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Old 11-13-2015, 12:30 PM
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If they are OE wheels I would definitely go for it - make sure your local powdercoater is able to take care of the chrome finish underneath and has experience stripping chrome
I already checked and they are, powder coat will be $50 per rim
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^Wow that is DIRT cheap
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Damn that is crazy cheap. Make sure to thoroughly check out the shop.
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^Wow that is DIRT cheap
pulled the trigger and bought them with brand new tires as well on them
gonna powder coat them and throw them on in the spring

how did you guys decide your color for coating? I was thinking just doing gloss black to match my X
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pulled the trigger and bought them with brand new tires as well on them
gonna powder coat them and throw them on in the spring

how did you guys decide your color for coating? I was thinking just doing gloss black to match my X

I was going to powder coat sometime soon and also thought of gloss black, if you do it I'll be interested.
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I was going to powder coat sometime soon and also thought of gloss black, if you do it I'll be interested.
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http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...rims-help.html

I'm either going to do grey or black gloss, I love this grey one of the members on here did below

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Old 11-13-2015, 04:57 PM
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If your car is black do gunmetal. The black wheels get lost if everything is black IMO
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If your car is black do gunmetal. The black wheels get lost if everything is black IMO
thanks plus I want to match my grey trim around the car so that color would be perfect you think?
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Yes, gunmetal would be great. Your powdercoater should be able to show you samples in his shop of different colors as well. Bcredliner has gunmetal wheels on his 4.6 they look awesome
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My goal was to match the trim also.
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