hehehe..look what i picked up 2day, FINALY I GET RIMS! Options

[Valo666]

got all 4 rims, painted black, with tires, $150 ..tires are all shot but i picked up a cupon on wensday night for 45% off any tire from Yokohama + free instalation + free balacing + free disposal. The rims are 16x7 or 7.5 3 out of the 4 are pretty nice, theres one that the paint is startin 2 chip a bit, so im gonna go get them sandblasted and either repaint em my self or get em powder coated. So im either thinkin i might get a set of Yokohama AVES100's on it, or some Advan Neova's. Not a bad deal eh? The rims also have the center caps, but the guy i bought them off, didnt get the bolts to hold the centercaps on from the original owner, but luckely/oddly enough i know the original owner..lol

This post has been edited by Valo666: Apr 14, 2006 - 11:33 PM

[Valo666]

not to bum you out, but that paint is gonna get chipped when they dismount the old tires. powdercoat will be a tougher finish but the heating and cooling can weaken the alloy wheel.

I know powder coating will be alot tougher because the powder coating is actually baked onto the metal, but powder coatin is like $80 a rim here. Ive checked like 10 or 15 diff powder coating places and $80 a rim is the cheapest i could find. Plus, im gonna get the old tires taken off b4 i paint em. Im also gonna b sprayin a good 5 or 6 coats of paint on em b4 i put the new rubber on. Also, when i get the new tires put on, im gonna get them to tape the lip around it so it wont rub the paint. And powder coating wont weaken the wheel too much/if all if you get it done by a place that does automotive powder coating. The heat will affect the metal a bit, but not noticeably.