240hoke Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 This weekend I decided to finally paint the wheels on my 350z. I spray painted them satin black a while ago but it chipped off and was hard to keep clean. Since I was ready for new tires I figure now was the time to do it. it turned out taking way more work then I planned especially with the time crunch I got into. Spray Booth: They are so shiny its kinda hard to see the wheels, looks good in person though. 275 meats out back, and my tag : There is still a little rim soap on the edge as I didnt want to wash them till they cured a little more. But anyway Ive really been enjoying the 350z as a daily driver it really is fun to drive. I purchased the car almost exactly a year ago and I have put 20K on her. I still love hopping in it everytime I go out..she handles like she is on rails. My only dislike is the the extremely limited amount of cargo space. So far she has received: - Burnt orange Leather seats (power and heated) - Kinetix Plenum w/ cold air intake - Tanabe GF210s Springs - Hotchkis Sway bars - Rear controls arms - Wheel Spacers - Slotted rotors/ axxis pads/ SS lines Ive got a factory Bose stereo system on the way and some SPL front control arms to install and she will be finished for a while. Anyway just thought I would share tell what yall think! Now I just gotta find some other things to paint before I tear down the booth I think Im going to color math some vq parts on my 240z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jknc90 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Looks good, and I know what you mean about the cargo space lol. It was "fun" trying to get all those parts to fit in the back lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I ended up taking my street Enkei RPF1s to a local powder coater. $30 each to get the coated a satin black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigenOut-S30 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Looks great man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Thanks Gabe and Jon! John - Thats a great price on powdercoating. I was coated 50-60 bucks per wheel and a rather large wait time to go with that. I could have also powdercoated them myself as once I got my tires of I relised they fit in my oven, but just barely! I still had a few reservtions about powercoating that lead me to choosing paint: - Time: with it being my daily and no spare wheels I couldnt afford to drop the wheels off and wait - I could have pc'd them myself but I dont have a sand blasting cabinet big enough to fit my wheels in it - Powercoat fades with continuous exposure to UV worse then paint, this was an issue to me since the car stays outside and I wanted gloss black. - Plastic Center caps, I wanted them to match. - A HUGE pain to redo pc down the road If they get scratched or I want to change the color. Overall i love PC on suspensioin and under the hood but I think base/clear is better suited to wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drifterZ_74 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 looks super clean....im also lovin the license plate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 John, give up the name of that powder coater! Most places I go to down here in OC are $60 to $70 per wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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