Standard wheel colour...

[Andych]

Andy did you ever get a quote, or find a shop for that matter, that can do the shadow chrome?

My research has found that a) the colour is a proprietary colour that is only available to specialty wheel shops, and b) it's a VERY hard process to get them right.

Even the genuine BMW shadow chrome rims come out inconsistently from the factory because of how difficult a process it is to get the finish consistent on all wheels.

I've also read posts of people paying $400 a rim to get it done. Might as well get a set of OZ Racing for that price!

I have found a few who can do Shadow Chrome and do it extremely well.. albeit expensively.. prices ranged from $280 to $400 per wheel as a painted option...
Shadow Chrome painting is a 3 part system and the paint itself is extremely expensive...
The inconsistencies come from differing batches, production runs or even painters... the issue you may have at a later stage is colour matching...

I have found a Powder Coater who I am going to visit today (Saturday) who tells me he has a "Black Chrome" coating system which is then clear coated with pearl type clear giving pretty much the same effect I will try and get a good picture of the sample part he has..

the company is Craved Coatings - Custom Powder Coating and Exhaust Ceramic Coatings and you can see some of the stuff he does... Candy colours etc so it might be an option. His price is $550 for the set of 4 wheels in Powdercoat with the clear... Clearly this is the most economic option.

I was going to go and see a couple of the other painters this week but I ended up in Brisbane for work and am actually back there next week till Wednesday... so maybe later in the week I will check them out..

They both said they have high gloss gunmetal type colours very similar to Shadow chrome but around $160 per wheel.
Something similar to she_dubs wheel colour would be ideal I think.

Worry about wheel colours etc after you have picked your car up and driven it for a week or 2... lol

[Andych]

I am still not certain what I want to do regarding my wheels.... I would really like to have these wheels...



Now to find someone to get me pricing on the VMR's.

[ConR]

They are nice, but remember they're reps at the end of the day. Although one of the better reps. For a bit more you could get a proper set of OZ Racing.

[Andych]

They are nice, but remember they're reps at the end of the day. Although one of the better reps. For a bit more you could get a proper set of OZ Racing.

You think??? The OZ ULTRALEGGERA are horrendously priced... over $3200 for a set and that was not the lightweight ones...

[ConR]

You could get them for less than that for sure. The VMRs would set you back probably $1600. If you could get a set of OZ for $2700, I'd go the latter for sure. The VMRs are great for what they are, but they are still a rep at the end of the day. Not knocking them, they look fantastic. But not as good as the Ultraleggeras

[Andych]

You could get them for less than that for sure. The VMRs would set you back probably $1600. If you could get a set of OZ for $2700, I'd go the latter for sure. The VMRs are great for what they are, but they are still a rep at the end of the day. Not knocking them, they look fantastic. But not as good as the Ultraleggeras

Dearest price for the VMR V718's in 19x8.5 is $1180 for the set... cheapest price locally for OZ in 19x8 is $3400 a set... If I was going to look at that sort of price I would have to also consider BBS etc...
The VMR's are in the range of having my Talla's re-done so it is a viable option... and for what I want to do they are more than suitable...

[ConR]

I stand corrected

[Andych]

I stand corrected

Haha it was more as a comparison than correcting anything... that is a huge price difference and while I know the OZ are a superior product... it is way more than I am willing to fork out for just wheels alone.

[ConR]

Agreed. I'm also looking at going with a 255 so no point in painting the tallas.

Mmmm. Yummy.