im looking to do the same, iwas going the powder coating route, i called up a local shop (tampa,fl) and they want $400+ and i had to remove the tires and weights, just seemed kinda expensive. but im guessing if i paint them i still have to take off the tires?

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Do you have any pics of this? I wanted to see this graphite gray on an evo.

Thanks!

just take index cards and stick them between the tires and rime and you should be good to go with out taking the tires off.At leats thats wut i ve read around the boards.

Paint - not powdercoat. The OE rims are base and clear coated.

I had a body shop friend paint mine for me.

+1 for paint.

yea just paint them because 400+ is wayyy too much just to make your stock rims a different color.

ya i painted mine too..jus take ur time and make sure u read the DIY ...helped me a lot! besides that, WEAR A MASK!

FLAT BLCK all the way!

ah, yes the paint the wheels idea. I did this awhile back. Tried green, then blue, then I finally powdercoated black. You can use index cards as stated above and apply 2-3 coats, then do a couple coats of clear. As for the longevity, I do not know as mine didnt stay that way for very long. $400 for powdercoating is expensive. I ended up paying $45 a wheel to include the sand blasting.

I did mine gold

i painted mine as well. Paint is holding up good, i just couldnt see spending the money on powdercoat. The shops here want 75 a wheel plus 25 a wheel to prep then add 50 a wheel to dismount-mount tires=600 for stock wheels was just too much for me!

the post was from 2005 lol

Haha good eye! I wonder if he made up his mind yet

bump for the stockers on the graphite gray painted black!! glossy or flat black for a tinted lowred graphite grey (my car)?? bump for a sick thread!