s44life

Well the title explains it all. I'm thinking about changing the stock rim color. Don't wanna buy new ones cuz the stock ones have the pressure monitor thingy and I like that.

So which one is better?? Paint or powdercoat??

Any suggestions for colors on a nautica blue?? I was thinking white but they got dirty very quick, I wonder if gunmetal would look good?[/b]

SwtC44

yea i was thinkin about this too. From what i can gather, i would go powder coating. I believe it will last longer. I would say that gunmetal would look pretty freakin awesome.

Neothin

i really like a bright silver on the dark blue cars (thats why my wheels are silver!) white wouldn't be bad either.

powdercoat for sure. way more durable against chipping and such

Jdogg440

thinking I'm headed the same route, Most likely paint, (as paint comes off, powercoat doesn't, and i'm not 100% set on a color yet), but a Dark gunmetal grey, or a dark bronze is where i am heading. also on a NB

LiquidFX

either way go with powder coat, its more expensive but last longer and looks better

boostedAAS

like everyone says... powdercoat for durability, but for the cost of the dupli wheel paint and take your time spraying. it turns out pretty nice.

tCGuy007

If money is not an issue, go with powdercoat. Otherwise go with paint.

s44life

thanks for the input guyz, well money is always an issue but I learned that it's better to save up and do it right......so I'm gonna research how much powdercoating would cost

cherryBox

powdercoat +1

2007 tCs have sensors mounted on the valve stems inside the wheels (except spare), earlier model year tCs do NOT have sensors mounted on the valve stems inside the wheels, they use the ABS wheel rotation rate sensors.

the stem sensors can be moved to a new set of wheels.

Detonate

powdercoat. get it done right the first time and save yourself the trouble the next.

Papispico

ugh. if u EVERRRRRRRRR plan to get a set of aftermarket rims...then dont even bother powder coating ur stock wheels.
Ive been quoted by 3 different places for about 125-105 a wheel. for all that money ill just get myself some aftermarket wheels....

DonnyDarko

How much do u think it would cost do to the capidilers

mike6789k

it would be cheap... but the problem is that you have to remove all the components except the metal from the calipers... because powdercoating involves placing the piece in a high temp oven