Painted wheels

[RaihaX]

That is a nice Z4!

[ippykaye]

Originally Posted by Zuzu

True...What you pay for is what you get.. ( not saying anything negative about your wheels woosh.. )

My wheels are painted inside and out in 3 coats of 2 pack enamel plus one coat of primer..The finish is far superior than the OEM finish.

Nigel @ Quality Auto Refinishing in Revesby , has 15 years experience painting wheels, working for Simmons Racing wheels, before going on his own..

Originally Posted by woosh

Price does vary on quality and experience of the company. With that said, I paid $75 per wheel (18") for mine, sandblasted and coated in 2 layers.

The quality on Joe's wheels are second to none though.

Woosh, what colour are ur wheels? Were the tyres off for this to be done?

Joe, your wheels look ace. Sounds like the tyres had to come off. How long did Nigel take?

Im thinking of ditching the matte finish and going for gloss black or gloss gunmetal/ferric. I do have my original wheels to use if the tyres need to come off.

[RaihaX]

Originally Posted by ippykaye

Woosh, what colour are ur wheels? Were the tyres off for this to be done?

Joe, your wheels look ace. Sounds like the tyres had to come off. How long did Nigel take?

Im thinking of ditching the matte finish and going for gloss black or gloss gunmetal/ferric. I do have my original wheels to use if the tyres need to come off.

Do it so I can see what it looks like

[Zuzu]

Originally Posted by ippykaye

Joe, your wheels look ace. Sounds like the tyres had to come off. How long did Nigel take?

Hi mate.. Yep, the tyres deffinately have to come off or Nigel wont touch them..
He had them for 3 days..

Very, very professional finish.. Whilst I was there, a Simmons Wheels truck was there picking up finished wheels that he still helps them with.

[ippykaye]

Originally Posted by RaihaX

Do it so I can see what it looks like

Rey, ur meant to be the leader when it comes to mods. The rest of us follow....unwittingly at times! hahaha!

[RaihaX]

Originally Posted by ippykaye

Rey, ur meant to be the leader when it comes to mods. The rest of us follow....unwittingly at times! hahaha!

These days I am trying my best to not be the one leading haha!

[Ninjaoz]

reckon ferric grey is the best colour IMO!

[pavo335]

for the price of painting, i'd prefer to just buy another set of rims and swap them every so often, you know like undies monthly sounds about right

[ippykaye]

Originally Posted by pavo335

for the price of painting, i'd prefer to just buy another set of rims and swap them every so often, you know like undies monthly sounds about right

I thought about that too- but for a price of new rims and good tyres, we're nudging $2K. This will be less than $400 if I go with Woosh's painter or a little bit more with Joe's. Albeit I keep the same style wheel.

[Zuzu]

Originally Posted by pavo335

for the price of painting, i'd prefer to just buy another set of rims and swap them every so often, you know like undies monthly sounds about right

True.. BUT I love the 1M rims..

Genuine replacement for these rims are $2720 from getbmwparts.

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

Glossy gunmetal gets my vote!

[pavo335]

yeh love the style be it the OE, cx's or VB3's. but for a grand I can get another set in a different colour and then make the wheels match my man bag

[1 8mw]

pick up my baby in morning, hope it looks like this !

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=ye...1t:429,r:6,s:0

[1 8mw]

How do I post a picture?

[woosh]

Use an image uploading service like tinypic.com and past the 'url direct link' in here using the image uploader in advanced options.

Edit: scale down the pic to 800x600 or 1024x768

[woosh]

Originally Posted by ippykaye

I thought about that too- but for a price of new rims and good tyres, we're nudging $2K. This will be less than $400 if I go with Woosh's painter or a little bit more with Joe's. Albeit I keep the same style wheel.

Sorry I didn't get a notification for your earlier post. The colour was Metallic Bronze and required the wheels to be brought in without the tyres on. Turn around time was under 2 days. Company is called Mr Kleen, located in Padstow.

I figured I'm only going to use the wheels for a year, then sell it. Hence why I didn't care much for longevity of paint qaulity (mind you I only had one or two small paint chips when I sold them).

[sbce90]

come on gimme pics!

[1 8mw]

[1 8mw]

[BMW86]

Looking good Chad

[1 8mw]

thanks vinny ! arghhh i want my exhaust and diffuser to arrive from usa and china !

[1 8mw]

can any one help ? how do i get centre badges out i just got my carbon ones! for wheels