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Have you considered sending them to one of our sponsors like Raderwerks? I can attest to the fact that they do good work, see the home page article. I've seen paint jobs on wheels that haven't turned out so well so unless you have an example of a local shop's work, it might be worth the shipping to get the job done right.
I don't know where you are but this might help...just check out their finished work before picking one.
Turbax did a good job on a wheel with some curb rash...came out just like new. I didn’t let them do a different wheel because their AMG sample color was way off.
vladie22,
I can't help with any shops in South Florida, but wanted to mention that you might want to look into having your wheels powdercoated instead of painted. Powdercoating is very durable and adds very little weight to the wheels, and at least over my way is much cheaper than painting. I paid $75 per wheel having them powdercoated (I had to deliver the wheels with the tires dismounted). Cheapest paint price I found was around $150 per wheel. However, powdercoating only works well if you want the entire wheel covered.
A race shop or auto body shop should be able to direct you to a powdercoater that knows how to do wheels.
The Porsche factory coating on those wheels is hard as diamonds! How did you have it removed before powder coating? Sorry to thread jack but if your answer is sand blast, I have heard this is not good for wheels. I have heard that you need to have the blasted with soda. That having been said, my track wheels are the same style, and I had mine sand blasted and powder coated just like yours. Nice!
vladie22,
I can't help with any shops in South Florida, but wanted to mention that you might want to look into having your wheels powdercoated instead of painted. Powdercoating is very durable and adds very little weight to the wheels, and at least over my way is much cheaper than painting. I paid $75 per wheel having them powdercoated (I had to deliver the wheels with the tires dismounted). Cheapest paint price I found was around $150 per wheel. However, powdercoating only works well if you want the entire wheel covered.
A race shop or auto body shop should be able to direct you to a powdercoater that knows how to do wheels.
that is exactly what i want to do ! thanks for the pic . i have the same wheel (boxster s wheel) and was curious how they would look in black . looks awesome !
Hi ARCuhTEK,
I have to plead ignorance that I don't really know how the shop prepped my wheels before powdercoating. I just remember the shop being happy that they didn't need to do any repair work. Gee, I hope they knew what they were doing..... Hopefully all our wheels won't fall apart on us....
Hi Vladie22
Glad you like to look too. I wasn't a big fan of the Boxster S wheel in silver, so I purchased a set of take-off Cayman S wheels that I use for regular street use, and I use the powder coated wheels for auto-x and DE events. The black look is a bit too agressive for my wife, but I've gotten a lot of compliments from people at auto-x events.
Just be forewarned, that there are many different levels of black powdercoat. The shop I went to had about 9 levels, from very flat black to super high gloss black. I picked a satin finish, that is about the same shine as what the tires look like if you use the 303 brand of vinyl/rubber protectant on them.
i havent done anything yet but i will probably use Orbit racing . I saw another P-car that was also guards red w/blk wheels yesterday and i really like the look .
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uhhh ,yeah.......I need a GT3...and directions to the Nurburgring.
