...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.

What do you think?

 

That looks great Ian, a buddy of mine has his GT3 wheels finished like yours, looks awesome in person.

 

looks good. how much did it run you to change the finish

 

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.

 

Very nice. I like it alot.

Looks similiar if not a bit darker to the GT Silver found on the Carrera Sport Rims.

 

Very nice.

 

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

 

Thumbs up! I like it a lot!

 

I love it. It really looks sharp and modern.

 

Very nice

 

Looks Clean!

 

Great looking color. Kind of like the limited edition wheels on the Swedish (?) 911.

 

Nice taste Ian!

 

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.