My car is going in for sills etc to be painted this week and alloys are next on a growing list. Can I just ask what size centre caps go on the roadstars as I hadn't thought of buying them but it makes sense if the alloys are being done. Also, I've been quoted £90 per wheel for full powder coating/refurbishment. I've looked around a bit, but does that seem a good price in other's experience? I want to get a proper job done on them
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Originally posted by mnbrennan View PostHere are mine.'99 Imola S50 | Simota | Front strut | Braided clutch cable | Bilstein B8 and H&R springs
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I agree, the problem is those pictures are straight after I got them back from powder coating!
Build thread: https://www.z3mcoupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19347
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Martin, I would have rejected those, that's quite poor in those areas. That's the classic problem with powdercoating. It can be a great finish (although there's lots of orange peel too) but if they just blast them and powdercoat you get the ripply finish like they're coroding underneath where maybe it hasn't stuck properly.
I'll try and get some photos of the wheels I had done recently - they seem really good to me. They are blasted and prep'd before being spraypainted like the factory finish (ie not powercoated). They do use a clearcoat powercoat though for durability.Last edited by c_w; 20-06-2017, 08:55 PM.
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I've just had my OEM wheels re done at the 'wheel specialist' in Manchester.
After nearly 20 years the original finish had a few minor defects
The managed to get the correct colour
P1070748 (1) by matt.wakefield1, on Flickr
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Originally posted by offyourmarks View PostI've just had my OEM wheels re done at the 'wheel specialist' in Manchester.
After nearly 20 years the original finish had a few minor defects
The managed to get the correct colour
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Cheers! I had previously painted my "track" set of wheels out of a can and the finish was ok but not fantastic. The problem was when I went to try and get them done properly in the same colour, the code I'd used for the spraycans was for a late 1970s Fiat and apparently there is no water-based formulation so the paint place scanned a wheel and came up with some close matches. The colour is slightly less goldy but I quite like it so hopefully they will look good on the car!
Is it the Wheel Specialist the place off Ashton Old Road?Last edited by c_w; 03-07-2017, 10:08 AM.
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I did think about using them but didn't get to quotations because I was put off by the "powder coating" as I believe the OE finish is painted, not powder coated, but I probably mis-read the procedure on their website. But offyourmark's photo looks spot on so I think must be painted.Last edited by c_w; 08-08-2017, 12:43 PM.
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