Raoul-Duke

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For one, does anyone make all black Zr1's without the polished lip?

And if not, Has anyone ever plasti dipped the polished lip on any black rim in this case? How did it turn out??

Thanks guys.

ybaslo1

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I seen a guy paint the lips white before. I'm sure you can have them powder coated. Never seen them come all black though.

I have a set of 17x9.5/11 ZR1's, black with the machined lip sitting in my garage. I am actually going a different route so I was going to sell them next spring. Two have very minor blemished on the very outside of the lip, probably wouldn't even see them unless looking. Perfect set for blacking out the lips. Other than that, they are pretty much perfect. I'll sell them for $350 picked up, saves you about $200 from new. I'm out near Joliet, IL. If your interested, I'll go take some pictures.

Raoul-Duke

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Yes please do, I am interested.

Feel free to pm me.

Thanks,

Andrew-

Nick V.

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ive only plastidipped my saladshooters. as far as rims anyway.

im not sure if the 93-97 rims are technically polished or not though

Sail Hatan

mine were all plasti-dipped, but i ended up stripping it off and painting them black.

BOBS99SS

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I think black wheels look best all black,imho though all black wheels will get old, the only all black wheels i have seen that i could live with it a set of 18x10.5c5dd all blacked out on a black z28 looked sick

Mr.z/28

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All black zr1s are cool, but Gun Metal Grey zr1s are BETTER.

RPrezas

not black, but i painted mine gunmetal, loved how they looked

Sail Hatan

Ugh, wish my car was white. I painted mine black cause im stuck with a nbm car. Only black or regular silver looked right to me. But they were out of silver when I ordered.

Sail Hatan

Also, I dont like anything flashy. I dont like my car to Draw crazy attention, and I like the less is more for appearance. and5 spoke all black wheels draw no attention. lol.

i dont have good side pics of my all black wheels.

Raoul-Duke

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Holy Damn. That is exactly what I'm going for in both cases. First off, both of your cars look amazing!

What type of paint did you use? How long did it take and what did you do to prep the rim if at all?

Also, was the tires off the rim when you did this?

I'm not sure if I should do the whole rim or just the polished lip.

Donohue96M6Z28

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In my opinion, all black wheels really take away from whatever the wheel is. I had all black CCWs on my z06 and it kind of cheapened the look of the car in my eyes.

Raoul-Duke

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I'm just trying to lose my c5 z06 rims, why? Because they have the rivets, and I hate the rivets lol

CCWs are beautiful, and you pay for this beauty. Black or not, but I do agree if I was paying for CCWs I would not get them black for the same reason.

RPrezas

dont remember exact color name or what but, I used Dupli color rattle cans I primered them first and then a couple coats of gunmetal, then a bunch of coats of clear, they came out kind of rough cause the gunmetal color was a metallic and it was kinda flaky? so yeah, came out a little rough but still looked good. got rid of the wheels cause i got bored of them.. eh

oh, and the tires were still on, all i did was get index cards and placed them between the lip and the tire..

Raoul-Duke

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Gotcha, Yeah I seen the index card trick done before and plan on doing the same lol

I just wonder if I should plasti-dip it before I have the tires mounted because I dont want them to mess up the lip putting the tires on the rims. I also don't know if the rims will look good with the lip plasti-dipped and the rest of the rim being the gloss black.

decisions, decisions.

RPrezas

i say just do the whole rim. and i dont think you gotta worry about mounting and dismounting the tire once the wheels are painted. I had gotten a nail in one of my tires and took it to my cousins shop and got it fixed. no chips or anything

Raoul-Duke

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Cool, Yeah that would be way easier. lol