Anybody painted their wheels yet?

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:56 pm

I just wondered if anybody had done a colour change on the wheels yet? I've seen a set of white ones on a white bike but that's about it. I'm not including the smaller after market chrome efforts you can get from Thailand. I thought repsol orange or the gold ones on the limited edition Japanese models.

WhiteNoise · Post by **WhiteNoise** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:10 am

Not I. What are ya planning Ali? Thinking of bringing out the gold in the bike? Yeah, yeah....

cool....let's see it!

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:00 pm

Not sure yet. I have a spare front wheel I can experiment with. It's on the too do list along with everything else.

ranier · Post by **ranier** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:56 pm

Me thinks matte gold powder coated wheels would look ace on the red or black scoots.

figurehead71 · Post by **figurehead71** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:58 am

Have no plans at all with my red PCX...wheels look just fine as they are imo.

ben · Post by **ben** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:01 pm

pcx has the best wheels of any scoot so it would be nice to see some customised ones. Maybe white on a black pcx like the old vfr 400...

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:44 pm

I am leaning towards trying gold, but white might be too much on a white bike. I do have pearl white paint though. I got a front wheel off eBay so I can experiment a bit and still have the bike mobile.

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:47 pm

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Orange might be ok on a black bike....

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:46 pm

I eventually painted the wheels as you can see. I still have a set of black ones though as spares. The finish is fine but will probably get them professionally done at some point. I wasn't sure about then at first but quite like them now.

Pedro-agogo · Post by **Pedro-agogo** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:43 pm

That looks really classy. Very nice.

chucktuna · Post by **chucktuna** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:48 pm

The white/gold combo does look classy!

I don't care for the Black/Gold like some of Honda's old scoots came with.

Just a tad too much Smokey and the Bandit for me.

you you · Post by **you you** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:16 am

I think it looks good

WhiteNoise · Post by **WhiteNoise** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:11 pm

Ali, by any chance did you take a close-up shot of a wheel? I'm wondering if the color gold you used is close to what "we" see in our White paint. From a distance your matte gold looks a little deeper in color. Could be just the picture though. Gold is a good choice

What's next? Adding a seat cover or new seat? Hmmm.....

Nice!

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:26 pm

I haven't taken a close up picture but here is what I used. It took a tin per wheel. I prepped them by giving them a quick sand and then some grey primer before painting. I haven't lacquered them though as I wasn't sure if I was keeping them that colour. I think it's a speedline wheel colour as used on Subarus called drift gold.

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WhiteNoise · Post by **WhiteNoise** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:41 pm

Oh good, thanks

My opinion... It looks like the matte gold you used has a greenish hue. Is that what you wanted Ali? Have you considered a more yellow gold? Something like this (I just goggled a bit online):
http://www.amazon.com/GrimmSpeed-Gold-P ... Paint+gold
Or even brighter...this?
http://www.way2speed.com/2012/04/mickey ... z2biQjt3gk

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I'm not saying I don't like your choice and the finish, because I do. I just happen to see the gold in our paint as a more yellow gold. Don't know if I'd go matte or gloss though. Too many decisions, heh?

Sure is a plus that you have spare wheels to experiment with

WhiteNoise · Post by **WhiteNoise** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:52 pm

Just popped in my noggin'......your painted gold reminds me of a champagne bottle seal!
Now where the heck did that just come from? I think I need a glass,....right about now!

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:14 am

It's a satin finish on the wheels. If they were lacquered the colour might darken slightly and obviously be shiny. It was a bit of an experiment to see if I liked the colour before getting them done professionally. The finish is ok but I don't know how hard wearing it would be with getting tyres changed, stone chips etc.
I got a couple of wheels of ebay so I can have a set for painting but keep the bike mobile. They weren't expensive an i can revert it back to standard if required.

aerojb · Post by **aerojb** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:44 pm

Looks good!

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:57 pm

Resurrecting an old thread but it's an update. I had the wheels powdercoated today.
Far better than the paint.

kramnala58 · Post by **kramnala58** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 8:22 am

Looks good!

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