Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Originally Posted by
voyager7
Call Dupont auto paint div in Mt.Clemens Mi.
I worked on their auto core paint dept install 10 years ago and they have the technology to duplicate anything out there (for a cost of course) or they might have some in stock.
A very unique piece of equipment, how it works in layman terms it's like going to the paint store and asking them to match the paint sample you brought in, stick it in and let the machine read it and tell you what's in there.
Negative, over a year ago I went to the HQ of Dupont Canada and from there I was sent to a couple of NAPA stores where they match and prepare the paint in the store while waiting, they couldn't match my kind of paint, the guy showed me how was supposed to look after, a whole mess, so depends what wheels you got, for some I guess they are able to match the paint of your wheels for other wheels with some unique paint not so lucky.
My wheels in hyperblack:
ENKEI PERFORMANCE EVO 6
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Obsidian
I vote for the lightest rims you like. That's just me though ... go > show.
My 17'' wheels (the ones in hyperblack) with 205/40/R17 HP tires are a bit lighter than the 15" stock ones!
ENKEI PERFORMANCE EVO 6
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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RoadWarrior/RW
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Originally Posted by
Obsidian
I vote for the lightest rims you like. That's just me though ... go > show.
My 17'' wheels (the ones in hyperblack) with 205/40/R17 HP tires are a bit lighter than the 15" stock ones!
ENKEI PERFORMANCE EVO 6
Can't get better than that. :D Do you have an Evo VI in the US?
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Originally Posted by
Obsidian
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Originally Posted by
RoadWarrior/RW
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Originally Posted by
Obsidian
I vote for the lightest rims you like. That's just me though ... go > show.
My 17'' wheels (the ones in hyperblack) with 205/40/R17 HP tires are a bit lighter than the 15" stock ones!
ENKEI PERFORMANCE EVO 6
Can't get better than that. :D
Do you have an Evo VI in the US?
What do you mean?
I'm in Canada!
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Originally Posted by
RoadWarrior/RW
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Originally Posted by
Obsidian
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Originally Posted by
RoadWarrior/RW
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Originally Posted by
Obsidian
I vote for the lightest rims you like. That's just me though ... go > show.
My 17'' wheels (the ones in hyperblack) with 205/40/R17 HP tires are a bit lighter than the 15" stock ones!
ENKEI PERFORMANCE EVO 6
Can't get better than that. :D
Do you have an Evo VI in the US?
What do you mean?
I'm in Canada!
Oh sorry. I'd like to give the VI and VII a try one of these days. I just drove a JDM right hand drive IX at the track a couple of weeks ago ... pretty freakin' cool.
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Obsidian
Oh sorry. I'd like to give the VI and VII a try one of these days. I just drove a JDM right hand drive IX at the track a couple of weeks ago ... pretty freakin' cool.
I bought them 2 years ago from RNR - Custom Wheels Performance Tires - Home
But I think the V6 have been discontinued, also they were not cheap but the whole wheel and paint are FANTASTIC, you can't find a sexier wheel:)
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Originally Posted by
RoadWarrior/RW
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Originally Posted by
voyager7
Call Dupont auto paint div in Mt.Clemens Mi.
I worked on their auto core paint dept install 10 years ago and they have the technology to duplicate anything out there (for a cost of course) or they might have some in stock.
A very unique piece of equipment, how it works in layman terms it's like going to the paint store and asking them to match the paint sample you brought in, stick it in and let the machine read it and tell you what's in there.
Negative, over a year ago I went to the HQ of Dupont Canada and from there I was sent to a couple of NAPA stores where they match and prepare the paint in the store while waiting, they couldn't match my kind of paint, the guy showed me how was supposed to look after, a whole mess, so depends what wheels you got, for some I guess they are able to match the paint of your wheels for other wheels with some unique paint not so lucky.
My wheels in hyperblack:
ENKEI PERFORMANCE EVO 6
Maybe you should of called Dupont here in the States where the machine is.
I have seen it work in person.
http://pc.dupont.com/dpc/en/US/html/...olor/home.html
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Originally Posted by
voyager7
Maybe you should of called Dupont here in the States where the machine is.
I have seen it work in person.
That's a good one:D They do not have industrial machines in office buildings, at their HQs, the HQ is for offices and lots of paperwork, business deals, etc., NAPA is the official distributor, maybe others as well, of DuPont products, the HQ sends you to any NAPA store where they have those machines inside, not all NAPA stores have such paint machines or whatever you call them, if you have a wheel they can easily match the paint, good for you, but there are some wheels where they cannot match the EXACT paint, it all depends of what wheels you got, end of story.
Re: Help me pick some wheels
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Originally Posted by
RoadWarrior/RW
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Originally Posted by
voyager7
Maybe you should of called Dupont here in the States where the machine is.
I have seen it work in person.
That's a good one:D They do not have industrial machines in office buildings, at their HQs, the HQ is for offices and lots of paperwork, business deals, etc., NAPA is the official distributor, maybe others as well, of DuPont products, the HQ sends you to any NAPA store where they have those machines inside, not all NAPA stores have such paint machines or whatever you call them, if you have a wheel they can easily match the paint, good for you, but there are some wheels where they cannot match the EXACT paint, it all depends of what wheels you got, end of story.
Look on google earth MORON!!!
Here is the address 400 N Groesbeck Hwy Mt Clemens, MI 48043-1553
Here is the latitude 42°36'45.95"N
longitude 82°53'8.27"W
Make sure you use street view. You can see the name out front.
What do you think that BIG FACTORY IS??
That machine takes up 5,000 sq ft. It took over 9 months to do the install.
I was there. I helped wire it. Have you ever been in that plant?
So how would you know!
Again know your details before you speak.
Re: Help me pick some wheels
I never said that link was to the Mt.Clemens plant.
