Opinions on what to do with these wheels

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:17 pm

I bought a set of 17" gen 2 GTB alloys that have been powdercoated gold with the intention on putting them on my red Outback. When I got them and put them up against the Outback I realised they clashed with the silver lower body cladding. If the whole car was red I wouldnt have an issue.

A quick session with photoshop shows how they might look

I think they would be better if they were silver

What should I do????

If I could find somebody with a set of similar alloys who would swap them for a set of factory coloured ones I would.

My other 3 options are to .....
1. Strip them with acetone and clearcoat over the alloy
2. Rough up the powdercoating and paint over it with some 2-pack colour of my choice
3. Have them re-powdercoated in a more suitable colour

Im looking for the most cost effective option as this is just my daily driver

What are your thoughts????

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:51 pm

You could go really cheap and plastidip them,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwUuFUbulw8

my brother did his xr6 rims. It looked like crap so he peeled it off

.

Regards

Doug

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:58 pm

Paint the cladding gold &#55357;&#56835;

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:44 pm

dfoyl wrote:Paint the cladding gold ��

Trying to keep it cheap.

I'll look into the plasti dip though

taza · Post by **taza** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:46 pm

2 pack colour in silver

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:53 am

dfoyl wrote:Paint the cladding gold ��

+1.

The gold cladding looks awesome against a red body. You can offset the cost of painting the cladding against the cost of stripping/painting the wheels. I believe you can get spray can paint for plastic so wont be too expensive