Powercoating color question for Sport Package Rays

scruffydog

I just dropped off my wheels to Wheel Techniques and will have pictures back by Thursday. I did it a hint darker than Hyperblack. It'll be very close to what we see on the Lexus LF-A or GT-R.

brucelidat

cool, it'll look great

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LakeShow

Get the paint code.

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kyz12

please post pic of wheels off and on the car with paint code pls

MacLean

Nice....very nice

scruffydog

Yes, I will do. I should get the car back by this Thursday or Friday. I will try to post pictures of it in different lighting so others can see if it's something they want. As of right now, I told them to shoot for something like this:



so even during day time it won't look too light like the OEM 40th Anniversary edition.

scruffydog

it's crazy how sometimes the lighting could make the OEM 40th anniversary edition look like this:


Are these even the same as the other picture I showed?

My receipt just said "DMB, Recon Dark Base Hyper Silver....Dark Than Display"

brucelidat

I really like the color of the OEM 40th wheels, anyone know the paint code for them?

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kyz12

those 40th wheels look a lot darker than normal in that light. I want mine darker though. can't wait to see how yours come out!!

tjlazer

Hey I got those same wheels on my Z32 too!

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brucelidat

Is there a forum preferred or highly recommended powdercoater in the socal area? Also, how long does the process take? Are you carless for a few days?

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MattP725

The 40th wheels have a lot of pearl in them I'd bet so they look very different depending on the light... the LFA wheels are def a few shades darker. Here are mine when they were freshly cleaned...

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scruffydog

So most Powdercoating shops I called up don't specializes in cars so to say. They prolly will do a good job but it's hard to find one that has needed tools to unmount/mount and balance the wheels for your car. Most places need you to figure that out on your own - they only want the Wheel itself.

So be sure you're factoring that in your price. I think normally that process easily could cost $30+/wheel.

I called up 5 places and only 1 shop in south bay area, Nor cal (which I previous took my motorcycle wheels to powdercoat) allowed me to drop off the car and will take care of all this in 3 business day turn around time. They're pretty quick. They'll repair, sandblast, powdercoat.

Most places vary in time....so far my response for turn around time was 3-4 days, 1 week, or 10-12 days. It really depends I guess. But I also heard some places will say as fast as 1 day turn around. But don't kid yourself, most places don't have the bandwidth for that.

Nice ride MattP725, is that Gunmetal body color or is it the 40th Anniversary Quartz?

twinturbonet

Oh yea? Sweet man. At the time, Ruff Racing was sponsoring SFZCC and I got those wheels real cheap.

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