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Old 01-15-2020, 02:55 PM
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Refinishing Alphard wheels, color?

I'm about to get my Alphard wheels refinished and a thought just occurred to me, what color are the pockets painted? I believe the face is machined, but the pockets painted. My SL is Brilliant Silver (744), I'm considering specifying that color. Any thoughts or advice?

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Sean, What did you decide to do for color? Did you have the wheels powder coated one color?
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I did have them powder coated as there was not enough material left on the wheel to machine them again. When I picked them up, they looked great, they're a silver, but now on the car I feel like there is too much of a bluish color to them, so I'm not 100% happy with them. I have a few options:
  1. I could have them redone
  2. I could plasti-dip them with the new metalizer finish
  3. sell them and get an aftermarket set
Right now I'm leaning towards the plastidip as a temporary solution.
https://www.dipyourcar.com/collectio...nt=14459076932
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That's too bad.
Thank you for the response.

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