mistermct

Maybe I'll get flamed for asking - anyone ever asked for gold lip with gold centres? Is that possible?

Fracture

try this

https://bbs-usa.com/race_wheels/whee...s.cfm?wheel=62

mistermct

Thanks.. i guess "call them and ask" is the obvious answer.

They don't offer any lip colours other than polished silver and apparently the gold colour is very hard to match. Also.. lead times are 8+ months for certain Porsche centres!!!!

Fracture

from the marketplace

https://rennlist.com/forums/market/1290998

https://rennlist.com/forums/market/1230980

Breakthru

I have tried asking about this and they don't. Only custom color faces. You could try and have them taken apart on your own and then anodized or plated, but not sure if the wheel will be compromised by doing so.

Toby Pennycuff

When I was buying wheel parts for my GT3 Cup, you could only source polished outer pieces of the 3-piece wheel. Wheel centers are paintable (not advisable to powdercoat them though due to potential cracking as a result of the "baking" process involved in powdercoating. I did have my wheels centers painted in the gold color found on the GT3 R/RS wheels. It took my painter quite a while, but he finally found that the color for the gold painted centers was the same as that used for the Subaru WRX STi wheels. I see him next week to have my FVD Ram Air Scoop mounted on the GT3 and I will see if he still has the applicable paint codes.

mistermct

Their solution was to ask Supreme Power about refinishing the lips as they apparently went through the effort of getting the BBS Gold paint from Germany. Given they're a BBS dealer, I'd probably just get the whole set up from them if I get enough conviction that full gold is the right way

Good to know about the WRX STI wheels!

smceo

No go - just factory polished outer lips, with factory gold centers. Let us know how we can help if you wish to explore E88 options.

googone20

Wait, you can't powder coat the centers of 3 piece wheels??? I have never heard this before. Maybe Magnesium wheels is what you are referring to? I know many wheels come with factory powdercoating, so I am questioning this causing any long term issues. I have powdercoated wheels for years and never had any issues after. The baking process is usually 400 degrees or so, so how would this damage wheels when brake rotors can be 3x that and they don't necessarily crack?

mistermct

The BBS rep I spoke to explicitly stated don't powdercoat any part of the wheel. Yes rotors get that hot but I'd doubt that any part of the aluminum wheel gets that hot on track. low 300s to 400 F are the annealing temperatures for aluminum but usually takes several hours to perform the heat treatment. The 20-40 min in that temp will affect the strength (re lower) but only a little... so it really depends how hot, how long, and what you start with. I'd suspect that a lightweight forged wheel would be most susceptible to strength reduction because of the low mass (temp will rise faster) and the grain structure created during forging will be eager to relax at those temps. That's my working assumption.. so I wouldn't risk the powdercoating, especially on forged.

AndrewK996

Big fan of the all gold e88 look