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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:05 AM
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post here if you have painted, powder coated or polished your stock rims.

Edit: I just wanna say as a new user WOW this thread really took off!!!

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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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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.

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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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was it a pain painting them again? I'm not sure if Nissan paints or powder coats the rims to begin with.

and those are 18" rims right?
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by psytropic
was it a pain painting them again? I'm not sure if Nissan paints or powder coats the rims to begin with.

and those are 18" rims right?
yes

i think
the back wheel looks bigger for some reason

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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:42 AM
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Those are the factory track wheels and they are 18's (all 4). I was thinking of doing the black /red lip on some stockers for fun, but I'm still trying to decide which OE wheels I want to use.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:52 AM
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They are the stock 18inch track rays. Powder coated i think, not painted, then they used red caliper paint to do the outside. They actually did a pretty good job compared to my Time Attack CE's


edit: Shift_Z33 answered it already, i was sleeping on the reply.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 08:52 AM
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Good Thread. Bump.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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Im trying to find a set of the 06 rays and I'll powder them black. I've been unsucessful so far.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...91217404QQrdZ1
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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What size spacer do you have on the rays?

There is a member here who widened his stock track wheels and painted them.

https://my350z.com/forum/wheels-and-tires/153412-i-just-put-some-295-tires-on-my-track-wheels.html

https://my350z.com/forum/wheels-and-tires/167514-widened-stock-g35c-wheels-to-10-5inches.html
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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kwiker-

That looks AMAZING!!! I have a PPW as well, and it flows very nicely, especially with the red trim. Mad props, keep up the good work!!!!
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 10:39 AM
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I've got the 7 spoke alloys that came stock with my 03 Enthusiast, I want to get them powder coated but I don't know if they are painted or already powder coated, the price to strip off powder coating is alot diff than stripping off paint.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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Nice car Kwicker! What paint did u use to color ur track rims? they came out great!!
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^^^Not sure bro, i am fairly certain that it is powder coated matte black, then they used red brake caliper paint to do the outside. They were on the car when i bought them. I have Time Attack CE's now and the color on the track wheels is pretty close.

With all the sudden interest i might put them up for sale, keep an eye on the for sale section.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 12:05 PM
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^^^Not sure bro, i am fairly certain that it is powder coated matte black, then they used red brake caliper paint to do the outside. They were on the car when i bought them. I have Time Attack CE's now and the color on the track wheels is pretty close.

With all the sudden interest i might put them up for sale, keep an eye on the for sale section.
Ohh Im sorry man I meant are the stock ones in general powdercoated. I think they are, and mine are going to be tough to get clean.
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does he have spacers with that setup?
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 12:43 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.

ive always thought about getting a set of the oem rays wheels as spares.. so i could do something like that to them

looks really good
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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wow, in terms of modded stock rims,

you = win
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:16 PM
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Dang guys, thanks for all the props but this thread wasn't supposed to be about me....we are trying to get other people to post up their stock rims that have been modified.

I had 20mm spacers on the rear, and 15mm up front before i took them off. I think, maybe i had 10mm up front.

*No front spacers in the pics.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:21 PM
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+1 nice rims!
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