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Steve
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31st Mar 10 at 20:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can anyone post a close up of a powder coated rim, im looking for the quality of the finish so an angled shot showing reflection would be good
Ojc
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Ok mate.
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best picture i have.
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excellent thats made my mind up i think, anyone any silver examples?
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Not silver but post it anyway,mines had a slightly dimpled effect.

[Edited on 31-03-2010 by Jamie_Hastings1]
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i think thats probaly almost the colour i want, what is that? just anrthracite?
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Aye but there is alot of different anthracites.
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You want darker than that Steve.
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this was mine just after they had been done i had alot of sparkle put in the mix


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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i think thats probaly almost the colour i want, what is that? just anrthracite?


anthracite is just grey in general..

volvo titainium grey
ford graphite grey
lexus also do a nice grey

this is just to name a few

heres the cesaros i did on my old corsa..



ford graphite grey, look dull in that picture though..

[Edited on 31-03-2010 by mk4_boy]
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quote:
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You want darker than that Steve.


yeah you def want darker that was the wheels against silver

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and thats powder coated yes?

what shade do you know?
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Yes i bought them freshly powder coated, and i sifted through swatch books in a bodyshop until i got a close match to the wheels.

If you go to any decent powdercoaters they will have colour books they do there colours in, some companys only do flat colours, some do metallics.
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trouble is a square inch of colour on a bit of paper looks completely differeent when on a wheel on a car, i remember broster got some done and they turned out blue
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theres rover gunmetal grey also
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I thought powder coating gave an excellent finish, like really really shiney, but I've just had my Cesaros done, and they aren't as good as I was expecting.

This is before I polished and waxed them



And this is after.



Alot better after a polish but still not as good as the speedlines I bought a while back. This finish. But dunno whether they were powder coated or painted.
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yeah im opting for powder coating because paint, even if done properly tends to get stone chipped easily
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Ok mate, how much you get the powder coating done for? CAS coatings by me does any gloss colour for £1 per inch of a wheel. ie £15 per cesaro. Cheap me thinks. They are all bead blasted before hand too.
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15-25 per wheel seems going rate
John G
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quote:
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trouble is a square inch of colour on a bit of paper looks completely differeent when on a wheel on a car, i remember broster got some done and they turned out blue


worked ok for me, you just have to look into the colour, i think i match the book to the wheels via a crysler colour
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maybe brosters was just crap then
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got that at an angle with a reflection

might stay with silver if the finish is comparable as sprayed

[Edited on 31-03-2010 by Steve]
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Isnt anthracite actually a slight blue colour anyway?

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