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      03-06-2008, 07:43 AM   #1
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Need opinion on powder coating rims!!

I just recently bought a light silver z4, and really was looking to change up the rims, but one of my friends sugguested i powder coat the rims that are already on there. What do you guys think??

Heres a picture of what the car looks like.

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      03-06-2008, 11:21 AM   #2
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bump to 18's
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      03-06-2008, 12:41 PM   #3
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looks great to me

I'd spend the money on side skirts instead, if you are looking for a cosmetic mod
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      03-06-2008, 01:06 PM   #4
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I have no personaly experience with powder coating. Are you asking about quality or whether we think it would look good?
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      03-06-2008, 03:43 PM   #5
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Just wether yall think it would look good!
and what kind of side skirts and where are you getting them?
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      03-07-2008, 01:52 AM   #6
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i like the turbine wheel, but its a bit small. i would just get some aftermarket wheels...
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i wish that you could find turbines that are like 10" wide... cause i have them on my car and love them, but i want a staggered setup really bad to get a meatier tire back there.

Powder Coating is a great durrable finish and you can get just about any color you'd want as they can be custom mixed for a price. FYI when you go custom you are usually required to buy a minimum of 1 box. Colors uaually come in 50lb boxes and if you want a custom match it'd most likely be about $12-$13 a pound vs. a stock color that runs about $2-$3 a lb (these are distrubutor prices of course and have no retail markup on them). Problem with going custom is that at most you only need 6-7lbs of powder for a set of wheels. But if money is no problem you can go that route.

as far as colors go, the obvious choices are an anthracite grey or black... but on a wheel like the turbine, i'm afraid black will just end up looking like brake dust....??
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I learn something new every day. Now that I can see the pics I think a dark grey/gunmetal powder coating would look awesome!
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My local powdercoater wants 65-75 a wheel, any color. Not too bad, just a heads up on pricing.
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