hey NAM im thinking about powdercoating or painting my factory wheels and would love to see what you guys/gals have done so far

please post your pics

thank you

 

a couple people around Columbus have some nice painted rims! I forget the gentlemans name who does the painting but his work is top notch

here's rigidjunkie's orange ones




and some red

 

Orange and white is looking crazy, and I like it.

 

If you're going to track the wheels, paint is alot easier to fix/repair after you've had an off course excursion.

 

great examples so far, keep em coming

and yea i was thinking about paint cus i wanted to body match the wheels :D

 

Can powder coating match factory colors such as laser blue or is that impossible?

 

Pretty hard to match factory colors exactly. You would get a color that is "close" depending on powder product line. Also, most powder coaters will charge a little more (or a lot) for one run of colors. In other words, it's a better bargain if you use a color that they are baking already. No set-up change=savings to you. With that in mind it may be better for you to paint.
I've had two sets of oem wheels coated and love the results. If I were to do it all again I'd just paint them. I found a company that sells rattle cans of OEM paint for @ $27.00.


Spray paint: http://www.expresspaint.com/productcart/pc/step3.asp

R-84's D/S


R-98's

 

The powder coat will last longer due to better adhesion, harder but not brittle finish, and more chemical crosslinking of the resins than a 1 part or even 2 part coating system but it would be harder to do a color match.

 

Not OEM wheels but I did have my wheels painted body color. The company I used was not cheap but they did a great job matching the Royal Grey. Good luck!

 

^more close up pics please i also have a RG R53 with R84 wheels

it looks more like im going to end up painting them

keep the pics coming

thank you

 

Dont have many close up pics but here are a couple more