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[itofigari]

Originally Posted by chungdae

Anyone know how long it could take?

Hey man,
I JUST found a place 20 minutes away from my house (I live in Austin) and they say it takes 24 hours. Im doing a matte black or dark charcoal...mine is a AW M3 E90.
Will post pics when the job is done.
Cheers

[chris s]

Originally Posted by mocsman

yup! got mine done by proformance. they also make custom wheels. can't wait for spring so i can put them on

Hey, what did they charge you exactly? I'm considering the same...im right near New Rochelle.

PM me if you prefer...I'm also curious where you're located...maybe i can take a look at yours. Did you do a gloss or matte finish?

thanks

[wea]

Originally Posted by itofigari

Hey man,
I JUST found a place 20 minutes away from my house (I live in Austin) and they say it takes 24 hours. Im doing a matte black or dark charcoal...mine is a AW M3 E90.
Will post pics when the job is done.
Cheers

So who is your source in Austin?

[DirtyHarry]

Originally Posted by itofigari

Hey man,
I JUST found a place 20 minutes away from my house (I live in Austin) and they say it takes 24 hours. Im doing a matte black or dark charcoal...mine is a AW M3 E90.
Will post pics when the job is done.
Cheers

I'd also like to know who to use in Austin for powdercoating.

[mocsman]

Originally Posted by chris s

Hey, what did they charge you exactly? I'm considering the same...im right near New Rochelle.

PM me if you prefer...I'm also curious where you're located...maybe i can take a look at yours. Did you do a gloss or matte finish?

thanks

neither, i just went with the regular flat black... i was discouraged to get gloss as it's very difficult to maintain. call them up and look for Mario... there's always a couple of rims they're powdercoating some variation of black there so you can drop by to get an idea. definitely not the cheapest but from what i saw, they back it up with the quality of their work. tell Mario that Rey with the AW E90 M3 sent you.

BTW, the rims won't be on until spring, still rocking my stockies.

[JCtx]

Originally Posted by Singletrack

Make sure they do a low temp powder coating since the wheels are forged.

What maximum temp is considered 'low temp'? Thx.

I'm considering powder-coating mine as well. Interesting discussion about gloss. Most are done semi-gloss, for what I've garnered, but will keep researching before I make up my mind.

Hey, what do we do about those small '///M' stickers? Tried lifting them with my fingernail and they just don't lift. Guess we have to destroy them to remove them, then buy new ones, right? And how about the outer part of the TPMS valve covers? They'd look like a sore thumb silver over black, no? Thx.

[rzm3]

1. you need to remove the stickers. try a flat head.
2. please remove your tpms and valves so that they don't melt in the oven. trust me, you will not notice a small piece of silver valve cap.

[JCtx]

Originally Posted by rldzhao

1. you need to remove the stickers. try a flat head.
2. please remove your tpms and valves so that they don't melt in the oven. trust me, you will not notice a small piece of silver valve cap.

1. What I meant is if they can be reused?
2. That's pretty obvious but a good comment . I meant if somebody spray-painted them separately. If the outer part with the hex 'head' is like a sleeve (separate from the sensor assembly), it could be powder-coated as well. Thanks man. Good day.

[H Bomb]

yeah there custom wheels are just sick, to bad there alot of loot but you would have to expect that since there from scratch and you have a unique wheel

did you paint your oem's or go custom??

what color?? any pics??

sorry for all the questions just trying to decide what i want to do after the winter. i have some VMR 710's on now with snows but i want something lighter for the spring and you can't go wrong with our forged oem's

thanks

H

Originally Posted by mocsman

yup! got mine done by proformance. they also make custom wheels. can't wait for spring so i can put them on

[Singletrack]

Originally Posted by elp_jc

What maximum temp is considered 'low temp'? Thx.

I'm considering powder-coating mine as well. Interesting discussion about gloss. Most are done semi-gloss, for what I've garnered, but will keep researching before I make up my mind.

Hey, what do we do about those small '///M' stickers? Tried lifting them with my fingernail and they just don't lift. Guess we have to destroy them to remove them, then buy new ones, right? And how about the outer part of the TPMS valve covers? They'd look like a sore thumb silver over black, no? Thx.

Not sure on the temp to be honest. In my case, I had the re-finisher just use regular paint to avoid any issues.

I think the question was answered about the stickers, you can also order replacements if you like.

I left the TPMS gunmetal/silver/oem color, but painting those black would look better!

[graider]

Originally Posted by SS32

I did mine myself and it only took 2 days, but they're painted. Rustoleum makes special wheel paint that's tough as nails and works great. I did it ~4 months ago and still don't have a single chip. Click my signature for more pictures.

did you have to sand it down, then paint or just paint it?

[mocsman]

Originally Posted by H Bomb

yeah there custom wheels are just sick, to bad there alot of loot but you would have to expect that since there from scratch and you have a unique wheel

did you paint your oem's or go custom??

what color?? any pics??

sorry for all the questions just trying to decide what i want to do after the winter. i have some VMR 710's on now with snows but i want something lighter for the spring and you can't go wrong with our forged oem's

thanks

H

sorry i still don't have pics, the set is currently in storage. i went with just flat black for my oem 19s, i think they look good but seeing how nice the result was when a couple of people went with a litle bit of gloss mixed into matte, I might have to redo them