Powder Coat Rims?

[Newport Viper]

I was thinking of buying 96 rims to put on my 95. I would like opinions of what a yellow car with BLACK rims (powder coated) would look like. Good ,Bad, Ugly? Is it OK to coat these rims? If I don't like the look , can the rims be stripped then chromed?
Thanks for your opinions!
Is there anyone out there with black rims?

 

[TacDoc]

I am doing that now. I have a set of '95 rims I am stripping to paint black and use on my white '96. I am just tired of brake dust. The factory silver finish is tough. Stripper softens it, but a wire wheel is still needed to remove the finish. No gouging the metal with a fine/medium wire wheel. I am going to just prime and paint as opposed to powder coat.

Greg
96 RT
00 GTS

 

[Newport Viper]

Thanks so much for the cool photo-shop picture...it definitely gives me a better idea of what it will look like! Is there anyone out there who has actually gone through with the job? Does anyone have a car with yellow paint/black rims...whether it is a Vette, Porsche, Lamborghini, etc.? (pictures?)

Thanks!

 

[bad viper]

I had Kinesis re-do their wheels in "black Chrome"
looks great IMHO

 

[Mopar Steve]

Black chrome is beautiful!! The only place I ever saw it was on my '80 Corvette shift knob. Never thought of having it on wheels. I bet that looks great. Pic's?

 

[Newport Viper]

Once something is powder coated can it be stripped later?

 

[bad viper]

Tom P. post some wheel photos. I first had it on my Harley Bad
Boy model in 1995. I thought it would look good on a
black Viper. I think it does.

 

[Newport Viper]

Wayne,
Any photo's of your balck rims?
Thanks

 

[Jerry Scott[CO]]

I have powder coated wheels on my street Audi S4, and they are teriffic for quick clean up of the brake dust that accumulates and for the tough finish that it gives. But, I'm not sure how powder coating would work with racing wheels. My Viper track wheels get up to 1000 F degs. at the hubs on a hot day at the track and I'm sure that others can verify even higher temperatures. I don't know the melting temperature of the vinyl coating, but I would bet that this is getting close to where it will flow.

 

[David Jenkins]

Newport, I gotta' guy with '97 17" 5 spokes with tires for $1,500. Send them to OC Plating to have powder coated. I think it'll look great, but I've always been a black wheel man.dj

 

[PRVT JET]

I had a set of supra rims painted black with clear coat to put on my rx-7. it looks just like a finish on a car.

 

[PMUM]

Here's a photo of 1/2 of my blacked out rims combo. I can't find any photos of the car when I had all 4 powdercoated black wheels on the car. Those rears hadn't been washed in probably over a year and looked just as good as they did when they were clean!

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[David Jenkins]

ol' silver,..... I miss that old '98. I've got some pics with all 4 black wheels. I'll call ya' Newport.dj

 

[Newport Viper]

Jon,
Thanks for posting my pictures! Everyone that has seen the car thinks it looks Bad A$$ now! For details email me.

 

[BWoodbury]

I have a set of '96 rims that will be up for sale in a few days. They will be much less than the "two grand" mentioned earlier.