has anyone painted there 98 gsr rims gunmetal or black. if so, what paint do i use. does anyone have pictures of a gsr with the stock swirlie rims painted gunmetal or black. thanks.

 

The best way to get your rims done, is to powdercaot them. It is a little costly, but the end result is amazing. I'll try and get a pic of a set and post here.

 

 

wow!

 

is there any way to powder cost it while retaining the A symbol for the center cap?

 

yes...the center cap pops out

 

Yo wheels are sweeeeeeeet

 

The colors will mismatch between the center cap and the wheel itself (since you are powder coating it). I was wondering if you could powder coat the center cap also while retaining the logo.

 

mine isnt a 98 but these are powder coated

 

hey Mr. clean 4dr... what exactly did you use? did you get yours powerdercoated? i think im going to have to re-do mine... check it..



this is how it looks on my teg though...





btw: this is pre-cross drilled rotors


[Modified by RedStarGsr, 6:21 PM 3/30/2002]

 

Mr Clean, those rims look SICK... one of the best sets I have seen. Those and my friend's Si's are the same color and look so good!!

 

u can get the center caps off of the stock Type-R rims, they r that gunmetal look, thats what im gonna do when i powerder coat my stock 94 GSR rims

 

get small pieces of tape and tape over the part that you don't want painted, in this case it'd be the

 

Those look exactly like my rims.

 

Just go to a sign shop and get some vinyl stickers of the A logo made in whatever color you want. They should either have it on file, or they can just scan one of your centercaps into their computer and cut the decals from that. They might charge $20 or so to do it, but don't pay more than $25. Centercaps from the dealer run at least $20 each.

 

thanks for the comments... my bodyshop guy painted them for me... its some color called anthracite or something...it looks really nice though.. haha thats all im worried about...

 

what did that run you

 

man that looks amazing! do you have a pic of the teg w/these rims on?

 

Krylon spray paint works well. That's what I used.

 

WOW those look great, but those tires SUCK

 

[Modified by Nemesis R, 12:42 PM 3/31/2002]

 

ok let me try this again...like I said its not a 98 but here you go.



[Modified by UltraGSR, 3:03 PM 3/31/2002]

 

I've seen both good and bad paint and powder coat jobs. WHen I used to autocross, some of the Camaro/Firebird guys would buy factory knock offs and paint them with krylon. THey looked factory most of the time. I think surface preperation counts for alot.

Most powder coated rims look professional. Once though, when my freind got a set of 17's coated for work, they had a bunch of runs and drip marks.

 

mine didnt come out to bad...especially for $20 for the whole set..besides a bad powder coat job (like mine) is still better than a good paint job...imo

 

Wow, those 98 GSR rims look really, really good painted that color.

Jon