I agree it would look nice with the M black. I already tried taping it off and spraying it black (that didnt work out so well), and I dont want brush marks. So im kinda at a lost. Any ideas? Thats why im really thinking about dropping $130 for those black center caps.

 

The black center caps would look sweet.

 

if i didnt have an NG i woulda done this mod instead of buying a new set. good job.

 

Ok so I got my tires mounted and balanced on the powder coated wheels. I have to say what I experianced and was told today im not feeling as good about the wheels, but I still think they look excellent and I just hope they hold up well. I called 5 local tire places.

I like to go with the privately owned tire shops because I feel like they have more pride in their work, but all 4 "local" places said they would not due to powder coated rims being susceptible to being damaged. I ended up taking them to Mavis Tire, definately not my first choice (actually my only choice). Sure enough they did get a little damaged, not bad, I already touched them up and they look perfect. Also I got the bad news that one of my rims is bent, not horribly, but nonetheless it is bent.

Here are the pics. I know the car is really dirty, I was running out of light and just wanted to snap some quick pics. I dont think the pics due the rims justice. I love the look I just hope they hold up well..

 

one last pic.

 

looks pretty good.

 

looks good, i just dont liike the centercaps =/

 

Honestly the center caps look good in person, im most likely going to change them to the black ones. But that is due to the fact that most likely the paint is not going to hold up well. They look almost orange in the pic and slightly off from the red outline, but in person they are a nice deep red just like the outline. They match perfect and that is the only reason i left it. The red was originally supposed to be the bottom layer of paint, then I was going to tape off the mazda symbol (so it would have been gloss black with a red flying M). I tired this on one center cap and it came out terrible. So I was either going to paint them black or red, and I think the red looks better, then the black.

 

My Powdercoated wheels, fresh on today, with KDW's

Wanted a lighter grey, but this one still looks good, its hard to tell from tiny swatches!

 

^ Niceee. I love white 8's. Just so clean. If I could do it all over again I would have gotten a white one.

 

Looks good, are you gonna leave the center caps like that or replace them with the black rotor ones?

 

looks great!! That red sets them off nicely.

 

Black rotor ones, when i get around to it...

 

very nice

 

Thank you. Ive been getting tons of compliments from random people that see the car. Everyone thinks there aftermarket and wants to know where I got them. Its pretty funny.

Camel your wheels are looking sharp.

 

almost looks like you got a match for galaxy grey. i wanna do mine, but i dont know if i want black, gunmetal, or try to match paint(galaxy grey)