Can you try bronse and gunmetal? Thanks in ahead.

 

Those rims look hott. I have the same color 'n rims 'n I was thinking 'bout powercoating mine black as well but I didn't know how they would look, but it looks damn sweet. I'm gonna hafta do it up as soon as I have some mula.

 

I was having trouble making that pic you posted look good..... so I got another one....

 

nice, i think the te gold ones look good

 

can you put black, gunmetal and gold on a redline w/18s


thanks

 

I'm done after this....

 

Can someone please photoshop these 17 inch rims into like volk gold for me. id really appreciate it. thanks

 

They look horrible

 

did you do it or just conjecturing bc youd think so but heres a pic of the g35 rims (similar spoke design) in gold

 

Heres some track rims in gunmetal.

 

I am also interested in doing this, but for best results does it have to be done professionally? I know that Craftsman (i work at sears :[ ) just came out with a powdercoating system for $189 and there are 30 different colors to choose from... i have no experience with powdercoating, is it like painting where you have to know what your doing to make it look good? (it makes it seem in the literature on the craftsman that you can do powdercoating yourself and can't really go wrong, but of course they want you and me to think that).

 

yeah i wouldnt powdercoat them yourself. you have to spray the powder evenly then put them in an oven to bake on and heat activate then you have to clear coat it. painting if you can spray paint pretty well you can do it yourself. otherwise spend the small amt to have it done or get a friend whos good to do it.

 

thats what i figured on the diy

for those of you who have done it or looked into it, how much did/does it cost?

 

I'd help, mike. Better you than me for the experiment...

 

My dad got an extra oven for his warehouse and DIY Powdercoat kit from an auto suply mag (probably same kit as Sears) and just started practicing. Thing is he usually has to bead blast any paint or coating originally on metal (has a bead blaster luckily though) and you have to have a big enough oven to fit a rim our size. But it's fairly easy once you practice a little bit and there are tons of colors to choose from. As far as applying evenly, you hook up a ground of some sort and the charge on the metal (not sure exactly) holds the powdercoat before baking.

 

that black Z with the gold G35 wheels is def pimp...

scratch powdercoating and get a set of gloss black volks

 

So if you get that Dupont paint.....any issues with chipping or anything? Also, can yu just get the clearcoat from Walmart or do you really need to get a really good one? Finally, Can you see the brake dust like you can on the stock rims with the silver color or do you really even notice it anymore? (I'm talking about stock pads of course)

 

you wont notice it if you paint the wheels black. the auto part store will have the clear coat for the wheels as well as the paint so just use that paint and clear would be my suggestion.

 

Wow, I'm surprised how much changing the color improves the look of the stock rims. They look good.

 

So how's the paint hold? Basically, chipping?????