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    Established Member Two Rings nwavant's Avatar
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    to powder coat or not

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    I'm thinking I need a change...

    Winter set up change.
    Should I powder coat these wheels?
    Black?
    Gunmetal?
    Body (dolphin) match?
    Other?

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    Veteran Member Four Rings J-jizzle's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Gun metal if that is your 3 choices. I rattle canned my rims with some wheel paint from Autozone that looks gun metal and I like it way better than silver. BTW I'm dolphin blue also.

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    Veteran Member Four Rings dubenvy's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Dolphin Gray USP Avants look terrible with Black Wheels


    seriously though, you will need to find a paint shop too because the center caps need to be done too. I have my USP wheels to my buddy and he did them Charcoal. He left the center caps silver. Kinda worked with his car better cus the car was silver. Dunno how it's gonna look on DG.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings B6Lovin's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    bronze
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    Veteran Member Four Rings J-jizzle's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by dubenvy View Post
    Dolphin Gray USP Avants look terrible with Black Wheels


    seriously though, you will need to find a paint shop too because the center caps need to be done too. I have my USP wheels to my buddy and he did them Charcoal. He left the center caps silver. Kinda worked with his car better cus the car was silver. Dunno how it's gonna look on DG.
    I don't know if I would like my center caps painted the same color. I like them silver on my DG.

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    Veteran Member Four Rings El_Chapusca's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    GunMetall!!!!
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    Veteran Member Four Rings got boost.'s Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by El_Chapusca View Post
    GunMetall!!!!
    +1
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by B6Lovin View Post
    bronze
    +1

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    Veteran Member Four Rings B6Lovin's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    ^+2 even though it was my idea.

    it looks good, ask me how I know
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    Veteran Member Four Rings El_Chapusca's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by b6lovin View Post
    ^+2 Even Though It Was My Idea.

    It Looks Good, Ask Me How I Know
    I Cant Argue With You On That One. You Car Pulls It Off So Nicely. Have Yet To See On An Avant.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings B6Lovin's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by El_Chapusca View Post
    I Cant Argue With You On That One. You Car Pulls It Off So Nicely. Have Yet To See On An Avant.
    i have yet to see it at all (outside of my car)

    it'd look twice as sick on a USP avant like this guy's though.
    and new pics of my car are coming sometime soon.... i've got a bit of work to do in the next few days
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    Senior Member Three Rings drevil2k2's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    +1 for Gunmetal

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    Veteran Member Four Rings mdzaudi's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    No black, gunmetal ftw
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    Veteran Member Three Rings kwik_shift's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by mdzaudi View Post
    No black, gunmetal ftw
    +1

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    Veteran Member Four Rings Kittrell's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by J-jizzle View Post
    Gun metal if that is your 3 choices. I rattle canned my rims with some wheel paint from Autozone that looks gun metal and I like it way better than silver. BTW I'm dolphin blue also.
    Wait, wait, hold the phones. You can use wheel paint on rimz?

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    Veteran Member Four Rings Kittrell's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by nwavant View Post
    I'm thinking I need a change...

    Winter set up change.
    Should I powder coat these wheels?
    Never been a fan of powder coated wheels myself. OEM silver has always looked the best IMO.

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    Veteran Member Four Rings J-jizzle's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Quote Originally Posted by Kittrell View Post
    Wait, wait, hold the phones. You can use wheel paint on rimz?
    yep. and if done right they look really good and hold up as well. there is a lot of info on this if you search rattle can rims.

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    Veteran Member Four Rings dubenvy's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    i re-rattle canned my BBS this weekend. Works great if you take your time and do al the proper prep work. I did it to my MTM's too and that paint job is on it's second owner. The paint job i got from a body shop lasted a month before chips started showing up.

    pic whore time

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    Veteran Member Four Rings AudiA4Style's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    I woukd keep it as is.

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    Veteran Member Four Rings mdzaudi's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    If you DO decide to powdercoat them, expect to pay $300-$400 total depending on where you go and an additional fee to have someone pull the wheels and put them back on and rebalance if you aren't capable. I'm sure rattle-canning them is cheaper but i can't vouch for durability.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings ilko's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    More pics of painted USP wheels!! I'm debating on doing this to mine also (car is silver)...
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    Veteran Member Four Rings Kittrell's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    Rattle can looks like chit. If it doesn't right away, it will.

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    Veteran Member Three Rings joe.audi's Avatar
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    Re: to powder coat or not

    powdercoat them the color is called black chrome

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