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 Post subject: Wheel color
PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:43 pm 
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Goin to have my wheels done black (shiny black), i think it will be a good contrast against the extra white new paint on the car.
Do i have them painted/sprayed black, or have them powder coated black?
Powder coat is the more expensive of the 2 options.
I had my previous wheels sprayed, is powder coat worth the expense?


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 Post subject: Re: Wheel color
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:39 pm 
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Powder coating is more hard wearing but, in my experience, the quality of the finish is poor compared to the normal spraying and baking process used by most refurb places ;) . I'd have said that powder coating was cheaper as well, but maybe that's why I got such a poor finish on my last set of alloys :lol: !

Phil


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:41 am 
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Powder coating - less likely to chip. Had a lot of set done normally a good finish.

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Rich


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 Post subject: Re: Wheel color
PostPosted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:21 pm 
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I've just had all my wheels powder coated (that's 13 in total) and colour oded - black for snow and silver for normal. All look great, but need to get rid of 4 51/2 KJs as they do not fit a 912 - they rub against the dampers as the offset(?) is too deep. (Offers?)

But that means I need single 51/2 J to make up my set of normal road wheels/tyres.

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