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Posted by: '73-914kid Jan 22 2014, 12:01 PM

I hate to be one of those people that asks questions about wheels, cause most forums are choc-full of them.. But I need some advice..

When I finally burn through my tires, I'm going to have my VTO minilites powdercoated before installing new tires. I'm trying to decided between having them powdercoated the same metallic silver, or going for a dark gunmetal color, or maybe even a dark metallic gold.. I'm not sure what direction to go, but the straight silver seems pretty classic and bulletproof at this point?

What say the brain trust? Or even better, can anyone photoshop the different colors onto the wheels from this picture?
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Posted by: carr914 Jan 22 2014, 01:16 PM

I'm not a Fan of PowderCoating Aluminum Wheels. I have read stories of the Baking Temperature screwing up the Metallurgy of Aluminum

Posted by: JmuRiz Jan 22 2014, 02:01 PM

+1, they look good as-is...if you want a color, just paint them with whatever a wheel painter suggests.

Posted by: wndsnd Jan 22 2014, 02:03 PM

Dont think you want to go gold.

Posted by: Black22 Jan 22 2014, 02:19 PM

I like the current color.

Posted by: dlkawashima Jan 22 2014, 02:34 PM

Just a rough idea how gold or gunmetal might look:

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Posted by: Socalandy Jan 22 2014, 06:42 PM

I like them as is. good balance with all the trim

Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 22 2014, 07:58 PM

spray plastic dip, you can peel it off and go with a different coler every week...

Posted by: bigkensteele Jan 22 2014, 09:41 PM

I agree with the others that they look great as they are. As mentioned above, Plastidip is an option to try out different looks.

https://www.dipyourcar.com/Kit-Wheels-cat/

Posted by: KELTY360 Jan 23 2014, 12:24 AM

I've always thought your car looks perfect. Love to see pictures of it.

Posted by: MATTYLITE Jan 23 2014, 12:35 AM

I powder coated mine gloss black. Let me know if you want pics and I'll take some for you.

Posted by: Cairo94507 Jan 23 2014, 07:51 AM

Car looks perfect with wheels silver.