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Originally Posted by toon_herit
Nice.
I'm getting a Storm White GT in 2 weeks and been looking for matt black wheels in 20" but there's no choice in the UK, only 19". I've decided to get the stock wheels coloured and wondered if you got someone to do them for you or did them yourself - and if so what you did and how it turned out.
They look good on the pictures 
Cheers, Paul.
Currently Azure Blue 350Z GT, soon to be Storm White 370GT (had a red 300ZX Twin Turbo as well). |
I had it done by a body-shop recommended by the dealer first. They did a poor job and used a solvent-based paint without keying the surface properly.
I kerbed the wheels a while after and the shoddy work was revealed because the finish couldn't be repaired... paint was flaking off because it hadn't bonded properly... so had to be completely re-done.
I took it to ChipsAway in St. Albans who had the wheels stripped back to the metal, rekeyed, primed/powder-coated, finished in black-gloss water-based paint and lacquered. Cost £75 per wheel... took a few days but was worth it.
Much better finish and repairable now... I know this because a broken-kerb protruding from the pavement chipped the rim and with the exception of the small chip, the rest of the paint stayed on... no flaking... Took it back to them and they touched in the chip with some black paint. You have to go very close to see where they've done it... They said they could repair it in an hour or two so it would be completely unblemished but it was such a small chip and was so hard to notice once touched in that I decided that it wasn't worth repairing back to a perfect finish for now. Now used to the width of the car so don't expect any more kerbing... lol! Probably will repair soon.
Matt-black? Hmmmm... not sure how that will look with the Storm White paint and glossy-black b-pillar... Try it in photo-shop first.