just had a question..did you paint these yourself? or had them professionally painted?...if not can you list the supplies you bought for the carbon paint ? thanks!

 

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i had this color on my old se-r wheels its nice.

 

looks really good!

 

at first when i read the topic, i thot "this guy is trippin *****" but they actually look nice. my friend told me to do this when i first bought my G, didn't find any pics to have an example so i didn't paint my rims. looks nice and clean... Z h-techs would look so much cleaner, and for the price it's worth it imo

 

hey man those look amazing.
Im about to get mine painted and i was wondering how long u waited before getting the tires put back on? The guy here at my tire shop told me to wait about a month so the paint can properly dry???
Oh and i think we have the same color car but i have OEM 18's

 

i didn't wait at all (maybe 1-2 days) but the guys at the shop told me to not put wax on the wheels for 3-4 weeks since the wheels is not perfectly dry.

the shop i went is a professional wheels repair shop so i think they know what they are doing.

 

sweet nice job,. they look like that came out good.

 

aight thanks man, guess ill just have to find a better shop.
car looks cleannnn

 

Those look great... if your worried about a drop you can always get coilovers so you can raze the car back up to stock hight for the winter driving

 

looks great. can't wait to do this to my car.
i've already got the spacers waiting. just need to get a suspension decision and go.

 

Proleme with coilover is in quebec, they put alot of salt during winte and when you drive with coilover, salt get in them and you cannot ajust the hight after 1-2 years

 

Our body shop used to send out wheels for repair, and we still do on the one's that need filling or to be respun. But on painted wheels that need refinishing with minor repair, it is all done in-house. Mostly on Acura's, so we don't deal in junk...

Cost is typically around $125-175 per wheel, depending on the wheel and condition...

 

I paid 160$ CAN for each wheels and i had some curb rash on them. Also, if you use a millenium finish (like the oem color or hyperlack) it will cost you more. They were charging me an extra 50$ per wheels for this type of finish.
Also, if you get a non millinium finish, theycan do some touch up without repainting the whole wheel.

 

Sounds about right.... they look tight as crap btw!