Just got off the phone with a powder coater.. $85 per rim.

Screw that I can get new rims in black for less.
Harumph.

 

try painting them. worth a shot, and we have a wheel painting DIY on here.

 

yeah that sucks. but isn't powdercoating supposed to be almost invincible?

go get some new rims. get some nice ones. not the rice
kind.

 

just paint it. i painted mine and its not too shabby.

 

Yeah I'd definitely paint them.. problem is I don't have spares and it would take alot of time, that I dont have..

I was gonna take them off and drop them off for powdercoating and use the wifey's malibu for a week, but if I have to do them myself it would take weekS.

I get wednesdays and saturdays off.. even if I spent full time on them (and I would have to get the tires removed and then replaced) it would take about 6 days to do them properly, as I say then I would be running into weeks.

The rims I have are not rice, theyre actually quite dated but I like that... There's something I like about the tiburon, something that says '70's ferrari dino' maybe it's the swooping front and sexy lines? I have always loved those kind of Ferrari (being that I am in my 30's)..

They're a clone of the TSW europe Hockenheim 'R' which are no longer in production...

TBH I have been thinking about it, and I might just get them powdercoated.. I mean sure, $340 all in is alot of money but I don't really want to change the style and shape of the rims I have because I like them smile.gif

 

Yeh, i painted mine, it's not difficult, but you do need to take your time and be patient, its worth it, just make sure you prep' em right and you'll get a good finall finish.

By the way, nice job rd 1 tib.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HyundaiKitCoupe @ Aug 22 2006, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yeah that sucks. but isn't powdercoating supposed to be almost invincible?

go get some new rims. get some nice ones. not the rice
kind.</div>

Actually there are (I just got a callback from a guy) a few different kinds of powdercoating..

Some use glass (high heat, cant do that on a alloy rim) and some use acryllic fibre.

Apparently the acryllic goes on like plastic.. and after 5 years would lose 20% of it's sheen and gloss..

However, you can buff and polish them, which would return the powdercoat to it's original state.

I want my rims black, I have made my mind up on that smile.gif so I might see about getting 4 steely's with tires on to grant me the time and freedom to take mine off and paint them.. failing that I might just say f*** it and get them done.. I know that they don't make my rims anymore, and they only did them in alloy, so it would be totally unique to moi.. something I am all about smile.gif


yeah agreed, very nice RD1TIB, I like bronze smile.gif