Respraying O.E 19" Wheels to Black

[omarshareef]

Hi,

My R8 is currently undergoing full respray from the original metallic green to arctic white with metallic black sideblades.

Just a quick question : Does respraying my original 19" wheels upset future wheel balancing or alignment? Please help

[dailydriver]

Hi,

My R8 is currently undergoing full respray from the original metallic green to arctic white with metallic black sideblades.

Just a quick question : Does respraying my original 19" wheels upset future wheel balancing or alignment? Please help

Not at all. You can powder coat or just spray, but I think powder coating wheels will hold up better.

[KfabR8]

I'll second Daily's comment - you don't want to spray them, you want to get them powder coated. It will last longer, seals better, doesn't chip as easily and is a better way to change the color.

And no, it won't cause any balance issues what so ever.

[FiftyPence]

Wow, a respray from green to white, I guess you've never heard of a vinyl wrap.

[omarshareef]

Not at all. You can powder coat or just spray, but I think powder coating wheels will hold up better.

Thanks dailydriver for the useful info and i'll upload some pics once its ready

[omarshareef]

Wow, a respray from green to white, I guess you've never heard of a vinyl wrap.

There aint any car vinyl wrap company here yet in Brunei sadly but saying this means that theres always a gap in the market, care to join me open 1 vinyl wrap company here

[harrison]

You can get a better, higher gloss finish with paint. And if you stay away from gravel ,should be just fine. Speaking of alignment... if you decide to powder-coat, be sure your coater masks off certain areas. (such as lug nut contact area, conical centering system.) your questions ARE warranted. Got me to thinking!

[omarshareef]

You can get a better, higher gloss finish with paint. And if you stay away from gravel ,should be just fine. Speaking of alignment... if you decide to powder-coat, be sure your coater masks off certain areas. (such as lug nut contact area, conical centering system.) your questions ARE warranted. Got me to thinking!

I just found out from the paint shop today that they dont have powder coat facilties so i opted out for all the wheels to be fully resprayed in gloss black (same as my r8's side blades). Thanks for the advice harrison

[mark25]

what kinda of resale hit will you take for a full respray? Also do you mind if I ask how much a full repspray cost?

[M3R8]

There aint any car vinyl wrap company here yet in Brunei sadly but saying this means that theres always a gap in the market, care to join me open 1 vinyl wrap company here

Does the sultan now allow commoners to own nice stuff?