Poor man's gunmetal center wheels by powdercoating
08-28-02, 09:36 PM
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Poor man's gunmetal center wheels by powdercoating
Hey guys........
A week or so ago I was asking about two tone powdercoating on stock rims. Tryin to achieve the SSR Comp look or the Buddy Club type II without spending the $1500 and having my wife change the locks.....
I just got back my rims today and they look friggin great; can't wait to get the tires back on em and then back on the car.
Had the guy tape/mask the outer lip, then powdercoat the center with a gunmetal gray color. Actually, it's called silver vein; sort of gunmetal with a small black vein running through it. It looks awesome. He then hit the entire wheel just out of the oven with clear powdercoat, to give it a high gloss.
Will post pics soon. Yeah, I wish they were 17's, but for $75 a wheel they look great!
David
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A week or so ago I was asking about two tone powdercoating on stock rims. Tryin to achieve the SSR Comp look or the Buddy Club type II without spending the $1500 and having my wife change the locks.....
I just got back my rims today and they look friggin great; can't wait to get the tires back on em and then back on the car.
Had the guy tape/mask the outer lip, then powdercoat the center with a gunmetal gray color. Actually, it's called silver vein; sort of gunmetal with a small black vein running through it. It looks awesome. He then hit the entire wheel just out of the oven with clear powdercoat, to give it a high gloss.
Will post pics soon. Yeah, I wish they were 17's, but for $75 a wheel they look great!
David
Cheers---
08-28-02, 09:42 PM
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sweet, I really want to see how they turned out......I've been thinking about getting my rims powder coated too. Seeing as my car is VR I was thinking about getting them colored similar to those on a Z06, or maybe a little darker. Does anyone have any pics similar to what I am describing?
08-29-02, 12:30 PM
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I'd love to see how that came out also! I wanted to go that route too because rims just are too damn much like you said earlier. I have a montego blue FD too so that'll be interesting on how they look on your car. Post them when you get a chance. Awesome idea.
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08-29-02, 12:38 PM
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That's sounds great. I've been wanting to polish the outer lips of my rims... Powder coating the center spokes would look awesome, too. I have 17" Kosei/Seneca S5R's. Check my avatar.
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08-29-02, 07:58 PM
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Hey everyone......
Glad so many people are interested in the idea because I think they're gonna look great........I finally feel like I made my first contribution to the forum after getting so many great ideas/great advice off of it.......my car is Montego Blue and I think the dark grey centers will really set it off nicely........right now the car is on jackstands and the rims are mounted to check em out........looks kinda funky with the tires missing and the rims hanging lower than normal but I kind of get the idea of what they'll look like and I can't wait til tomorrow......
Will be getting the tires back on/rims back on tomorrow AM (Friday) and will hope to borrow a digital cam tomorrow to post some pics by tomorrow afternoon..........
Btw there is a special tape that supposedly will work such that when they bake the rim you can leave the tape on........they didn't have any so what the guy basically did was used regular masking tape, powdercoated them, then VERY CAREFULLY removed the tape without disturbing the powder, then baked them, then when they come out hot (400 degrees) he sprays them with "clear" which puts a high gloss finish on them...........
Stay tuned......and looking forward to the feedback on the pics.........
David Cheers
Glad so many people are interested in the idea because I think they're gonna look great........I finally feel like I made my first contribution to the forum after getting so many great ideas/great advice off of it.......my car is Montego Blue and I think the dark grey centers will really set it off nicely........right now the car is on jackstands and the rims are mounted to check em out........looks kinda funky with the tires missing and the rims hanging lower than normal but I kind of get the idea of what they'll look like and I can't wait til tomorrow......
Will be getting the tires back on/rims back on tomorrow AM (Friday) and will hope to borrow a digital cam tomorrow to post some pics by tomorrow afternoon..........
Btw there is a special tape that supposedly will work such that when they bake the rim you can leave the tape on........they didn't have any so what the guy basically did was used regular masking tape, powdercoated them, then VERY CAREFULLY removed the tape without disturbing the powder, then baked them, then when they come out hot (400 degrees) he sprays them with "clear" which puts a high gloss finish on them...........
Stay tuned......and looking forward to the feedback on the pics.........
