I was thinking about getting my srt-6 wheels on my graphite roadster painted the same color as the car which is graphite ..... Good idea or Bad Idea

 

A high quality paint job cost as much as wheels. gary

 

I don't have confidence in just "painting" wheels. They take a lot of abuse on the finish even with extreme care. Powder coating would probably be better .....IMHO
My personal preference is, unless they a in real bad condition, leave them alone ..... they're beautiful as they come ..... but thats just me....... its your car, and if it will make YOU smile when lookin at it. go for it....... but you might want to check out some decent after market wheels in something close to graphite. May not be that more expensive then powder coating, and you'd still have SRT wheels that would be an easy sell if they're in good shape.... just my $.02

 

I think an all one color car can be impressive looking as well as stand out amonst it's peers. First of all it's your baby and you've got to feed it and dress it, so do it the way you want to.
Speaking from experience, it's not the cost ($75.00 per wheel) as it is getting the paint to match. I custom colored my Alabastar Coupe with Shimrin SNOW WHITE PEARL, code P-44 and afterwards decided to have my SRT6 wheels powder coated to match the car.
Unfortuneatly the mix came off a shade a little whiter than I had hoped, but depending on the angle of the sun and the pearlesence in the paint it can almost be inperceptable. I am overall satisfied, but hindsight I probably should have shopped around a little more. It was more work than I had anticipated in that I put the car on jack stands in my garage without wheels for two weeks while having the tires removed and then the powder choice being made and ordered from Oregon. You really don't know 'till you put them on the car, which again was my fault for not mounting the wheels sans tires. The color could have been darkened some by baking a little longer (@400 deg F), but then who wants burned wheels?
I will just wait to see how they age. Would I do it over again? YES! but being more prudent with the powder.

John P
FTroopChief

 

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Only powder coat!!!!! Do not paint!!!! as paint will eventually strip off and you'll be stuck paying for touch up or even worse repaint! Also you can get powder coat done for the same price if you know a reputable place! I got mine done for 485.00 through a local vendor of mine! The srt-6 wheels will be tedious depending on how you want to have them done, make sure you do your homework and you'll have look that people will drool all over!

good luck!

 

Powder coat only way to go