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Old Feb 1, 2024 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by JZZFZZ
I debated between powder coating factory wheels and buying a set of replicas. Ended up powder coating. Result is a set of refinished factory wheels, but the coating is not perfect. The shop told me it was because of the corrosions. I spent $200 on the cores ( I did not want to deal with dismounting, mounting and re-balancing the tires), and $660 on powder coating.
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I started looking for factory wheels. I purchased two (have not been delivered yet). I need two more, although I do have a spare in the 18" five spoke
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Old Feb 2, 2024 | 07:11 PM
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Nah, I got OEM chromes for 3 season and bought a set of OEM silver 5 spoke 18’s for the snow tires.
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