Norwichdelta06

Unfortunately all my wheels have curb damage. I am getting all four of them refinished for 150 each with a 5 year warranty. The location im getting them fix let me that I can have my wheels painted a different color. And i was thinking is that a good idea? I mean all of our wheels are painted to begin with. I was thinking of a gunmetal color or even graphite What do you guys think?

tommy

A pic of your car would be helpful.

Also, powdercoating would last longer. It would run you about $300-350 for all four.

If it were going to cost me $150 each to get them resurfaced, I would seriously be thinking of upgrading them instead.

Peydidy

Defiantly agree with tommy. If you are in the bay area I know of a really great powder coating shop. Also I think gun metal looks pretty nice on our cars but I don't no about it on stock rims, try photo shopping it and seeing how they look. Other Wise for a little more you could probably get some pretty sick wheels on Craigslist.

kewman22

HEY IM IN SAN JOSE I NEED TO GET SOME RIMS POWER COATED. HOW MUCH? They will be size 18's and I want the lip white and the rim black. similiar to this
http://i46.tinypic.com/162eya.jpg
thanks send me your number or email me mankew@yahoo.com

glocati

I am picking up my set of CLS wheels from my powdercoater this week. I went with a gunmetal gray. I will zap you a pic later this week for a look see/point of reference.

TruTaing

Glocati - you better post pix :P

kewman22

Little off the subject but any of you buy aftermarket projectors? I read pros and cons, I hate the way my cloudy fogged up headlights look btw i have a 02 c230 coupe. even if i polished the lenses the projectors look soo nice an soo updated. Is the light pattern that bad

Peydidy

Its not my powder coating shop, its my friends dads. There a huge place though, not like a small shop, its like a factory practically haha, but they still to rims and all. I'm not sure there exact prices but tell them Peyman sent you and kraig will hook it up. The place is called maas brothers powder coating in livermore, heres there website: http://www.maasbrothersinc.com
good luck!

tommy

Yes, the frosties really detract from the overall look of the car. Be careful - if it says "Fits W203s", the projectors most likely mean for the sedan, not the coupe. They will not fit. I have the MB clear headlights (ie, not xenons), they're very hard to find, though. Bi-xenons are very expensive.

Good luck, but there ain't that much out there.

Peydidy

theres a few on ebay running around $500, but as tommy said they are rare.

Midnight Koop

nice! post pics asap... how much did it run you?

glocati

Tru and Koop. Will post up pics for sure. You two sold me on the CLS wheels

I pay $50 per wheel down here in P town. Most others here in town charge more...

Midnight Koop

ah that is a great price. its 100/wheel over here.

TruTaing

What?! OUR wheels in gunmetal grey?!?! I was thinkin about PLASTIDIPPING to that color!! Lol, 50 bux a wheel is an awesome deal! Now im really excited to see the pix.

glocati

ha! yea, Jon, i copied your and koops cls wheels. will def post some pics. Let me know if you want the powdercoaters name. Portland is not too far..

glocati

Gunmetal CLS wheel...

tommy

Looking great. Gunmetal also does a fairly decent job of hiding brake dust.

TruTaing

oh man, i do want.

RedStripe

man oh man those are really nice, G!

glocati

Thanks Tommy, Tru and C. Will post up some pics of them when i get them on the wagon. Hope to get fresh tires and install the whole thing next week. And thanks for the lug info. Jon/Tru.

I_C_Class

I like that gunmetal CLS wheels

Midnight Koop

sick! nice glocati... i was thinking of doing my 2007 sports that color... but now i'm thinkin the cls wheels...

excited to see them on your shaggwagon

glocati

Thanks IC..and Tommy, u crack me up. "shaggwagon" LMAO !

MBfinatic

What color is the car?

RedStripe

I can't get over that color, G. Why are they not on your wag-un yet?

Is the color of that pcoat really called gunmetal?
Everytime I've tried to tell a painter or powdercoater "gunmetal" in the past, I've gotten awkward stares. It's been awhile tho (years), so maybe it's gotten common enough for there to be a color labeled that, if not folks having picked out a color that they refer to when people request it.