painting opinions??

[ScottHmk4]

ok debating gettin my alloyas sprayed anthrecite but i dont know what method to go for if i do it. opinions, paint, powdercoat , spray can (diy), leave as they are??

poll votes!!

 

[ScottHmk4]

photoshop

 

[Hartosh1]

Going for this colour to mate gonna get mine powder coated! Let me know where abouts you get it done as im on the lookout for a good place that will refurb and powder coat mine

 

[ScottHmk4]

kps (kilmarnock powdercoating services) are £35 a wheel carrick engineering is about the same

 

[Aimez]

powder coat is the most expensive option but hard wearing compared to spraying.

 

[GlanzaV]

I sprayed my mk3 Cupra wheels with a rattle can - they came out well and it lasted me about a year until the brake stoor started to stick (then I just did them again). They looked pretty good (IMHO) I'll post a picture later when I can access my flickR. Only cost about £20 in rattle cans from halfords and a few hours of my time.

I can also vouch for Carrick Engineering - They repaired one of my alloys when it got mashed in a pothole. You couldn't tell it had been damaged afterwards.

 

[borderboy]

leave them as they are.......i put anthacite S3 alloys on my last car and now when i look back i think they were chavy

they were nice at the time but it's been done to death

 

[GlanzaV]

Done with a couple rattle of cans in a weekend... worth it as a first attempt. If you hate the colour or anything then you could get them powdercoated later?

 

[Deleted member 13581]

Powdercoat Scott. Get them to do an extra layer or 2 of clearcoat.

I got mine done Gloss Black with 2 extra layers and they looked great.

 

[ScottHmk4]

hmm what does the extra clearcoat do like? extra protection? or shine

 

[Damoegan]

Powdercoat every time if you can.

 

[ScottHmk4]

Powdercoat every time if you can.

damo did u get a specific colour of anthrecite or did u just ask for anthrecite??

 

[Damoegan]

There are loads and loads of shades of anthrecite mate. But when I got mine done they guy said "what colour do you want them" so I pointed to some wheels on display and said "I want that one"

 

[ScottHmk4]

ahhh might be worth going up and having a look at there choices, can u get different finishes i.e. matte, gloss etc....

 

[Damoegan]

I think you can but best speak to the people who are doing them for you mate.

 

[ScottHmk4]

just called 2 places.
kilmarnock powdercaoting servces=£161 without tyres (sound like pricks tbh)
carrick engineering = £140 without tyres =£150 with tyres (decent guy and seen his work)

 

[Aimez]

that is really cheap, paid more than that for mine, I did the same as Damo saw lots of examples and chose from someone else's wheels best way to see how they look.

 

[ScottHmk4]

see im just fiert that i go for anthrecite then go nah i preferred them silver :s , i dont know what to do!!!! arggh lol

 

[Aimez]

not easy I was in the same boast, I looked at lots of people with the same wheels as me in different colours with a black car like me. I then did some photoshops and was 99% sure when I went then chose the shade in their workshop.

 

[rocky2008]

im getting mine done in ten days time in anthracite, im just going to print a photo off and show them it then see if they can do it for me