vwduud

I replaced the black centerlock wheels that came on my black GTS with some silver aftermarket wheels to give the overall appearance more contrast.

I've been unsuccessful in selling the black factory wheels and since then have seen another forum member's silver version of these same wheels. Very nice in silver.

I briefly inquired locally to get pricing on having these refinished in silver. By the time I got the quote back from what I thought was a local business, it ended up being somewhere else. Not a big deal, but I put this project on the back burner for awhile.

A quick search here didn't show any other topics on this.

Does anyone have any experience with getting some factory wheels refinished?

For reference, here is the link to my sale ad for these wheels:

https://rennlist.com/forums/for-sale...and-tires.html

Boulder Mike

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/9376...gt-silver.html

vwduud

Damn. Thanks.

Thought that I had searched well enough to not get caught like that.

Sorry forum members.

Thanks Boulder Mike.

Boulder Mike

Lol. Np. I scoured the forum myself as Im also one of the few that really prefers silver over black wheels. So I ordered a GT silver GTS4 with cxx wheels painted in GT silver. That said I plan on buying a spare set of black wheels with winter tire set.

OKB

the wheels are made in bare aluminum and clear coated , since yours are black they were painted black. You have a choice of painting over with any silver paint and clear coating or stripping and clear coating.
Let a good co like wheel enhancement do it and youll have oem quality, any other local may not do a reasonable job

StormRune

Just my 10 cents: Be sure that whoever does your wheels understands the proper techniques for high performance wheels if you get them powder coated, preferably a high performance wheel specialty shop... not one of the commodity wheel fix-it places or a general powder-coater without wheel experience. Most powders require baking temperatures and/or times that are not safe and weaken the wheel structure, while many commodity wheels do not have a problem with this. You'll find varying opinions on what a safe powercoat bake time/temp is, but it is somewhere below the 400+ degrees often used in powder coating... by my understanding.

Others here may be able to guide you on this better, and many will recommend just painting them although the finish isn't as robust... but maybe that will be good enough.

GSIRM3

This is true. Many think just any shop can powder coat a wheel, but doing it correctly without causing damage/fatigue to the wheel takes some knowledge.

Wheel Dynamics

I mean we don't want to brag or nothing... LOL

StormRune

^^^ They have my vote. The other thing to mention is that a highly reputable shop like Wheel Dynamics is that they'll strip and clean it properly first too.