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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 05:42 PM
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Powercoat question.......

Going to pull the trigger on some new Vossen CV3's in a couple weeks, and have a question for everyone......how would you think my current wheels( 20" SV1 forged wheels) would look powder coated satin black? If I did this, I would powder coat EVERYTHING accept for the rivets. Here is a quick pic of the car with the wheels how they currently are:


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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 06:41 PM
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if u do that, do the lips in gloss black.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 06:54 PM
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Gloss? They can powder coat in Gloss? SWEET!
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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Come on guys.....give me some feedback.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 08:48 PM
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I think that sounds good. Satin black centers with gloss lips would look really good on your car.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 11:24 PM
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So no one thinks it would look good with all of the wheel being satin/matt black?
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:13 AM
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Won't look bad, but some contrast in the wheel would look a lot better. Gloss lips for sure.
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:27 AM
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Gotcha........just want something different to go back and forth with between wheels.
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TeRRoRiFiC35
if u do that, do the lips in gloss black.
+1 if you want to go all black route or you leave those lip as is
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:43 AM
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hmmmm... I like how they are now. What finish cv3?
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:44 AM
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Meh, can't leave the lips..... lol, they are chromed and not polished. gonna have them blasted, then pained/powder coated.

Or I might get the urge to post them up on here.....who knows. But have always preferred to have a second set of rims, to keep a change going when I want to do something different, ya know?

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Originally Posted by P Casey
hmmmm... I like how they are now. What finish cv3?
Matt Graphite
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 12:50 AM
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2 sets of wheels would be great
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2 sets of wheels would be awesome. And I really like the idea of matte black centers with a gloss lip.
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Yea, I use to have 2 sets of wheels for my CLS.......But then got the G37, and haven't found any others I REALLY like, so the graphite CV3's it is.
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