New Tires and Wheel Color for my MS3

[JCH13]

My old winter tires were about ready to explode and kill everyone, so I replaced them. At the same time Black2NA and I repainted them. He mixed me a custom color that's a nice metallic and pearl orange. It looks pretty good in person and changes hue depending on the light its it, very cool. Not bad for a long night's worth of work. It's unfortunate that the tire mounting shop butchered the edges of the rims. Pardon the filthy car.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Damn, that's a lot of orange.

 

[satyajitmenon]

Damn, that's a lot of orange.

This.

 

[Arkaign]

Damn, that's a lot of orange.

 

[Black2na]

why all the hating on the orange

 

[Fenixgoon]

why all the hating on the orange

there's a lot of it. damn!

 

[RavenSEAL]

why all the hating on the orange

Their is not enough blue to complement it!

It's like a really skinny chick with massive boobs.

 

[CRXican]

cute

:barf:

 

[DaTT]

I have always been a fan of odd coloured wheels when done right. I see nothing wrong with this combo.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Maybe after a wash and wax it might look better, I notice a nice layer of dirt on the surface of the car.

 

[bwoody2016]

Feels like something out of Half Life 2... I like it though..

 

[videogames101]

The orange <3

 

[thescreensavers]

Paint the front lower grill orange too, should make it match better

 

[Ferzerp]

Feels like something out of Half Life 2... I like it though..

Heh. With those tires, if you wanted, you could totally make the HL &#955;

 

[bbs lm-r]

What wheels?

I've seen plenty of color combos like that, not my personal taste, but what matters is that you like it. They frack up your wheels before or after you painted em?

Any mods? I've read that atleast replacement rear MM is pretty much required for these. Upon closer look, looks a bit lowered :thumbsup:

 

[JCH13]

What wheels?

I've seen plenty of color combos like that, not my personal taste, but what matters is that you like it. They frack up your wheels before or after you painted em?

Any mods? I've read that atleast replacement rear MM is pretty much required for these. Upon closer look, looks a bit lowered :thumbsup:

They're OE Tiburon wheels, $100 CL special FTW.

Wheels got messed up after painting, not going back to that garage again.

It's got a TRZ alloy steel RMM, forge BPV, Cobb TIP, Mazdaspeed CAI, ETS TMIC, a titanium shift weight I machined myself, and a short-throw-shifter I machined and welded myself. It's not lowered though.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Heh. With those tires, if you wanted, you could totally make the HL &#955;

put the lambda on the wheel hub caps. that would be AWESOME!

 

[jlee]

It's not lowered though.

Probably looks that way due to the slightly oversized tires.

 

[alkemyst]

Why didn't you powdercoat them?

 

[kaerflog]

Damm thats alot of orange.

 

[JCH13]

Why didn't you powdercoat them?

A couple reasons. Painting them was free and Black2NA and I could do it in a single night. I don't care about the finish being very durable. Prepping, or paying for prep, to power coat sucks, and I'd be looking at $400 to do all 4 wheels; at that point I'd buy new ones. Most importantly, though, is that the baking process required for powder coating will screw up the aluminum's temper, making the wheels weaker and more likely to fail.

 

[alkemyst]

FUD, most aluminum wheels are powder coated in clear from the factory. The temps should be nowhere near where it would change the aluminum's properties.

 

[JCH13]

FUD, most aluminum wheels are powder coated in clear from the factory. The temps should be nowhere near where it would change the aluminum's properties.

I'm going to go with FM's research on this one, they contacted TireRack engineers and 949Racing engineers and learned that it was a bad idea. OEM is different because they have good process control and have designed the wheels to be strong after whatever finishing process they use. The average PC shop won't have the same process control nor will they know how it affects the wheel material's properties. It may not screw up the temper, I might be mistaken in that, but there is anecdotal evidence and experience to suggest that it's not a good idea.

 

[MotF Bane]

I'm going to go with FM's research on this one, they contacted TireRack engineers and 949Racing engineers and learned that it was a bad idea. OEM is different because they have good process control and have designed the wheels to be strong after whatever finishing process they use. The average PC shop won't have the same process control nor will they know how it affects the wheel material's properties. It may not screw up the temper, I might be mistaken in that, but there is anecdotal evidence and experience to suggest that it's not a good idea.

I don't know 949, but between TireRack and FM, I'll take those two sources for a lot of things.

 

[Fenixgoon]

FUD, most aluminum wheels are powder coated in clear from the factory. The temps should be nowhere near where it would change the aluminum's properties.

a quick google search says powder coating is done in the 400F range. for certain aluminum alloys, that is more than enough to alter the mechanical properties.