I recently bought a set of used sf challenges that were gunmetal. I have been planning on buying the diamond black ones, but the deal i was offered for the gunmetal ones were too good to pass up so i took them. I was wondering if anyone has painted/powdercoated their sf challenges to make them a different color...and if you have, were you able to maintain the "volk racing" text and those little squares in the silver color that it comes in? i'm currently looking for a shop in socal that would be willing to do this. RB motoring says they only paint wheels and TWS says that the cost of changing the color while trying to maintain the details (the lettering and the squares) would be a lot (he didn't even want to give me a price quote). Any info/recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks. Here's a pic, even though everyone knows what they look like.

 

is it my eyes playing tricks on me or is your lip bent??

 

Yup definitely a bend at 10 oclock

 

yup! hope you knew that

 

yeah, it's a bend...part of the reason why i got it for such a good price...but it's repairable, so it'll be like brand new soon! anyone out there have any info on the paint question?

 

that's a easy fix, glad you were aware of that

 

bump

 

i'm still trying to figure out how to get these rims painted black somehow...RB Motoring says they can take the color code from my car (magnetic black) and use that color to put on the rim. You guys think that'll look alright? Because no one seems to be able to actually get the "diamond black" color code.

 

I had the same color rims before with sf.

Honestly, I say do the color change if you want. The details shouldn't matter.


How much are they charging you?


Tony

 

RB Motoring said that it'd be about $70 per wheel...which i don't think is too bad, is it?

 

Does the $70 per wheel include all of the detailing around the text and the squares? If so then in my opinion $70 per wheel is not bad at all.

 

they said i would have to put tape around all the text and squares by myself because it would take them too much time to do that. i have no problem doing that myself...so yea, i was thinking $70 wasn't a bad price either.

 

MY hat's off to you for having the patience to do that. But yeah if you got a free Saturday, why not?

 

well..if you ever plan to sell those wheels hit me up