Mumbles

The wheels being straightened and re-finished may be off the car for a few weeks, so allow for the inconvenience. I would also replace the TPMS at that time.

Jeffkilly

Thanks, I am keeping them. Just changing the color. I just hope they do a good job fixing the wheel.

Jeffkilly

The owner of the shop said a couple days. I hope!

sandwedge

Nice.

sandwedge

Same here. Would not have bought the black HRE's if they had been flat black. I can't see flat painted wheels against the gloss paint of the car as a good look. And yes, satin is somewhere between gloss and flat. That would have been my first choice for the black wheels I bought.

Iceter

Thanks, man. I appreciate it.

Speaking of finishes, I think it's difficult to get a truly flat finish with powder coating. Even what most places call flat, winds up being more satin. It's just the nature of the material. When it is baked on, it self-levels a bit and picks up some sheen. They can shoot a flat coat over the powder-coat but that winds up being way more fragile than the powder.

Flat wheel in dark colors often look like they're just coated with brake dust to me.

Bruce In Philly

I looked into flat black finishes a while ago... spoke to two places. Both highly recommended against flat black because of its porosity. Brake dust will eventually adhere and leave a brown/gold cast. Awful. One place showed me a sample of how flat he can without the problem.. it was fairly flat with a smooth surface. He said he doesn't do flat anymore becasue he told me no matter what he said to a customer, they are back in a few months complaining.

BTW, I found different shops have a different selections and breadth of color selections. The shop in Delaware I spoke to has a big business and he said he could do any color... the other shop I spoke to had only a few shades of grey and black. So... shop around.

Peace
Bruce in Philly

TheTorch

A professionally applied ceramic coating seems to prevent these issues with black wheels.

ilovemaui

Just my two cents on wheel color. I am not a fan of all black wheels. You lose all the wheel characteristics. When I see pictures of cars with black wheels all I see is black. That’s just my opinion and observations.

Jeffkilly

i realize this subject is a 100% subjective topic, but this looks pretty hot to me:

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sandwedge

I think you're right. For someone who really wants flat black wheels they need to be painted the old fashioned way. And for brake dust, some keep saying that dark colors hide brake dust. Not from what I've seen. Brake dust (at least my break dust) has a brownish tone to it and shows up on wheels of any color. At least every color I've tried so far.

Seems like the only surefire way to do away with the break dust issue is to spend well over $20,000 on ceramic breaks. Just checked Suncoast and they want almost $23,000 just for front and rear rotors. Doesn't even include calipers and pads: https://www.suncoastparts.com/category/997G2PCCB.html
No thanks. I'll just stick with soap and water now and then as much of a pain as it is.

myw

u can get them all straightened at a good wheel shop.

remember eBay will have refinished oem ones as well.

ilovemaui

The link doesn't work.

Jeffkilly

I tried copying and pasting the pic from post #24. Look at the black wheels on meteor gray porsche in post #24.

sandwedge

Here. Again, these are gloss black HRE P40's. Satin would look better than gloss to my eyes but as I said I got a sweet deal on these so a slight compromise. All and all I think it makes for a good looking package. Moderately tinted windows pull it all together imo.