blocks as in jack stands or what? i'm very very curious as i want to do it very, very soon i'm thinking of getting 4 jack-stands while mine are done, sound good ?

 

He probably means Blocks as in Cinder blocks.

Jack Stands are definitely better in my opinion.

Although most Jack stand manufacturers will say to not put a car up in the air completely with Jack stands. Usually they say to do one end/side or the other.

But I have successfully left my car in the air for weeks on nothing but jackstands.

 

looks really really good!

 

ok cool good to know. my powdercoater does all the race bike (bicycles) and race car wheels in this area and they said that since my wheels are aluminum that sandblasting ruins the metal (apparently) and so they're going to acid-dip them they did the wheels on my GTS when i had it and they were awesome!

btw even the lowest setting on most jackstands means you have to really jack your car into the air lol! i have 3 jacks though so that shouldnt be a problem

 

looks great. i got mine done last week too. its a super bright lime green color

 

...rear supported by 2 large jack-stands.

front supported by 2 large wood blocks ( cut-offs from an 8 x 12 beam )

 

Your BBS wheels are forged. Please make sure your powder coater knows that powder coating forged aluminum is a completely different process than normal powder coating. If you powder coat forged wheels under normal conditions you can significantly weaken them and cause them to break under high speed.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...um-wheels.html

 

looks really nice man

 

If anyone lives in MD there is a place close to Frederick that you have to bring just rims without tires and he sand blast them and powdercoats them what ever color for 150 for all 4. luckly i have a local shop and they let me go in and mount and balance them for free

 

yea when i asked if it mattered that they were forged aluminum they said they had to not only acid-dip them to strip the factory coating, but also bake them at a lower temperature. if it were regular aluminum alloy apparently they only need to acid-dip them and not care about the normal bake temp? i'll show them that document you showed me a link to though just to make sure they get the right temp. because they're aluminum though i guess sand-blasting also messed up the metal's properties as well, so acid-dip is the way to go.

 

Yah, definitely 100% get them acid dipped. It's much cleaner as well. It would take forever to sandblast these wheels.

 

....i agree.

what thickness would look the best ?

 

Not a bad price, I asked my guy and he quoted me $55 a wheel, I didn't do it then. Came back after 6 months, he didn't remember me and wanted $85 a wheel. Forget that. I've been quoted $90 a wheel plus powder cost, by more reputable guys of course..
Looks great.

 

Nicely done!

 

Ya they came out really good.