Thinking of ordering - atlas, seal or midnight blue with body colour sport tech wheels.

Any experience of painted wheels. What do you think?

Spizz

 

Depending on your driving habits, parking/road conditions, expect a chip or two from time to time.

The factory painted wheels are thinly coated and can crack/peel. You might be better off to get the wheel you want, and have it painted later.

We've done some wheels and left the outside face silver, painting only the interior edges of the spokes, for example. Nice touch, not overkill.

 

Sounds cool.

Any pictures?

Spizz

 

Ditto Eric's comment.
I have a good local shop and have painted Turbo hollows with grat success.

Also with any quality 3-piece wheel, one of the beautys is being able to paint centers, whatever, then assemble.........I've done that with Fikse and HRE.

 

What colour?

Spizz

 

Wheels

 

What Color?
Seal Grey on a Seal Grey C4 Cab currently.
A custom smoke-grey on an Arctic Silver Turbo (the 18" hollows) currently.
A custom dark silver on some 19" HREs on a Arctiv Silver Turbo currently.

 

I have the 19" regular S wheels--how much would it cost to get them painted black to match and is there any color besides black that would look good?

 

MJones

Thanks- helpful.

Spizz

 

does anyone have pictures of painted black rims on the 997?

Thanks

 

Oh and a seal grey too!

 

I painted these in a satin black as opposed to the factory high-gloss look....just my personal preference.

 

Thanks! Still can't decide if painting the wheels black make it look better or worse on my basalt black 997s.

 

Worse, IMO.