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Old 03-26-2009, 08:16 AM #1  
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Just had my Lobster Forks Refinished....
...in a colour the local wheel shop calls 'Smoked Chrome'. It's actually a lacquered powder-coat (not a chrome, obviously) but I think it looks the part on a silver car and certainly gives some new life to a wheel design that is possibly just a little too familiar now.

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Old 03-26-2009, 08:27 AM #2  
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That looks great Ian, a buddy of mine has his GT3 wheels finished like yours, looks awesome in person.
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looks good. how much did it run you to change the finish
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The shop charged me UK£60 per wheel. For this, they took off the tire, bead-blasted the wheel back to the alloy, did the new finish (powder coat, bake & lacquer) masked and painted the center cap, re-installed the tire and re-balanced the wheel. Compared to new wheels it was a really cheap option!
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The shop charged me UK£60 per wheel. For this, they took off the tire, bead-blasted the wheel back to the alloy, did the new finish (powder coat, bake & lacquer) masked and painted the center cap, re-installed the tire and re-balanced the wheel. Compared to new wheels it was a really cheap option!
Converting the British Pound to the Canadian Dollar prices sound like they are the same. Here is a picture of my friends wheels. He calls his finish Black Chrome.
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Very nice. I like it alot.

Looks similiar if not a bit darker to the GT Silver found on the Carrera Sport Rims.
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Converting the British Pound to the Canadian Dollar prices sound like they are the same. Here is a picture of my friends wheels. He calls his finish Black Chrome.
This is very similar to how the finish on mine looks up close - mine are possibly a shade or 2 lighter but not that much different
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Thumbs up! I like it a lot!
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I love it. It really looks sharp and modern.
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Great looking color. Kind of like the limited edition wheels on the Swedish (?) 911.
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Nice taste Ian!
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that color goes well with silver, black and silver cars. good job

i was talked out of the beadblaster for my gt3 wheels cause they said it could eat into the AL and i didnt want to take the risk.
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