Standard 500 wheels - respray ?

[lazyitus]

I'm toying with the idea of changing the colour of my wheels to Gun Metal / Anthracite on my dark blue Griff. I got the idea on a recent trackday. The brake dust was immense and as a result, my wheels turned to this colour and looked quite good.

Anybody done this with their standard wheels ? If so, what's involved and what sort of cost was it for the four wheels to be done ?

[Stu R]

Go for powder coat, it's a much tougher finish. Expect around 50 quid a wheel
Not done it on a TVR, but had my cars wheels done and couldn't be happier with the finish.

[Pasco]

lazyitus said:

I'm toying with the idea of changing the colour of my wheels to Gun Metal / Anthracite on my dark blue Griff. I got the idea on a recent trackday. The brake dust was immense and as a result, my wheels turned to this colour and looked quite good.

Anybody done this with their standard wheels ? If so, what's involved and what sort of cost was it for the four wheels to be done ?

Ask Clivef he has just had his repainted

[lazyitus]

Stu R said:

Go for powder coat, it's a much tougher finish. Expect around 50 quid a wheel

Cheers.

Pasco said:

Ask Clivef he has just had his repainted

Great. I've dropped him an email.

[TVRfix]

Hi Lazy

We had our wheels done in a 'flip' paint, still collects a bit of dust but the effect when the sun hits them is great! We have paid for spiders to be refurbished approx £50 a wheel, the flip paint was a tad more!!

[lazyitus]

TVRfix said:

Hi Lazy

We had our wheels done in a 'flip' paint, still collects a bit of dust but the effect when the sun hits them is great! We have paid for spiders to be refurbished approx £50 a wheel, the flip paint was a tad more!!

Have you got any pictures ?

[FlipFlopGriff]

Clive,
Any response?
I've bought another set of Estorils and want to try a dark colour on Andreas?
FFG

[lazyitus]

No response from Clive as yet.

[clive f]

hi guys,been busy this morning had our annual ISO audit, so no time to play on here

had my wheels sprayed proffessionaly, cost £40 per wheel incuding the paint, and the chap was very good as I didn`t even have to remove the tyres which saved a few quid as well, very thorough rub down, clean, etch primer, paint and some good laquer, I`ll post a pic when I get home later.

[lazyitus]

clive f said:

I`ll post a pic when I get home later.

Great.

Were they standard wheels that you had done ?

[clive f]

[jeffsy]

clive f said:

hi guys,been busy this morning had our annual ISO audit, so no time to play on here

had my wheels sprayed proffessionaly, cost £40 per wheel incuding the paint, and the chap was very good as I didn`t even have to remove the tyres which saved a few quid as well, very thorough rub down, clean, etch primer, paint and some good laquer, I`ll post a pic when I get home later.

Yeh you've got those Subaru coloured wheels now havent you Clive?

[lazyitus]

clive f said:

Are you impressed and did they say you could re-paint back to original if you decided to ?

[FlipFlopGriff]

Clive,
Powder coated or other?
I think it goes well - just cause jeffsy's got one wobbly one.
FFG

[clive f]

they are painted, therefor you can have any colour you want, and change back to silver if you don1t like it

[lazyitus]

clive f said:

they are painted, therefor you can have any colour you want, and change back to silver if you don1t like it

[Pasco]

lazyitus said:

clive f said:

they are painted, therefor you can have any colour you want, and change back to silver if you don1t like it

I'm Hear all Week

Edited by Pasco on Tuesday 21st August 20:11

[clive f]

a bit late, the mrs couldn`t resist me (ie, dreaming)
went for a light subtle gold to go with the dark green of the griff.

[lazyitus]

Neat job.

[Pasco]

A sort of Gay Green me thinks