Hmmmm, there's an idea. I need to get some better recent pics. In the mean time, all of my pics are on the OL.

 

I was?



My car is a star! Here's some more pics:









They are a custom 2 stage powdercoat, the orange base then the heavy metal flake.

 

Come on over and chat live with Will about your orange wheels at www.motoringfun.com/chat check it out. We are usually there every evening come talk to us and show us your wheels even if they arent orange:D

 

Hey Will,

Do the powdercoaters give you a color palette to choose from or what?

Thanks,
Rob

 

Several, actually. There were around 300+ colors to choose from.

 

will: the car looks great. i was just messin' w/ ya the other night in the chat room! i hope to meet up w/ you soon. greg

 

Thanks for the info.

 

I absolutely love this little car. And mine is a 2005 (weird, I went back a year in cars but had too since the MSMs were only made in 2004 and 2005) so it's the NB body style, not the brand new NC chassis. I drove a 2007 MX-5 but it was almost too refined, too comfortable and a huge factor was the lack of power mods that are out right now. The engine bay is so tight on that one and I'm not sure how close anyone is to developing a solid SC or turbo kit for it. So I bought mine with a factory turbo that I can get about 240 rwhp out of before I have to upgrade the turbo.

I should be over 200 rwhp in about 2 months once my parts arrive and everything gets installed. And it's RWD, which I loooove. Not that I didn't absolutely adore both of my MINIs but there is something about the RWD and the much lower seating position and sportier design that really does it for me.

Mine will be lowered very soon but the wheel gap is nowhere near as bad as on the 06 and 07's.

 

Found some more inspiration for you:

 

Dawg gonnitt... ur killn me man... Believe it or not... I'm still grueling over which wheels to get... especially since I will have them powder coated. I like these too.. Will's and the BSA 345s..(cheaper). Man this is hard work pickn wheels out!

 

Tell me about it. I've already got wheels and I'm still shopping.... well, let's be honest, I'm always 'shopping' for wheels.

 

Duell's car:

 

We paint wheels at our bodyshop and usually charge 125-150 per wheel to paint.

Painting wheels are a PIA, it's hard to paint down inside the spokes without getting runs up top.

Having said that, I usually tell people to get wheels powdercoated.

The shop that does are powdercoating charges me 100 bucks (depending on color) a wheel (cheaper than what I charge) and has over 7000 colors.

All this plus though people don't think about it, wheels get chipped too. Powdercoating practically eliminates that problem.

When I painted my motorcycle, I ground down the metal on the tank and had the tank powdercoated in clear, than I added candy.



Point is, they've even got clear powdercoating.

We recently had them clear powdercoat a set of polished aluminum rims we did on a '69 camaro.

The looks of polished, the ease of clearcoating to keep them clean.

Mark

 

Nice! What brand of rims are those??

 

I believe they are Advan KRS.