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Old Mar 22, 2014 | 07:36 PM
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... and fix the glovebox...
Tried to get mine fixed and they said it was a trim piece and not covered, (a $2000 part!)
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Old Mar 22, 2014 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by caha14
There are a few self-identified master technicians and sales consultants on the forum. Beyond that, there are most likely representatives from corporate, district managers, etc., but those are incognito as far as I know.

Where in MA are you?
New Bedford.
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Old Mar 22, 2014 | 09:16 PM
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Personally I'd have a local wheel repair shop paint/powder coat them. Plus you could customize the color, maybe a slightly darker silver.
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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 06:16 AM
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I'm going to see what the dealer says about me driving up there. If they agree then ill drive the 6 hrs to let them do it for nothing. If not, I was thinking about painting them the same color as the car. Not sure how it would look though.
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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by greg3852
I was thinking about painting them the same color as the car. Not sure how it would look though.
Don't color match stock wheels. .just don't
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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by CJITTY
Don't color match stock wheels. .just don't
LOL never. I promise.
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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by greg3852
LOL never. I promise.
Great info, Cjitty and Greg, I powdercoated my five stars and chose a base color silver they had in the shop. I was satisfied, was hoping for a little darker but I'm done with that now. If you custom order a color, you may want to go non-flake if your looking to keeping it stock, average price here is 50 bones a wheel/slightly more for fancier colors.

The thing with powdercoat is when you see the powder it always looks different then when its heated up and cured on the component, so choose your color carefully. Its actually a fun thing to do though if you find a good shop, might be a two day turn around. The shop I chose was part of race car family and they took care of me, ask to see some work first though, haha. Good luck my friend, it may get overwhelming with all the colors Sorta like the Matrix movie, do I take the Blue or Red pill?

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