phister

Yeah my wheels are coming in wed

I used Duplicolor Metalcast, its a high temp paint that gives the anodized look. I bought the base coat as well so the anodized finish came out more since the calipers arent polished. I have some some spots i need to touch up but I have to wait a few days to let the paint cure.

W203E35

Are you gonna show us a sneak peak or surprise us?

phister

I'll do a sneak peek since I have to test fit the fronts to see if it'll have room for the calipers and see if I need different bolts or not. I'm still deciding on what tires I want to get haha looking into the Continental DW or the Bridgestone RE760

ROLLNNN

those wheels are sick!!! They are 17's? Too bad they aren't 18's, Should look nice on your car though. The purple calipers look good too.

phister

Thanks Roland. Yeah I wished they were 18s too but I'm just happy I got them lol... The purple came out darker than what I thought, which is a good thing, looks more of a royal purple, guess it's because I used the base coat. I'll wash my car tomorrow and do some nice shots by my bike trail.

TruTaing

Nice! I was wonderin who got those wheels. Id rock em :x

phister

Yeah I always liked them. Now I'll see how low my car can really go

phister

got my wheelies in a hour ago... Here are some pics for teasing purposes lol... now its time to order some tires for these beauties. But gotta test them to see if I need spacers and new lug bolts, hopefully one of the set of bolts I have will do. I'll take fitment pics to see how they look tomorrow or over the weekend.

hcalvarez

nice! cant wait for you to install them. Bro wardsweb, mskembo and i will have a mini meet in san antonio this saturday, not sure if too far for you to drive down. PM us if you're interested.

phister

I cant this saturday cause I work. But I drive down to Austin about every other weekend to see some friends of mine. I'll see if the gf will let me sneak off and meet with yall sometime when we're down there.

TruTaing

Hurry up and mount these wheels already! Im eager to see what they look like on a w203!

cpbeasley

+1

phister

lol sorry, I've been really busy at work and trying to get into my medical program. I'll do the test fit today. Waiting for my tires to come in next week.

havoc_vulture

OOOOOoooooooOOOOO intriguing gotta stay tuned for this

phister

didnt have time today to test fit, but I'll do it when I get off work this morning. Man... working 10hr graveyard shift and going to school most of the day gets exhausting. Sorry for the delay everyone, I'm just as anxious as you all on how they'll look.

phister

ok finally got my test fit pics uploaded. Conclusion is that I need a bigger spacer upfront. The bolts/rivets come into contact against the caliper, I assumed it was going to since the offset was +30. I think I'll have to purchase 10mm spacers cause 5mm wont push the wheels out far enough. But surprisingly the OEM lug bolts actually fit perfectly, but I'm going to need longer ones upfront so guess I'll have to make a call to RADUSA and see what they can do for me.

Heres some pics of the test fist

d1no

^^ That is going to look sick slammed .. and does this mean I get your old bolts lol?

hcalvarez

bro that'll look bad ***! cant wait when you're done with it.

phister

yes they do the bolts are way too short for the wheels lol I found out that the wheels skank is 39mm just like ours, but I need to get 50mm upfront to accomidate the 10mm spacers I need upfront. I already found a place that have the bolts I need. So I have to wait longer now to get my spacers and bolts in. Also selling my 3mm hubcentric spacers if anyone is interested, or maybe I'll throw them in the rear to push them out a little too.

draz.amg

Those would be perfect if they were 18s but they still look amazing! Nice work.

phister

Yeah they'd look awesome in 18s but its all good, I get to put more rubber on now and have a more comfy ride

d1no

Awesome let me know when .. But yeah I would just throw the 3mm spacers on the rears as well since you are getting longer bolts and it will help make it more flush which is good. Another plus to 17's tires is that they are less money than 18's.

havoc_vulture

youre rims in youre sig are sexy dude

Phister cant wait to see the outcome looking good
may i ask where you got the paint for the calipers
online or a retail store?

phister

good old pepboys, its the duplicolor metalcast paint. if you like the wheels you should buy them from me, im selling them

phister

Hopefully I'll have everything next week to put the wheels on.