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06-05-2008, 07:10 AM | #23 |
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I think it will look ok.
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06-05-2008, 08:39 AM | #24 |
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Im getting my AW in July and I'm powdercoating my rims to either gunmetal or black.... White may just be too much white on the vehicle... but some of those pictures do look really nice
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06-05-2008, 09:29 AM | #25 |
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Looks great on the BMW wagon, cheap on the Subaru. In any case it only works if they're clean and, unfortunately, you probably couldn't have picked a worse car to deal with in that regard.
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06-05-2008, 10:39 AM | #26 |
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I think that it would look fine.
And as far as the brake dust issue..........common folks, the stock wheels show the brake dust after 20 minutes of driving...how much worse could it possibly be ??? I say go for it.
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06-05-2008, 12:09 PM | #28 |
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I dont recommend it, I think it will take away from the vehicle.... but if your trying to be unique and it pleases and your happy go for it.
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06-05-2008, 12:40 PM | #29 |
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There was a stock white 320is I believe that came with white centered basketweave BBS wheels. Outside rim of the wheel was painted silver. Looked great.
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06-05-2008, 01:28 PM | #30 | |
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was the rim Lip Painted silver?? or chrome. I agree having a white basketweave BBS wheel with a chrome Lip would look pretty snazzy If you cleaned them every day. If the lip was painted silver im not too sure about that, I would have to see a picture of it. But a chrome lip looks great but, again we are talking about poweder coating OEM rims that do not have a lip to chrome or paint.
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06-07-2008, 08:30 PM | #32 |
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Not a good look. Go with gunmetal color instead.
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06-07-2008, 08:45 PM | #33 |
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i think there would be too much lack-of-contrast...and the brake dust would kill it. i'm already frustrated w/ cleaning my rims after every other drive!
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06-10-2008, 11:50 AM | #34 |
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White on white is the hottness!
I love gunmetal and black wheels but it is starting to be too common. Although I will probably be PC'ing m wheels on my 135 black as soon as I get it. BTW- $280 for powdercoating is pretty expensive. Maybe it depends on where you are but $50 a wheel is about the running cost unless you are doing a custom color or some type of chrome.
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06-10-2008, 02:55 PM | #36 | |
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I have to disagree $280 to powered coat 4 rims is a fair price. I payed a little less than that@ 250 and they did a great job. The reason why the price is fair is because it also includes Sand blasting. Sand blasting is one of the most important preps when it comes to power order coating its time consuming so @ $280 its a pretty good deal.
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I paid $200 for sandblasting, chemical clean, powdercoat, and clear coat on all four wheels plus they powdercoated all 20 of my lug nuts and sandblasted those too. I did not have any type of hookup at this place either. I have had three sets of rims in the last three years done too. BTW- If a shop quotes you a price without including sandblasting then I would not use that shop. Unless you bring them raw metal wheels it is assumed you will need sandblasting:iono:
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06-11-2008, 05:19 PM | #39 | |
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Who makes BMW rims? I think that there are multiple companies that produce OEM rims for BMW. BBS is one of them and I do not believe that BBS would make OEM rims better then say their branded high end wheels like the LM's. Which by the way is one set of wheels I had powdercoated. Anyways, I am not trying to call you out or anything but it just sounds like they might have taken advantage of you:iono: That is what these boards are for. To make sure we all get what we are paying for and don't get had:thumbup:
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06-11-2008, 05:24 PM | #40 |
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I also just noticed that your sig says "two toned gunmetal". Another reason yours could have been more is because of the type of powder you choose.
There are a bunch of different powders that can all range in price. Most of the time if you go to a shop they will show you their "stock" colors that are all the same price. These would be the colors that they buy in bulk and can sell cheaper. I wanted to do a custom bronze powder on my LM's and the shop told me that they would have to order the powder custom and it would cost $400 just to get the company to produce the powder for me. That was an initial cost to create a custom powder to match what I wanted. The $400 would only be charged once for that particular color to be created. Wierd stuff...
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06-12-2008, 08:38 PM | #42 |
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IMHO, I would not powder coat OEM wheels. The powder coat process requires that the wheels be heated, therefore compromising the integrity. I have seen many OEM wheels crack and in extreme cases even rip clear off.
Granted that the place you take it to is more professional then just some jacka** with an oven, they should me able to do low temp powdercoating np. Still I personally would not do this to my own wheels, too much risk and spotty reliability of the work performed. Heres a picture btw of what CAN happen: |
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06-13-2008, 10:26 AM | #44 |
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I agree that there can be risk involved with powdercoating but the risk is very very low. For every 1 picture of wheels like the ones above that have cracked or worse after being powdercoated I can show you probably at least 100 sets that are just fine.
All I can say is research the shop you want to use and try to use shops that specialize in powdercoating. Don't go t some mechanics shop that also does PC'ing unless you know they do good work.
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