Baymar

I have an extra set of 20" Carrera Classic wheels that originally came with the car - am considering painting them all black for use as track day wheels/ tires. Has anyone painted them black and if so....can you post a picture?

9914s

Baymar

EXACTLY what I was looking for! Satin black, I assume? Looks even better than I had envisioned, thanks, D

9914s

wareaglescott

If it is just going to be a track set maybe consider one of the products like plastidip that is not permanent. IF you dont like it you can just peel it off.

SonicJLee

Here is my car with gloss black carrera classics:

MJG911

Baymar

Thanks for the pictures - as mentioned - even better than I had imagined. Almost makes me wish I had done that in the first place rather than purchase the new black wheels originally, but now I have an excellent looking changeover for the track so all's well that ends well!

A picture to cap the thread:

BIG smoke

I have never had any luck painting, or baking wheels.
A perfect set of original factory wheels. Why mess with them.
Chipped and curbed, sure. Play with the colour.
Track wheels? How many track days? 3-5? Hardly seems worth it.
Want real track wheels? Go down a few sizes, get a gooey track tire.

kmk0303

I plan on doing gloss black on a winter Carrera S set I purchased from a RN member. If you take it to a reputable powder coating shop, you should not have any issue. I was quoted 600- 700 from shops with good reviews. This includes dismounting, remounting and balancing the 4 tires.

RoWa

I like the way you did these. Barrels are silver. Outer edge is machined. Where these powder coated black or painted?

9914s

Baymar

phx991

OP- Powder coating is a bad idea if you are using these as track wheels. Alloys are hardened by heating at temperatures around 350° and up for a few hours. The temperature and time depend on the alloy. Heating the alloy too long or at too high a temperature makes the alloy weaker and brittle.

For wheels to be safely powder coated you would need to know the type of alloy your wheels are made of, and whoever is powder coating the wheels would need to make sure the oven temperature remains below the aging temperature for that alloy. Ideally around 200° for 20 minutes. All of the shops I've spoken with state oven temps in the 300s.

Factory wheels are powder coated, but the coating and heat treatment are done at the same time (and by people who know what they are doing).

Paint the wheels satin black, and then spray can them as they get dinged up, which will happens if they're used as track wheels.

awrryan