l3lackstatic

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I was wondering what some of the members thoughts on the site were about painting rims, my rims are silver and i want them to be gunmetal. I was thinking of buying high temp engine paint then painting them myself. Does that sound like a good idea? or should i just go find a place in town and get them powder coated. how much you think that would run? anywayz my friend has a GTI with stock rims and he painted em with high temp paint and they look pretty nice so i was thinking about doing that instead of buying new rims. let me know what you think

l3lackstatic

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oh yeah here are my rims i was thinking about leaving the polished lip and just painting the spokes and inside

blackbullet

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You need to powder coat them. I would never use high temp paint to paint your rims. Do them the right way.

skiboard

iTrader: (11)

giv em to me and get a new set of gunmetal ones

yeah power coat em even it will cost couple bills

abmerop18

iTrader: (26)

word. it should not be more than $200 to powder coat them.

l3lackstatic

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cool thanks guys i think i can afford 200 bucks, i love this site

tdub4life

From what i've heard it's not too hard to powder coat them yourself. However, that's coming from a specialist friend of mine....

Mr.Modify

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yea i had mine powder coated a while back. Cost me 200 but you gotta find the right shop. Some will charge like 75 a wheel. Just look around.

DizWikedCivic

iTrader: (7)

come down to the bay, i can get your wheels powdercoated way cheaper than that

dragoon

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you can always paint them to the color of your choice and have a powdercoating place put the clear coat on for you.

Boilermaker1

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Who the hell told you that? Slap them for me.
Powdercoating requires a spray gun that can charge the powder. Then you need a rack that can charge the part to something like 9000 Volts so the powder sticks to it, then you need a furnace to bake the finish on. Not to mention it all needs to be done in an environmentally controlled booth and you need to grit blast and acid wash everything before you can even start coating. You can't DIY powdercoat in your garage. Its not simple.
Just pay for it, its about $50 to do a 17" wheel. But fill the fake rivets in first or figure out how to remove them so they can be put back in later, cuz powdercoating over those is going to look like ****.

l3lackstatic

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^^^flake rivets? are those the lil black bolts on my rims that are all around?

l3lackstatic

iTrader: (6)

o fake nm.....

deciuss

ya pc does not cost that much and it looks nice when done

maxEmus

iTrader: (8)

wuts better powder coating or wet painting? (not spray paint, actual automotive/laquer paint)

AR

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I say paint the inner side of the rim gunmetal... to be creative