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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.

Not I. What are ya planning Ali? Thinking of bringing out the gold in the bike? Yeah, yeah.... cool....let's see it!

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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.

That looks really classy. Very nice.

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.

I think it looks good

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!

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.

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 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

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!

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.

Looks good!

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

Looks good!