I was looking around scionlife and thought to myself..

"hey, i wonder if anyone picked up the 5 spoke 18" TRD wheels and decided to powdercoat them or change the color on them?"

anyone?
pictures would be nice

 

Yea, I've seen a set with the spokes painted black and the lip stayed polished. Looked sick.
Lemme see if I can find the pic.

 

Well, here's a set painted bronze.


This dude powdercoated the whole thing black.


Here's a set in gunmetal.


Do some searching... you'll find more.

 

freal? yeahh. i was filing through the pages and I couldn't find any =[

i like the bronze though, i was thinking about picking some up and painting them gold or something cuz I have a PW xB, thought it'd look hot.

i'll keep looking, but anyone else have anymore?

 

those wheels weigh light 43 lbs a piece rims and tires together!!!

 

:heart attack:

you serious?
steelies weigh like.. 30ish right?

 

i am super serious about the weight of the trd's 18"... if you have a bathroom scale you can weigh one of 'em to see for your self they are just heavy wheels

stock steelies weigh about 33lbs

heck even the optional 15" scion alloy wheels weigh the same as the steelies

 

geebus man.

i was thinking of picking them up cuz i found a really good deal on them, i just didn't want silver wheels on my white xB... i like the whole contrast thing.

i got a couple more questions too

how much would it normally cost to get wheels powdercoated, or would it be hard to do it myself?

and what's the OEM tire size? 225/35/18?

 

^^^215/35 18s...

 

you'll need a oven to bake the powdercoat on...

 

i just had a thought.
heavy wheels, worst on gas mileage huh.

it'd probably be a bad purchase on my part especially with gas prices.

has anyone tried coloring them gold?

 

if they are to good of a deal to pass up, then go ahead and get them, and you could just use them for car shows and stuff not as your everyday wheels.

 

They only zap like 1-2 mpgs when I'm rollin them.
I'm considering colormatching the spoke part BCP on mine.
They also look SIC in all black. Maybe do them completely in flat black?

 

They were great wheels. I loved my set, but yea... they're not light.

 

i did that for a few months and what a P.I.T.A. to do not worth it imho...

 

Yeah I can tell a difference when I go from my TRD's to my steelies in the winter. It may not be a light wheels but it looks oh so good on my xA

 

haha. yeah i currently have 17" wheels, and I think they're pretty light IMO, they weigh like 35lbs with the tires.
but even with those i'm getting like 24-25 mpg.

I wanted to pick up 18's to fill the wheel gap a little better n' i think the xB looks a little better with them.

i might just pick them up and see if i can paint them myself.
i've seen some DIY's on painting wheels n' it doesn't seem all that complicated, but i'll see

 

how much does a set of the TRD wheels go for usually?

 

^^^With tires...maybe somewhere in the ballpark of $600-$900 shipped!

 

yeaah. on newscionparts.com they go for close to $300 a rim. SANS the tire.