So i got a set of stock 18's for a good price and i am thinking about powdercoating them...

A. Anyone have pics of the stock 18's se rims powdercoated.
B. Anyone know what a good price would be?

 

I'm doing the same thing right now. sent my stock 18s to a friend in town who owns a custom body shop. He is only charing me $100 for all four to be powder coated gunmetal grey.

 

I'm having mine powdercoated black for 180.00.

 

can someone photoshop this? its something im considering as well. also, how much weight does powdercoating add? i'd get them done black for my blaxima

 

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the weight would not be noticeable...

 

would he pass the deal onto me ?

 

And me? =)

 

http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthre...+coated+wheels

These are mostly 350Z wheels but on page 4 and probably further, there are the almost identical wheels to ours powder-coated in black with a red lip.

 

If you want to go the powdercoat way, Id get a set of lighter Z rims and powdercoat them

 

So, is this okay to do? I know I've read somwhere on the Net that powdercoating aluminum wheels was not good.

 

Apparently the Z guys are doing it.

 

I wonder how it would look if I did the Time Attack theme with my stock 07 sl's..Anyone want to chop it?

 

well i ahve called about 10 places to get quotes etc..

Best i found was 65 a rim...

Most i found was 95 a rim..

im goign to get them powdercoated a GUNMETAL color...

I wasnt aware that it will take 4 days!!!!!!! good lord hahah

Anyway... The place im going w/ said out the door 248.45 including sand blasting/ 2 coats of gunmetal powder coat...

The color LOOKS JUST like the Nismo rims... it should look SICK!

Im not going to be able to do it till 0ct 20, i am goign out of town then to NYC for a week so it will work perfectly ... I dont ahve an extra set of rims that i can roll on for riight now or else i would get it done tomorrow...

Either way... by the end of october i will have some sick SE rims haha ...

 

http://www.appliedpowder.com/site.html

this is the place that im also thining about doing.. they are more local and closer to me... they run 90 a rim... ... it will be about 100 more... but i have heard great things about this place...

hope this helps someone who also is interested

 

i think you sold me on it dude. put up some pix and let us know how it looks when you done. cuz i think you sold me on it. I was thinking of the same color, gun metal, on my car too. let us know how it looks.
GOOD LUCK

 

I want to get it done the day i get the rims.. only prob is that they need them for 3 days... i cant w/ out a car for that long... hmmm.. rental car???? hahhaha

either way ... the day its done pix w/ be up...
I have not seen ANY 6th gens with this done... PLEASE Post if there is... i would love to see a teaser pic

 

There is a place local to me here in the Inland Empire in So Cal that I used to powdercoat my grills: Alumin-Art Plating Co, in Ontario, California

 

hmmm have a number dues?? if they aer cheaper i will go there...

 

803 W State St
Ontario, CA , 91762-4130
Phone: 909-983-1866
FAX: 909-983-5441



Found it hahah

 

Thats the place!! I know they do rims there cuz they were doing some when i was there.

 

Nice i will call em' and see if they are any cheaper... thanks man

 

To all that are powder coating, could you please post pics when you are done. This is a VERY viable option for me. As silly as it seems, I really really like my stock rims. I would just like to add some flare/pizzaz.

FastMax, this was a great suggestion. Thank you for the idea.

Swee

 

No prob swee... pics should be up in hte next few weeks... im really excited..

 

I really look forward to seeing what you do with it.

I tried aftermarket rims,...Took them off within the hour.

 

hahah ya i have tried them too... but they didnt look right... maybe its cause they are too small for my car... a black rim w/ polished lip ALWAYS looks smaller than they are... my 18's look like 16's hahaha... but i dont want to go above 18's for performance reaasons

 

I think powdercoating is a viable lesser expensive option for rims. I too like the stock rims but 1. they are waaaay to heavy for my use, and 2. they dont clear my 300zx tt calipers without spacers.

Swee: There are lots of really nice rims out there!!! What rims did you try that you didnt like. Depending on your budget you can really dress up your nice ride with aftermarket rims. I am extremely pleased with my black rims with red lip. I also loved my bronze rims too. Decide what kind of look you want and then make it happen.

 

stocks are 34 plbs right

 

Too much sidewall, too little rim. These were the Konig Sideways, IIRC.

I really like the Unknown's, but I have a friend with a white 6th and he put those on. So much for doing that. His car looks great too:

 

hey I really like the wheels on the white max (the bottom pix)
4MYSWEE-what brand and size are those wheels??

 

Justin,

When I shipped your stock SE 18 OEM's the lightest box was 31.7 lbs. The heaviest box was 34.5lbs. This was according to the FEDEX scale.
Keep in mind the boxes are big and the packing materials to protect the wheels inside the big box.
I'm sure the packing material plus the box adds about 2 pounds or more.

So I estimate the stock SE 18's to be between 29-30lbs each.

 

I heard the stockers were around 28lbs each which is quite heavy. Mine are around 18-19 lbs.

Swee: Any other rims meet your fancy? When I looked for rims, I looked at other cars like the 350z/G35 with same color to see what looked good. In fact, the reason Icame across my black rims with red lip was I was looknig for rims for my sons red car and thought those would look good on it. Then I said . . .hmmmmmm . . . they would look good on MY car. The rest is history.

 

thanks for the info Hurley cant wait to get em'

 

I really like the mesh with gunmetal color. Whether or not they'd look good on a white car?! That remains to be seen. I've not good at selecting rims. I usually have to see them on.