kaotik1 Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 As some of you know, I had been thinking of coating my stock wheels. This is the color I have come up with. Not sure if it's what I really want. What do you think? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is the color that I was shooting for when I had my wheels done. Mine tend to look kinda green, but they do appear different colors when light hits them at different angles. I was originally going to do black chrome but the finish is not durable enough for wheels. The powder coating on my wheels are called translucent black. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Trans black is black chrome, and that is why it looks green. The process is a coat of chrome then you lay a diluted black over the chrome. If the coating is light, you get green tint.. This means there should be a second coat applied. I know this is the color I have on my grill, and this color I have on my beater car for the wheels. I will get a picture later today of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PladdPezzPunk Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 it looks real nice man. Is that the shinny dark like the sequoias have. that is an interesting color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaotik1 Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Yeah, it was just like my grill. When the light hits it, its darker grey/chromish base. Then when its kind of cloudy or dark out they look black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2opwr Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 As some of you know, I had been thinking of coating my stock wheels. This is the color I have come up with. Not sure if it's what I really want. What do you think? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is the color that I was shooting for when I had my wheels done. Mine tend to look kinda green, but they do appear different colors when light hits them at different angles. I was originally going to do black chrome but the finish is not durable enough for wheels. The powder coating on my wheels are called translucent black. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Trans black is black chrome, and that is why it looks green. The process is a coat of chrome then you lay a diluted black over the chrome. If the coating is light, you get green tint.. This means there should be a second coat applied. I know this is the color I have on my grill, and this color I have on my beater car for the wheels. I will get a picture later today of them. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My wheels are NOT black chrome, they are powdercoated. I should know, I had them done. You can not add additional coats of powdercoat. The wheel below is black chrome. These wheels are the whole reason I wanted to get black chrome wheels to begin with. American Racing doesn't even sell these wheels anymore because they were having so many problems with customer complaints because they would scratch so easy. When they would scratch, the scratches would be gold. I found this out directly from the company that used to black chrome plate American Racings wheels. I'm not denying that you have black chrome on your grill or on the wheels of your beater car, I just know that I do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaotik1 Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I work for a powdercoating company. You do have trans black yes, it is commmonly known as black chrome. That is all I was saying. That is the color I used on my wheels, and what the color was labled as from Dry-loc. No harm man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjdxtreme Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 those look pretty sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7a7SS Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Nice VII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaotik1 Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 As promised the black chrome beater wheel color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KissMySilvSS Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 I like 'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetWithIt Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 So here they are, the new color against the stock color as requested. I also did a mock to see what it would look like on the truck. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I really do like the color of those...............They would look good on a red truck also............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air force vm Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 They look pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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