custom rims

[cplux]

anyone know of any good custom rim places in or around sydney area? want to get 16x8" rim made with around neg30 offset, can get -28 ones in white, but i want black (heaps more expensive) so may aswell go custom.

[hypo]

y not get the white 1's and paint them ??

and i told u ages ago i can get ya rims cut and shut 4 $70 ea them paint em any colour u like

[cplux]

would rather have the rims painted/powdercoated properly, dont want to just paint em, it wont last, my powdercoated 15x8" rims have handled abuse very well.

[Carl Coight]

so have them powder coated instead of painted

[M&M Custom Engineerin]

If you want to burn your money you could always send it my way

Just powdercoat them

[taziiy]

so take them to a powder coater then

[roly]

is the extra 2mm offset that important...........

just powder coat the rims, or buy black ones to start with in the cruiser 28mm offset

edited due to fat fingers and beer

[M&M Custom Engineerin]

is the extra 2mm offset that important...........

just pcoat thrims, or buy black pones to startw ith in the cruiser 28mm offset

are your fingers swollen????

or are you pissed???

[roly]

as you wrote that, i edited and put in

"edited due to fat fingers and beer"

[Scott]

I painted my wheels black and they are holding up okay, and i really didn't put too much effort into the preparation before painting them. There is a few white specs showing when you look at them closely, but i reckon that's mostly due to my slack preparation. You don't notice the white specs unless you look at them real closely anyway, like from about 10cm away. I couldn't justify the stupidly high prices they wanted to buy new black wheels.

I also looked at powdercoating them, which was going to be $25 each i think. But the guy wanted me to get them sandblasted first (they were 2nd hand), and that was going to cost $45 each. So i just painted them.

[Drafty]

We had these rims custom made cost $160 each complete, also had a 5mm rod mig welded to the outer edge for extra strength, worth thinking about if you are going to do anything serious.

[cplux]

I also looked at powdercoating them, which was going to be $25 each i think. But the guy wanted me to get them sandblasted first (they were 2nd hand), and that was going to cost $45 each. So i just painted them.

do you know if it is possible to just powdercoat staright over the white then if they are new??

[Charlie]

Powdercoating multiple layers of paint is a bad idea as your likely to get orange peel. Idealy you start with bare metal, apply one coat of zinc seal which is half cured before applying your final coat of paint .
Charlie

[Wendle]

If the powder coaters know their $hit they will gt them beadblasted within the quote they give you.. Powder coating is cheap, I can get massive, awkward desk frames done in any colour for $30, black is the cheapest - $25

[big red]

if you give the powdercoated rims a quick sand then undercoat with acrylic undercoat the paint will stick and cover with no worries.

[mudlux]

If you get them powder coated make sure the silicon seal is replaced with new silicon or you rims will rust away.

[Dozoor]

Morten and may ,Warwick farm ,there in the El'toro estate ,behind the eltoro Pub,think the street is called hompride ave.

If i remember they use 6mm center ,so there pretty tough .
But will be about $200 bucks a wheel though

[Surfection]

Those rims are pretty schmick drafty, who did you get those done through ? ta

[Bundytime]

looks like eastern wheel works handy work???? I thought he charged more than $160, i want some if they r that price.......please tell

[Drafty]

Connection connections boys, you know what they say, who you know, not what. I will get more info for you guys shortly, stay tuned.

[NICK]

booty fab lim gaps is what you want.


couldnt you fit a 2-6mm spacer ring on the inside of the rim ( you know the ones you get from auto barn ) to solve the extra few mm you are after?


NICK

[srowlandson]

look like the ones matt Sherwell has with Q78s on his GQ Ute,

Performance Diesel and 4x4 in Moolap...Were also on Pikeys ute

Steve

[Drafty]

They are the same as Matts, Steve. Were purchased and modified at his work shop.

[A1zook]

Craig A few years ago in my hoooon days i had a set of chasers custom made to wateva .not sure if this dude duz 4by rims or even if hes still doin it he was a fair age . but it was STREET WHEELS at penrith pretty sure that was the name of the place .



Dan