Black Powdercoated TE37 Volks

[Ewan27]

Hi Guys, just wanted to share some pictures of my alloys after they'd been powdercoated, £200 for all 4 which I thought was very reasonable.

 

https://plus.google.com/113813799645272 ... kwckEisfe7

 

Any advice on my centre caps? They are in a bad state (like the alloys were), but being plastic the guy couldn't powdercoat them! Can I get some plastic primer than spray paint them black?

 

Cheers

[DoogyRev]

[rtbiscuit]

pop up a picture of the centre caps

 

they can be sprayed or possibly wrapped.

[ewan221]

Looking good, where did you get them done

[Ewan27]

Looking good, where did you get them done

 

Got them done in a tiny place called Creca, which is near Annan (in between Dumfries & Carlisle). About 90 miles from Glasgow

[Ewan27]

pop up a picture of the centre caps

 

they can be sprayed or possibly wrapped.

 

Here's a picture of the centre caps as requested

 

https://plus.google.com/photos/11381379 ... 3025978577

[rtbiscuit]

yes you could spray them, but on such expensive wheels i'd want to maintain the original wheel centres otherwise whats to distinguish them from something like rota's.

 

if it were me i'd be looking to buy a new set of centres.

 

or possibly paint them and i can cut you a new logo to go on them once painted.

[BulletMagnet]

Just be warned in advance that a set of centre caps are around £125-ish

[CrustyCrab]

very nice

[Ewan27]

yes you could spray them, but on such expensive wheels i'd want to maintain the original wheel centres otherwise whats to distinguish them from something like rota's.

 

if it were me i'd be looking to buy a new set of centres.

 

or possibly paint them and i can cut you a new logo to go on them once painted.

 

Thanks for your feedback. Do you have any good sources for new centres? What would I need to remove the marks before I paint them? Sorry to be a noob, but what do you mean by cut a new logo?

 

Would these look any good do you think? http://goo.gl/rQ4bZ

 

These looks like the expensive option! - http://www.part-box.com/product_info.ph ... s_id=17076

 

Or these looks good - http://www.vividracing.co.uk/volk_gt_hi ... 486145.php

[rtbiscuit]

Thanks for your feedback. Do you have any good sources for new centres? What would I need to remove the marks before I paint them? Sorry to be a noob, but what do you mean by cut a new logo?

 

I do vinyl cutting, it won;t be as good as originals, but as an example these were the ones i did for my old OZ wheels

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would these look any good do you think? http://goo.gl/rQ4bZ

 

Nope, but thats just personal taste

 

These looks like the expensive option! - http://www.part-box.com/product_info.ph ... s_id=17076

 

Possible

 

Or these looks good - http://www.vividracing.co.uk/volk_gt_hi ... 486145.php

 

possible agian, but you'd need to check fitment

 

these are your actual ones but they aren't cheap

 

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/mm5/m ... Code=VR-CC

 

this website has a selection, dealt with evasive before, good company.

 

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/mm5/m ... Code=VR-CC

 

there are some specific websites that deal with wheel centres and have a good selection, but can;t think of the one o was on a while back.

[Ewan27]

Thanks for your feedback. Do you have any good sources for new centres? What would I need to remove the marks before I paint them? Sorry to be a noob, but what do you mean by cut a new logo?

 

I do vinyl cutting, it won;t be as good as originals, but as an example these were the ones i did for my old OZ wheels

 

Ah ok cool, so if I sent you my caps in their current state, you could give them this treatment? Roughly how much would you charge for this? (PM if necessary)

 

 

These looks like the expensive option! - http://www.part-box.com/product_info.ph ... s_id=17076

 

Possible

 

Do you know if these are the correct fitting for my wheels?

 

Many thanks again!

[rtbiscuit]

from the look of the design of your wheel centres they don;t look like they can be wrapped. the logo is raised, and the carbon indented. they look like they would be a pig to refurb.

[Ewan27]

from the look of the design of your wheel centres they don;t look like they can be wrapped. the logo is raised, and the carbon indented. they look like they would be a pig to refurb.

 

Ah OK, fair enough. From what I've been reading up on, they don't appear to have a standard fitting either! I'll just try and sanding them down and painting the outside black to see how that looks. Cheers for all your input. Sorry to repeat my question, but do you know if these will fit if I end up buying new ones?

 

http://www.part-box.com/product_info.ph ... s_id=17076

 

It does say TE37(19 Inch), or is there anything else I need to look out for?

 

Cheers

[rtbiscuit]

from the look of the design of your wheel centres they don;t look like they can be wrapped. the logo is raised, and the carbon indented. they look like they would be a pig to refurb.

 

Ah OK, fair enough. From what I've been reading up on, they don't appear to have a standard fitting either! I'll just try and sanding them down and painting the outside black to see how that looks. Cheers for all your input. Sorry to repeat my question, but do you know if these will fit if I end up buying new ones?

 

http://www.part-box.com/product_info.ph ... s_id=17076

 

It does say TE37(19 Inch), or is there anything else I need to look out for?

 

Cheers

 

if it says it will fit the 19" variant then my guess is if yours are 19" then they fit.

[Ian]

http://www.vividracing.co.uk/volk_gt_hi ... 486145.php

 

These ones definitely fit

 

All RAYS centres are expensive though, I paid £80 just for the plain flat ones

[rtbiscuit]

i prefer those to the other ones as well

[Ewan27]

http://www.vividracing.co.uk/volk_gt_hi ... 486145.php

 

These ones definitely fit

 

All RAYS centres are expensive though, I paid £80 just for the plain flat ones

 

Yeah they are definitely very nice, but unfortunately when you go to add them to your cart they say they don't carry that product anymore Where did you get your plain ones from?

[Ian]

I got my flat ones from RHD Japan

 

The ones in the link above were limited to 100 caps, I did have a set of them (took me 6 months to get them) but I sold them with my wheels

[Ewan27]

Ah well, I'll keep my eye out on ebay for a set of these! I have spoken to a guy at http://www.part-box.com and he can do a set of plain ones in gunmetal for £60 delivered. Gunmetal might be best to match the door handles, what do you think? He is sending me pictures over so I post when I receive them.

 

The other option is to get plain ones in white, then spray them yellow with the Ultra Paint. Thoughts?

[Ewan27]

Hi guys, do you think these "gun metal" caps would match the door handle or are they too dark?

 

https://plus.google.com/photos/11381379 ... 3025978577

[BulletMagnet]

I still don't know why the centre caps should match the door handles, it's not really something I would consider important. Wheels help the overall look of the car, but should retain their own identity

[Ewan27]

Fair enough, you're not the first too make that point, so I'm going to drop it now

 

I am going to try to refurb and paint my current caps tonight, if that fails I think I'll get some white caps and spray them with Ultra Yellow paint.