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Old 11-25-15, 11:43 AM
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Default Had a friend powder coat my wheels, opinions..?

So my buddy does powder coating on the side, I got these done for 70 bucks a wheel. Not exactly the color I thought it would be, but not bad I think. Let me now what you think...





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The wheels look much better than the before. The color is unique. I am colorblind, but they look a little strange up close, but alright when in the picture from a distance.

Did he give you a sample of what the color would look like once on the wheels or just a description?
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they are too blue for my taste. Also, if you paid, why didn't he sand them and fix them first?
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Originally Posted by Bradlar
The wheels look much better than the before. The color is unique. I am colorblind, but they look a little strange up close, but alright when in the picture from a distance.

Did he give you a sample of what the color would look like once on the wheels or just a description?
He did give me samples, but they were about the size of a paint sample, kind of hard to get the full scope of what it would look like.
They kind of have a blue ish tint
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Originally Posted by Broncosi
they are too blue for my taste. Also, if you paid, why didn't he sand them and fix them first?
He did sand blast them, but there was heavy pitting from corrosion
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I don't necessarily hate the color but they don't match your car at all.
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meh they look alright, I honestly think its hard to match rim colors with type of silver! I have the same exact color and my rims are pretty messed up too. I'm planning it sand them down and redo it with hyper silver... Or maybe plasti Dip them.
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Looks good, way better then before.
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Originally Posted by LexusLadi
Looks good, way better then before.
Thanks. I think anything would look better than they did, they were terrible
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I did the same, when I bought my is250 the wheels looked like ****, (MN winters) but I like the oem look so I just got them done instead of buying new ones.
winter tires are getting installed this Monday
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