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Old 04-12-11 | 11:48 AM
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I posted a thread a while ago about how I got my rims powder coated gun metal grey and how I thought the finished product was very good. My rims were very curb rashed look absolutely terrible and I brought it to a guy who grinded/ sanded down the curb rash then sand blasted the rims, then finished it off with a powdercoat. Did it all for $350 which IMO is very reasonable.

Anyways heres some pics of my car.
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Old 04-12-11 | 12:03 PM
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Looks nice... do you have any close-up pictures?
Old 04-12-11 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by shadowman
Looks nice... do you have any close-up pictures?
Yeah heres one, not the best quality because I took it with my iphone
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Old 04-12-11 | 09:25 PM
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why did you not powdercoat the center cap?
Old 04-12-11 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by taejin09
why did you not powdercoat the center cap?
Because its plastic. And personally, I really like how its a different color, kinda makes the rims "pop". I thought about spray painting them the same grey color but once I seen the two colors together i think it looks good.
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IMO it's not even an option, you gotta do the center caps. Here are mine in Satin.







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Old 04-19-11 | 04:49 PM
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whats the cost on powdercoating the 4 wheels?
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First poster said $350 but i noticed his center caps aren't painted not sure if that makes a difference. I paid $400 OTD. I would expect a couple dollars more in NorCal.
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he said $350 above
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$350 in Canada
Old 04-19-11 | 05:02 PM
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came out really good
Old 04-19-11 | 05:05 PM
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might do that with my chromies if they get damaged or i get bored...but maybe someone will want lobster claw chromies and ill get isf or fsport wheels
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Looks good but the center caps need to be color matched
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Color matched to the color of the powder coat, yes.
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heres mine you gotta oaint the center caps IMO and they costed me $320




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