Has anyone on here blacked out their factory wheels (had them painted black)?? I thought it may look good since my cf is black. Also how would I go about doing so is their special shops that are capable of doing this?
thanks

 

yeah a whole bunch of people have done it. you can have them powder coated i think. or some just got them painted. ichon is one of them

 

but be careful because if you want to curl your wheels for a work out wait till AFTER the paint dries

 

I am planning on blacking out my stock rims, my grill, taillights, maybe side markers, and my badges.

Should look alright. I'm gonna powdercoat the rims and break out the spray paint for some others.

 

Is this a new record for the youngest xFire owner?

 

I think smokey847 is younger than me, and he has an SRT.

 

Maybe it's my age, but I just don't get the black painted wheel phenomena, to me it just looks like the worlds worst case of brake dust.
I know it's currently the "IN" thing though.
I saw David Beckham on TV driving his black Rolls Convert with his wheels blacked out and I thought to myself, at least it doesn't have big chrome "Dubs".

 

Yeah I still am not sure if I like the look. Does anyone have any pics of the factory wheels black?

 

It's better to powder coat as oppose to painting. Powder coating is more durable and can be easily removed. Painting is painting and good luck changing the color.

 

@ fireamx: basically, its all just preference. But you're definitely right about the "dubs." I can't stand rims that big or shiny...

 

Chas - How do you remove powder coating?
Pat

 

No I believe we have a 15 years old SRT owner

Now back to the topic, you don't need to look at pics, just let the brake pads do its thing
J/K here are some pics from one of the members on here. More pics in my gallery

 

that is AWESOME!!! love the total blacked out look...needs 1 more coat of window tint to be perfect

 

how do you see anything when they are that dark....especially at night...we tinted the old Impalas yrs back, couldn't see anything at night...always had to roll down the window...oh, well...

 

Yeah, it's your age, mine too. It's kind of like black socks with shorts to me. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

 

How much did it cost you to powder coat them?

 

Im 16 and I own one in my name.

 

Custom paint shops can do it.

I would reco you try to find a shop that has the ability to do a black chrome...I'm sure you'll pay a heap.

 

How much do things like that normally cost?

 

Too much black
atleast the silver on the limited breaks up the sea of black