Powdercoat Gloss Black Stock Rims on 4.8is (Pics)
 

Just got the rims gloss black and about to take care of the silver grill and hood vents, I'll get them gloss black to match. This is for all the black powdercoat fans! :D

looks great !!

Your a new member of the Gloss Black crew. :D

Looks Sick Congrats

my wheels are powder coated gloss black as well. there a very low gloss though

Yo we should get together and take a couple of pictures of our X's together and stuff. You guys live in Jersey and im 10mins from the G.W Bridge.

i lived in NJ like 3 months ago till i recently moved to maryland but i go down to NJ almost every other weekend. i have no prob with meeting up one day though :thumbup:

Ohh ok. One weekend if you come to chill in Jersey tell me so we could make plans and shit. I'll prolly come to Jersey with a modded 330ci and my X5. I want to see how aftermarket Air Ride suspension looks on a X5.

air bag suspension is insane !

Hell yeah, Im used to seeing GTI's and GLI's on bags and now that on a X5 is just Crazy. Does you rear fender rest on the rear tires ? lol

not quite but theres no gap whatsoever , wheel kind of tucks just a slight bit. ride is kind of stiff though so its not like it rubs

Thats Perfect. It must look so mean from the back and front.

Yoo Thanks guys! Sorry I'm responding so late, but yeah that'd be awesome to get together and take some pictures of our X's! Btw a X5 slammed on bags must be insane! very niceee

Love it! Welcome to the PC family!

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What shop did you have that done and how much? Looks awesome. Any advice or things you would go back and change? gloss/matte finish? 06 4.4i black/tan. Thanks

All of our X's are on bags it's just a matter of controlling them :)

Semi gloss is what I'm rockin for my truck shoes and black spizikes for mine

I have yet to find rear shocks to handle a 4 inch drop. semi gloss all the way
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Thanks man! I had my wheels done through Krazy House Customs off Rt.1 in South Brunswick, New Jersey. Overall it cost me around $1,000 to get them done. They did a fantastic job, exceeded my expectations. If anyone is interested in the shop I can give out name and number information. I wouldnt go back and change a thing, everything so far came out great! :thumbup:

Your 4 inch drop looks great! Black shoes are the way to go! :D

Please tell me you didn't pay $1,000 for just the powdercoated wheels? I hope I missed something else that's included in that price, because that is highway robbery.

Looks great!!!!

We need to get a pic of all of the X's with black rims at the Tri-State Meet!!

Fo shooooooooo :D

I'm really liking the wheels guys! :thumbup:

Yeah, I paid that much for the wheels and spacers and new emblems. How much you pay for your powdercoated wheels?

Wow man...you should complain to the shop. That's just way too much. I have 3 sets of powdercoated wheels. I also have many other items on my cars that are PC'ed. Been doing it for years. You could say I'm a PC whore. :D

For my 20's, I paid $400. For my 18's for winter, I paid $350. For my stock 19's on my M (which I use as my winter wheels), I had a 3 step custom, graphite color done with those and special ordered the powder for that. That ran me $425 and again, this was a custom powder that had to be ordered a week in advance and was much more labor intensive than a standard black. I chose this color from a brochure they had of many various colors.

Wheel Spacers from Allsprings.com (Front and Rear) should run you around $200. Emblems are around $50, if that...

Take a look for yourself. I would print this and bring this to your shop and ask why they charged you so much.

Elite Coatings Ny - Powder Coating, Ceramic Coating, Coating Specialists

Yeah it was my first time getting powdercoating done and the shop was the closest and most convenient. I had H&R spacers put on that cost me a little over $200 and the shop charged me $200 to dismount,mount, and balance. They stripped the stock wheels and powdercoated them which made it all together around $1,000. I knew it was expensive and I could find something cheaper but I saw their other work and figured why not. Seeing your numbers make me a little sick but I guess they got me :(. I originally asked the shop what went into the price and they said a large chunk of it is the stripping and sandblasting that they do. I had around 55,000 miles on my stock wheels so there was some dings and scratches that are now gone. Also, when the shop balanced them they found my two front rims were bent but thats another headache and another price. I'm not an expert on all this but is the stripping and sandblasting done with all powdercoating jobs? I live and I learn, and i guess too they see me as a young kid, since I'm 19 and either don't take me seriously or I get screwed b/c I don't know as much info from experience. Dang, I might just go back and show them some of your numbers.

thats wrong for someone to charge that. my wheels were powdercoated, tires mounted and balanced all for 500. you should have a talk with that asshole

Has anyone done black pc style 87's on jet black E53?

I guess I'm not part of the "Black" club but these are Powder Coated. Here are mine in grey. These were originally matte, but after damaging one rim on a ferry and always hating how quickly they looked dirty, I chose to go with a clear coat.

I'm minutes from GWB as well. Let me know if there's a mini meetup.

I have black hood vents and front ones if anyone would like to switch me for titanium. I am in nj, north brunsiwck near route 1.

Can't wait to get mine done in auto black. And I was quouted 350 to do rims and 100 to mount and dismount here in Miami

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