fix and powdercoat TSW 17" razors?
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fix and powdercoat TSW 17" razors?
I know xavier had a similar poll for his rims... but I am undecided on my set also... Please vote and post advice! thanks!
History of rims:
I bought them looking for a rim with only 4 lugs instead of a universal 8 lug pattern (I think it looks cleaner). I also knew I wanted an 8 spoke rim.
I have had these rims for 3 or so years now. I recently had the front 2 rims redone (rockchips and such from daily driving). I had never hit a curb or anything with these rims until I lost control on a wintry freezing cold night last december... going about 80 on a turn with no tread on rear tires...yeah I'm an idiot I know... anyways I hit the curb doing almost 60 with the steering wheel cut all the way to the right so I'm lucky not more damage was done (and I didn't wreck the car).
The other 3 rims are in perfect shape - they just need a recoating of something from daily driving wear and tear.
There is a local guy in memphis that does powdercoating (http://www.rickspowdercoating.com/)for a decent price.
Here's some pics of the rims on the fast car and the rim damage...
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History of rims:
I bought them looking for a rim with only 4 lugs instead of a universal 8 lug pattern (I think it looks cleaner). I also knew I wanted an 8 spoke rim.
I have had these rims for 3 or so years now. I recently had the front 2 rims redone (rockchips and such from daily driving). I had never hit a curb or anything with these rims until I lost control on a wintry freezing cold night last december... going about 80 on a turn with no tread on rear tires...yeah I'm an idiot I know... anyways I hit the curb doing almost 60 with the steering wheel cut all the way to the right so I'm lucky not more damage was done (and I didn't wreck the car).
The other 3 rims are in perfect shape - they just need a recoating of something from daily driving wear and tear.
There is a local guy in memphis that does powdercoating (http://www.rickspowdercoating.com/)for a decent price.
Here's some pics of the rims on the fast car and the rim damage...
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keep in mind my car is primer black and it will be staying that way for at least a couple more years (until I get a garage to store it in). That's why I was going to go with a gunmetal color...
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Hey...I think those rims look good on your mx, but I think a gunmetal would look great and go well with your overall flat black / primer black and carbon fiber theme. Three years on the same rims is not too bad, I have been running the same fittipaldi avus+ rims for like 5 years now on my mx3
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If it's gonna be parked outside, wouldn't it be better for the car body protection to have it properly painted, instead of just primed?Mooneggs wrote:keep in mind my car is primer black and it will be staying that way for at least a couple more years (until I get a garage to store it in). That's why I was going to go with a gunmetal color...
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probably... I figure 30 bucks and 8 hours every 6-8 months isn't too bad to keep it looking the same... I just re-prime it when it fades, then it goes back to being super smooth and dark...Whisper wrote:If it's gonna be parked outside, wouldn't it be better for the car body protection to have it properly painted, instead of just primed?
My question is: is just having my car primered damaging anything? Like the metal underneath? I know that primer is much more porous as it soaks up water and dries very quickly... but does that hurt anything?
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yeah I thought about that but will it stand up to the heat of powdercoating?
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why dont' you have them painted Gunmetal and clearcoat them ... I purchased my BSA wheels black and used a mazda color and painted them silver then cleared them twice
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yeah I had thought of just painting... but won't powdercoating stand up better to rock chips and such?
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I still haven't decided... if you have any thoughts I would appreciate it...
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This is a good question and I have caught myself pondering about this at times... (late at night staring at the stars)umcamara wrote:Mooneggs. Just curious to know what you would call your RS if you had one, considering that your K8 is "slow car"?
My first MX-3 was a 94 GS auto SO that would be considered my Super Slow Car. So now we come to the RS question. I can never keep those motors straight but there are 2 types correct? Like a 110hp and an 88hp? So the 110 hp would be called the Ridiculously Super Slow Car and the 88hp would be the Ridiculously Retarded Super Slow Car. It's a good thing I don't have an RS because I would hate to have to type all that name out every time.
I guess I could just make it short too by saying "Retarded Slow" = RS
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