 AM
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I want to paint my stockers, the clear is coming off in spots and it looks bad. I want to do just a grey that is a little darker then stock.
02-26-2007, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by creationv2
are those painted? or powdered? if theyre painted what did you use?
I painted my wheels actually. They are just your average wheel spray paint that you can buy at autozone. I also clear coated them.
I kinda was goofing around when I did them, but they still came out alright. I just sanded the wheels before painting a little, and went to town. It was not hard at all really.
03-01-2007, 06:29 AM
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I just got my 06' G35 OEM 19s powdercoated gunmetal metallic. They put two coats of powder followed by a clear coat. Next month I'll be putting these on along with a bunch of other goodies. I'm so anxious!
03-01-2007, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Slick 6MT
I just got my 06' G35 OEM 19s powdercoated gunmetal metallic. They put two coats of powder followed by a clear coat. Next month I'll be putting these on along with a bunch of other goodies. I'm so anxious!
03-01-2007, 09:05 AM
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Wow. Now that I look at the pics they do look super light. (almost OEM) The fluorescent lighting plus flash on the camera is making them look like that. They're way darker in person. Once they're mounted on the car I'll take some pics.
03-01-2007, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by NA&CH
I want to widen my 03' and get them painted black with the red strip. or even gold.
I just want to see how much it will cost to get it done right.
I just want to see how much it will cost to get it done right.
03-01-2007, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by NA&CH
I want to widen my 03' and get them painted black with the red strip. or even gold.
I just want to see how much it will cost to get it done right.
I just want to see how much it will cost to get it done right.
It's about $100 per wheel just to refinish them. I was going to look into widening but never got really interested enough to remember the prices. I was going to do 18x10(275) in the front and 18x11(305 or 315) in the back.
03-01-2007, 09:51 PM
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Those 18inch rays looked amazing! I'm picking up an 04 track pack on saturday, and since I would rather not spend $$ on new rims, having them changed to black seems like a nice alternative. IIRC, they are forged....doesn't powdercoating somehow affect structural integrity or something> (that's what I've been told before). Otherwise, would you say it would be more worth it to powdercoat, than say have them painted? Thanks!....BTW first post 
03-01-2007, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by rlw222
bought the tires and rims from a fellow forum member. then cleaned , sprayed with adhisive, painted,clearcoated. excuse the dust but live on dirt road
hey hey!! my old wheels...hope they are doing you good!!
