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what colour to have my wheels powder coated?

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07 Jul 2012 20:20 #43662 by JimnyX19
got my old steels off my jimny having all 5 powder coated tomorrow and sand blasted , not sure what colour would look best white or black ?? also ordering 5 MT tyres not worried about the price but the SIZE? was thinking 225-70-15s or could i go bigger but would i have to buy arch extensions or spacers also? .... will be selling my OZ alloys on my car in display picture in a few weeks after ive sorted my offroad ones. dont want to keep the alloys as i think they wont last for off road, be selling for £100 , also have rear jimny seats for sale with the rear belts £120ono selling as need a bigger boot,

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08 Jul 2012 00:31 #43687 by robs5230
paint them black obviously

standard jimny - for now

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08 Jul 2012 09:51 #43689 by reaper
Black white or silver will give you very different looks to the car , black look mean but make the wheels appear smaller , silver looks good in contrast to the body and also compliments the chrome bits you have , white wheels look big and will show detail better

So i guess what im saying is how you want the truck to look will make your choice for you :-)

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08 Jul 2012 10:29 #43690 by facade
Silver.

I painted my wheels black, and they made the car look dirty and rough. (see avatar)
Swapping back to a silver set has made it look a lot younger and better cared for.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)

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08 Jul 2012 10:57 #43694 by markyp2000
Replied by markyp2000 on topic Re: what colour to have my wheels powder coated?
i painted mine silver thay look a lot cleaner and brighter and mikes it stand out more on my other jimny i painted the rim silver and the middle black it looked ok thats why i did mine all silver best way you could see what colour looks best it to take a pic of the car with the wheels in view then copy it to paint on your pc or photoshop and change the colour on there and see how it looks

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08 Jul 2012 15:31 #43717 by JimnyX19
thanks for advice guys think silver would be better with a black jimny, out of the colours which would you lot recommend , heres the choices on www.electrostaticmagic.co.uk/pages/powders ,....... i was thinking either the HIGH CHROME or the SATIN SILVER. have a look on link and let me know what you you think cheers guys

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08 Jul 2012 15:53 #43719 by nicho
we have a black jim had black modulars was tempted to paint new ones black as they could do with painting but keeping them silver, hammerite silver. think they look fresher. but black ones look good on highly moded cars i think.

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08 Jul 2012 16:46 #43721 by markyp2000
Replied by markyp2000 on topic Re: what colour to have my wheels powder coated?
or you could get them water transer dipped take a look on youtube it the in thing now adays

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08 Jul 2012 17:14 #43723 by JimnyX19
100 % black it is ive been looking at black jimny with the black steels and like the look of it , it 3 blacks to choose from a black satin, black gloss ora fine black. dont want a dull black thou so not sure what colour is best, the chrome headlights i have reaper i wanted to get powder coated today but as they are plastic i cant i like the black masks you put on your jimny think its nicer than chrome, whats the biggest tyres i can put on 15" wheels guys im ment to order 5x 225-70-15 but if i can have bigger id rather it becasue ive decided to keep my alloys now and only use them when i go offroadign and keep the alloys on the road. cheers

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09 Jul 2012 11:07 #43784 by 2013gary
Good choice. I like the steel wheels when they are black, and I'm going to paint mine black soon. Personally I would go for satin black as it seems to be the best of both matt and gloss.

Gary

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09 Jul 2012 17:40 #43807 by reaper

JimnyX19 wrote: the chrome headlights i have reaper i wanted to get powder coated today but as they are plastic i cant i like the black masks you put on your jimny think its nicer than chrome

Rub them down to give the paint something to key to then just spray and laquer them :-)

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09 Jul 2012 17:46 #43809 by JimnyX19
just ordered a snorkel off this website for £140 including delivery do any of you knnow how long they normally take as they have said in email ? hopefully have it buy the end of the week and have it fitted sametime as i put my ew wheels and tyres on , yeah i could just paint them my self just dont want it flaking off

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