Rims Teaser 56k Warning

[cheechthechi]

Well, I'm been prepping a newer set of rims to put on my 320i for awhile now so I thought I'd upload some pics. The plan is to have graphite centers with a polished lip. Currently I'm almost ready to paint, just need to sand and mask off the lip. Silver will be the first coat to even out the blemishes in the rim, and slightly brighten the final color, graphite. Rims are 15 x 6 BBS RA's (I believe) with an et 13 offset ( really hard to find and perfect offset for an e21 320i).

My car with the old set of rims ( sold now)

Rims as they are now with all old paint stripped:

Close up

Paint stripper ( this stuff has been saving me soo much time

paint

Tires ( kumho ecsta spt 205/50r/15)

Stay tuned for more development, I hope to have these done before my high school prom.

[dillongt]

that's a sick rim set ... my friend is looking for a set of rims like yours for his 1997 BMW

[phillipino]

dude how much did you get the set of tyres for?

[cheechthechi]

dude how much did you get the set of tyres for?

I got them off tirerack.com for $60 each, total with shipping came to $300.12 which is a pretty good price for sport tires. Only thing that sucks about these are that they aren't really mad for winter driving, however since I'm in southern California and I won't be taking the car to college I don't really care.

[cheechthechi]

Got around to working on the rims again tonight after a crazy week at school. I decided not to be lazy and go ahead and also refinish the rear ends of the rims as well. The green stuff you see is paint stripper an the wrinkled silver stuff is paint chemically peeling off.

[sharkster]

that's a really good deal on tyres dude... that profile would probably cost in the region of a $100 a piece in SL!!

[Lalithster]

that's a really good deal on tyres dude... that profile would probably cost in the region of a $100 a piece in SL!!

Hey nice job. Why not powder coat them? the paint is tougher and wont scratch easy if you powder coat them. I am trying the same thing with a pair of OEM 18s.

what it would look like on my car

[cheechthechi]

Hey nice job. Why not powder coat them? the paint is tougher and wont scratch easy if you powder coat them. I am trying the same thing with a pair of OEM 18s.

what it would look like on my car

Rims look awesome. I was considering powercoating, but it's a bit above my price range to do all four. With the proper prep rattle can paint should hold well. Also I'm not sure how long I'll be keeping these rims. Once my power output goes up I may find myself wanting to go towards a wider rim like 15 X 8 or so.