Good stuff. 123 Total. There was a small run before the meet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5NOPbRUFOU&sns=em

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ZUBg4cw88&sns=em

 

Does any one have a set of stock Z wheels that I can borrow to ride around for about 1 week while I have my wheels powder coated?
Thanks so much in advance!!!

 

Rent you my WORKs for a week.

 

Im scared to even drive on Volk wheels because I often drive fasterrrr

 

I have some extra stock wheels. 17". I've been meaning to get my current wheels powdercoated too (orange), just been too lazy to look for shops.

 

Precision Powder in Spring. Had a tool cart powder coated by them. Also a really good friend had his wheels for his ACR Viper done. Both of us have no complaints.

PrecisionPowder.net

 

so price quote for Powder coating is 500 a set, ouch...
and thanks for the offering of your 17, SoarVigor! appreciate it bud!
A friend in here let me borrow his wheels now.

 

Morning everyone, below is the link to the normal Sunday Z & G meet with a new location.
https://my350z.com/forum/meet-ups-ev...ml#post9056497

 

so I plasti dipped my wheels then sprayed them blue....

 

How long did it take ya and how hard was it to plasti dip them ... considering this as a way to play around with wheel color

 

haha how does that work kansas? i just plasti dipped mine recently too

 

I started on Saturday around 5pm with washing, cleaning, etc...
Then I started spraying plasti dip around 7pm, 20mins between coats.
I sprayed 1 can each wheel, totally around 5-6 coats.
I let it dry over night and started spraying the blue color on sunday around 10am...totally 4 coats...


Here are some pics of the process. I think that I need to respray the blue color since Im not an expert on this and it comes out a little uneven. There are some places that have more blue than others...






But over all, it's good. I like it a lot because I can change wheel color once every 6 months, haha

 

Oh and it's not hard at all.
There is no need for sanding, priming, etc...just clean the wheels nicely and start spraying, haha. Iceman u know this since u just got it done, too, right ? pictures, bro? haha

 

yea i did my rims and door handles i need to respray my handles but everything looks good to me

 

ZKansas - Good lawd did you use a box full of business cards for your "masking" haha ... I can see what you mean by the color being a bit uneven though. But, looks good for doing it on the cheap!

Ice - I didn't realize you had plasti dipped your wheels ... How hard/easy are they to clean with the plasti dip? and how many cans did you use in comparison to Kansas' one per wheel?

 

Zkansas wheels look great bro...glad u finally took the approach in doing them...lots of people rather not bother cause of the time it takes...

I just recently finished my wheels also but I do it old school with sanding and primer and then paint but its all up to if your for the headache...

 

i used about 2 1/2 cans for all four wheels i should and probably will do another 2 coats so ill end up using 3 cans, a can per wheel is a good estimate of how much you should use though.

 

First off, Nice car pic, Iceman!
Second, thanks for all the compliment, guys.

Amazingly suprise, it only took 1/3 of the box of business card, haha.
I just clean the wheels earlier today for respray.
So to help out on the "how hard to clearn": it's not hard at all. a little bit of soap and water would do the trick. Just be gentle on them (that's what she said!)


I'd love to get them painted the traditional ways but Im not an expert on painting(proof is the uneven paint, haha)



Ok, I repainted the wheels once more.
But it still has some uneven spots. I guess that is either because of my super amatuer skill or the plasti dip underneath.
In any event, I can always redo it later

 

Looks good guys!

Iceman, I saw your car at HEB and thought your wheels got powder coated. Well done!

If I knew about this a year ago, I wouldn't spend money to powder coated mine.

 

Ha ha Ice, I spy myself behind you there!

You car does look great, you did a fine job with the painting.