David Cheers
08-30-02, 06:13 PM
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Finally the PIX - Feedback Welcome
Here are the pix -
I'm pissed the closeups didn't come out......camera wouldn't focus in that close........wanted to show the black "vein" that runs throughout the powdercoat.....think of it as a small, fine, black spiderweb is the best way I can describe it........if anyone wants to do this ask your powdercoat person for silver vein from Dupont.......
Will have access to a dig cam tomorrow and can try again if anyone's interested in some closer up shots......
I dunno what I'll do about the center caps.....obviously they're cheapo plastic so couldn't powdercoat them due to the 400 degree process.........seems to look OK without them anyway.......
Post feedback at will and will be glad to give some helpful hints on how it could be done even better/cleaner.......
dp Cheers!
I'm pissed the closeups didn't come out......camera wouldn't focus in that close........wanted to show the black "vein" that runs throughout the powdercoat.....think of it as a small, fine, black spiderweb is the best way I can describe it........if anyone wants to do this ask your powdercoat person for silver vein from Dupont.......
Will have access to a dig cam tomorrow and can try again if anyone's interested in some closer up shots......
I dunno what I'll do about the center caps.....obviously they're cheapo plastic so couldn't powdercoat them due to the 400 degree process.........seems to look OK without them anyway.......
Post feedback at will and will be glad to give some helpful hints on how it could be done even better/cleaner.......
dp
Cheers!
08-30-02, 06:21 PM
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Photo's are SMALL!!!
How do you guys post such large photos...... I just viewed these off the thread and they're small as hell.....
I had to reduce the image size so I didn't exceed the 102KB file size........
You guys must know a trick........cause I see big *** photos on here all the time.........
I can email the files to anyone who wants to see the big photos cause these are too damn small......lemme know.....
dp
I had to reduce the image size so I didn't exceed the 102KB file size........
You guys must know a trick........cause I see big *** photos on here all the time.........
I can email the files to anyone who wants to see the big photos cause these are too damn small......lemme know.....
dp
08-30-02, 06:27 PM
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fart on a friends head!!!
mrzumzum. . . i officially hate you now. 
i was planning on doing this, except i was gonna powdercoat the whole thing. that looks very good, dude!! ill probably still powdercoat the whole rim just to see what that looks like in comparison to yours. i wonder though. . . can the stock rim be machined to make the outer rim look like its the second piece to a 2 piece rim? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. the darker center would definately mask it to make it look more like its 2 piece.
i did notice, however; in one of the pics it made the rim look smaller than stock.
paul
i was planning on doing this, except i was gonna powdercoat the whole thing. that looks very good, dude!! ill probably still powdercoat the whole rim just to see what that looks like in comparison to yours. i wonder though. . . can the stock rim be machined to make the outer rim look like its the second piece to a 2 piece rim? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. the darker center would definately mask it to make it look more like its 2 piece. i did notice, however; in one of the pics it made the rim look smaller than stock.
paul
08-30-02, 06:31 PM
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Looks good, too bad the closeup didn't come out. Does your camera have a macro lens or a macro function?
The larger photos you see on here most of the time are just links, they are loaded from another site using coding in the message. Another trick if you have photoshop is to save the images out for web use, that way you can reduce the quality and number of colors included in the image and reduce the filesize.
Matt
The larger photos you see on here most of the time are just links, they are loaded from another site using coding in the message. Another trick if you have photoshop is to save the images out for web use, that way you can reduce the quality and number of colors included in the image and reduce the filesize.
Matt
08-30-02, 07:12 PM
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I'm pissed, but hopeful
I'm so pissed that these photos are so small because you really can't see what the wheels look like except for the last one..........
Matt, thanks for the tips........ I'm gonna screw with this til I get it right..........
Stay tuned......
dp
Matt, thanks for the tips........ I'm gonna screw with this til I get it right..........
Stay tuned......
dp
08-30-02, 07:32 PM
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I GOT IT - THANKS MATT!!!!
Sorry guys.........probably wearing you out with this crap.........
Here are some BIG photos...........cutting down the "quality" knocked the **** out of the file size and the photos pretty much look the same..........ONLY FREAKIN LARGER!!!!!!!!! NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE RIMS LOOK LIKE.......
Here are some BIG photos...........cutting down the "quality" knocked the **** out of the file size and the photos pretty much look the same..........ONLY FREAKIN LARGER!!!!!!!!! NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE RIMS LOOK LIKE.......
