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Racing Harts- to replace or repair and re-plate

Old Dec 15, 2011 | 09:06 AM
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I have the CPF-Tunes and I'm having the Racing Hart red repainted on the black chrome, slight curb rash fixed and some touch ups for $75.00 a piece from a very reputable shop here in Houston who fixes my wifes AMG curb rash every other month. Women...
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by NZMOWND
btw the Z looks right at home off-roading with that 4x4 look you have going on...
I don't get this at all?! He barely has any fender gap and some of us require some ground clearance for things like driving in the snow or on uneven pavement. We don't all have garage queens or track only cars!

Not to mention how stupid slammed cars look with the wheels tucked up under the fender. For my money, the arc of the fender well should be roughly parallel to the arc of the wheel.

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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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You're new here. Welcome to the "Z keyboard warrior bash you for anything and everything" club. I went through it and just brushed, that, dirt off my shoulder.
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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 04:58 PM
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Ok, so after much searching and talking to folks i want to stay local.. most chrome shops that do work are on the west coast, im in NC...

Now im thinking about just powder coating these racing harts and being done with it, im thinking bronze.

Any thoughts?


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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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Did you overlook my post? These wheels were never chrome. Unless you are intentionally looking to chrome dip them...
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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by AdvanZ33
Did you overlook my post? These wheels were never chrome. Unless you are intentionally looking to chrome dip them...
I guess i mistyped.. even looking for "metal polishing" shops in NC has been a failure.
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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jebz240
I guess i mistyped.. even looking for "metal polishing" shops in NC has been a failure.
If you haven't already, call Family Tire and see who they use for wheel repair. They damaged one of my rims on their mounting machine and whoever they used didn't leave a trace of damage.
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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by AdvanZ33
If you haven't already, call Family Tire and see who they use for wheel repair. They damaged one of my rims on their mounting machine and whoever they used didn't leave a trace of damage.
Alright, will do thanks! What location did you have the incident at?
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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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Morehead City.
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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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Refinishing is $200 to $1,700/4. Well at least we have a number to work with.
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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by davidv
Refinishing is $200 to $1,700/4. Well at least we have a number to work with.
New prices today Spoke with two local shops that i can get to without shipping.

Powder coated in bronze + media blast = $700

Polishing the "aluminum" lips = $200

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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jebz240
New prices today Spoke with two local shops that i can get to without shipping.

Powder coated in bronze + media blast = $700

Polishing the "aluminum" lips = $200

Paint the wheels all one color for $700? Sounds good.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 04:35 PM
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Update:

The polisher couldn't refinish lips without messing up the centers due to the design, He wanted to polish the whole wheel, i declined.

So.. Powder Coating it is, dropped the rims off at Final Touch, http://www.finaltouchpowdercoating.com/ Going with a Matte Black with Bronze metal flake. Pics to come in 3-4 weeks once completed. The shop had some great color selections and some very impressive display items on hand.

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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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+1 for powdercoating. the best treatment for a damaged wheel imo.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 07:08 PM
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I made a mistake the powder coat is bronze metallic tint mixed w/flat black not metal flake.. the sample looked amazing in sunlight

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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Update: picking the rims up in two days, should have some pics up soon..
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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Unbelievable threat

I made a mistake the powder coat is bronze metallic tint mixed w/flat black not metal flake.. the sample looked amazing in sunlight

Good/bad whaat?
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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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Done, a little darker than i expected but its growing on me.




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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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Looks nice, so what was the final cost?
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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by -Trav-
Looks nice, so what was the final cost?
$550 to Powder Coat
$160 to mount and balance w/ hunter force laser balance machine http://www.gsp9700.com/
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