M3/M4 Wheels

[TunedM2C]

I'll be driving off the dealer lot and right to a wheel shop to get the silver 19's powder coated gloss black.

[Real Deal]

Originally Posted by Strongbark

I'll be driving off the dealer lot and right to a wheel shop to get the silver 19's powder coated gloss black.

Pretty much my plans even though I ll be getting wheels with more aggressive offsets and use the ones I get with the car as winter set up :-)

[LSM]

Originally Posted by Strongbark

I'll be driving off the dealer lot and right to a wheel shop to get the silver 19's powder coated gloss black.

I'm with you MJ, i just saw close-up of those half black wheels. Terrible..

Lou

[Gearhead999s]

I changed my order to the silver/gray wheels as I think the black wheels would look not great with Sparkling black.The black 19's are standard in Canada.

[F9T]

Originally Posted by kaashia

I wouldn't call it black chrome. It is more like a polished black in the center and the outer color is more like a dark gray. At certain light angles you may think it is black but it really isn't. Although I would say that the black wheels look slightly better in person than they do in pictures, but personally I think they would look bad on most exterior car colors. I think it could work on a gray car or mineral white.

I plan on going to the DC auto show this weekend so I'll see how the wheel colors look on silverstone and yas marina blue cars.

Cool. Let us know about YMB. I'm thinking of YMB, so am curious to know.

[Matteus]

I like swimming against the tide. Good job, as I actually like the two-tone black wheels, and have specc'd them with black saphire paint and black leather seats and carbon fibre trim. Slightly concerned that I might have over-pimped this slightly.......

[bmwluvr24]

Originally Posted by aajami

It's hard to say for sure, but those look like 19s.

There is a thread that shows them up close and the tire showed 275/35/19.

[s4play]

I'm still waiting on someone to give the offsets so I can decide if the BBS FI' wheels will fit this car.

[Neil McRae]

i want to put on the GTS ZCP wheels in black.

[AlpineE92M3]

Originally Posted by Neil McRae

i want to put on the GTS ZCP wheels in black.

Same here if I trade my E92...I just think the ZCP wheels would look so much better.

[s4play]

Too bad BMW doesn't offer the ZCP as an option. Hate all of the current wheel choices.

[Powaup]

Originally Posted by Strongbark

I'll be driving off the dealer lot and right to a wheel shop to get the silver 19's powder coated gloss black.

Thinking of doing the same.. Can you get it done the same day? I read somewhere you have to let the paint settle for a week or something along those lines.. and how much will it cost? ~$500-1000?

[bmwluvr24]

Originally Posted by Powaup

Thinking of doing the same.. Can you get it done the same day? I read somewhere you have to let the paint settle for a week or something along those lines.. and how much will it cost? ~$500-1000?

I checked my local powder coat specialist here in Virginia and he said 2 days total down time for the wheels. 1 day to prep and bake, 1 day to clean them up and remove excess coating. The tires have to be off before bringing the wheels in though. Price was $90 a wheel for any color on their pallet.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Powaup

Thinking of doing the same.. Can you get it done the same day? I read somewhere you have to let the paint settle for a week or something along those lines.. and how much will it cost? ~$500-1000?

Powdercoat is just fine once baked on. I'm guessing that it'll be about $100 a wheel, maybe a lil less. I don't think I've ever paid over $400 to have a set of wheels powdercoated (..back when I actually used to PC wheels).

[Powaup]

Originally Posted by phishhead24

I checked my local powder coat specialist here in Virginia and he said 2 days total down time for the wheels. 1 day to prep and bake, 1 day to clean them up and remove excess coating. The tires have to be off before bringing the wheels in though. Price was $90 a wheel for any color on their pallet.

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Powdercoat is just fine once baked on. I'm guessing that it'll be about $100 a wheel, maybe a lil less. I don't think I've ever paid over $400 to have a set of wheels powdercoated (..back when I actually used to PC wheels).

Could I get brake calipers powder coated as well while I'm at it? thinking of going with red brake calipers black 18 inch wheels and A/W body

[bmwluvr24]

Originally Posted by Powaup

Could I get brake calipers powder coated as well while I'm at it? thinking of going with red brake calipers black 18 inch wheels and A/W body

Oh yeah! Sounds sexy. I am going to take mine and get them matte gunmetal and then maybe change the calipers to fluro yellow or fluro green.

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by Powaup

Could I get brake calipers powder coated as well while I'm at it? thinking of going with red brake calipers black 18 inch wheels and A/W body

Since powder coat is plastic, I'm not sure it will stand up to brake heat?

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Powaup

Could I get brake calipers powder coated as well while I'm at it? thinking of going with red brake calipers black 18 inch wheels and A/W body

They will need to be painted!

[RealStig]

Why dont you guys just plastidip them? It's way too much work to get the tires off the wheels, wait that long, and it costs a ton of money too (you'll need to rebalance tires, etc).

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by RealStig

Why dont you guys just plastidip them? It's way too much work to get the tires off the wheels, wait that long, and it costs a ton of money too (you'll need to rebalance tires, etc).

Plasti-dip is the stuff of half-measures if I must be honest. Do it right and powder coat the wheels. It's not that much of an inconvenience.

[dmk08]

Originally Posted by RealStig

Why dont you guys just plastidip them? It's way too much work to get the tires off the wheels, wait that long, and it costs a ton of money too (you'll need to rebalance tires, etc).

It's not a Civic and it only costs like $75 a wheel to have them done.

[Tonymiabmw]

I want orange wheels on my YMB