Anybody have 172 rims in black or other color besides stock?
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From: Orange County, CA
My Ride: 2008 BMW 550i, Dinan intake, Dinan exhaust, RPI ram air scoop, smoke vinyled taillights and eyebrow on headlights, smoked LED side markers, 17 piece LED interior lights, color matched fog lights to HID's, 20w LED angel eyes, Sprintbooster V2, Gunmet
Also powder coating is done not with liquid paint, but the powder is actually a positively charged ion and the rim is charged with a negative ion. Therefore the rim and powder are attracted to each other like a magnet. Hope this was the info you were looking for.
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From: SF Bay Area
My Ride: 550i
Model Year: 2008
So you chose a high gloss gunmetal finish? You said you were offered two different gunmetal finishes, do you remember the differences or anything that would distinguish between the two?
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My Ride: 2008 BMW 550i, Dinan intake, Dinan exhaust, RPI ram air scoop, smoke vinyled taillights and eyebrow on headlights, smoked LED side markers, 17 piece LED interior lights, color matched fog lights to HID's, 20w LED angel eyes, Sprintbooster V2, Gunmet
Its preference really. I just went with the darker gunmetal of the two.
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My Ride: 2004 530isport packagepremium packageactive steeringxenon hids20mm H&R spacers in the rear6 spd51kpurchase price , 32k back in 2006
Model Year: 2004 530i
Just power coated mine three weeks ago. Great job and really affordable. I found this guy in Santa Ana who did all 4 rims for 300. That included housing the vehicle, unmounting and remounting the tires, and he even fixed the curb rash I had on one rim. Great guy. Name is Fausto and he owns and operates Metal Works Place. I love my rims! Two day turnaround.
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that is a pretty dayam good price , was that a hook up?
dismount , mount , and balance with the powder coat?
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My Ride: 2008 BMW 550i, Dinan intake, Dinan exhaust, RPI ram air scoop, smoke vinyled taillights and eyebrow on headlights, smoked LED side markers, 17 piece LED interior lights, color matched fog lights to HID's, 20w LED angel eyes, Sprintbooster V2, Gunmet
Reza that was not a hookup price and it included all that you mentioned. Its a really great price. All these other places wanted me to just bring in the rims with no tires. This guy could easily charge more for everything he does. Very nice man too.
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From: Orange County, CA
My Ride: 2008 BMW 550i, Dinan intake, Dinan exhaust, RPI ram air scoop, smoke vinyled taillights and eyebrow on headlights, smoked LED side markers, 17 piece LED interior lights, color matched fog lights to HID's, 20w LED angel eyes, Sprintbooster V2, Gunmet
Ace, all I did was do a search online. Typed in powder coat and city. I just called around and went with what I thought was the best price. Good luck.
