Changing the '17 BRZ PP wheel finish? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Sport-Tech · 07-05-2016, 09:08 AM

If you look at the visualizer on Subaru's Japanese site here, you'll see that the 17 X 7.5 wheel seen on the GT trim looks to be the one we will be getting in the performance package, but it has a gunmetal finish rather than the black finish shown in the US site photos.

How difficult/expensive would it be to have the black wheels redone in that gunmetal finish (at a very high durability level)? I'm wondering if it may be less costly to use the black wheels for winters and buy a new gunmetal set for the summer tires (assuming they are made available somewhere).

Clipdat · 07-05-2016, 02:39 PM

Or you could just buy better looking/performing wheels. Preferably something wider than 7.5".

gramicci101 · 07-05-2016, 02:46 PM

Go to a powdercoater. It'll probably be about $400, and you can get them in any color you want. I had looked into powdercoating my OEM wheels bronze, but never got around to it.

07-05-2016, 09:08 AM	#1
Sport-Tech Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Drives: TBD Location: Toronto Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 665 Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Changing the '17 BRZ PP wheel finish? If you look at the visualizer on Subaru's Japanese site here, you'll see that the 17 X 7.5 wheel seen on the GT trim looks to be the one we will be getting in the performance package, but it has a gunmetal finish rather than the black finish shown in the US site photos. How difficult/expensive would it be to have the black wheels redone in that gunmetal finish (at a very high durability level)? I'm wondering if it may be less costly to use the black wheels for winters and buy a new gunmetal set for the summer tires (assuming they are made available somewhere). Last edited by Sport-Tech; 07-05-2016 at 10:41 AM.

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gramicci101 Off Topic Join Date: Feb 2014 Drives: 2014 Subaru BRZ Limited Location: Vegas, baby! Posts: 4,610 Thanks: 2,369 Thanked 4,243 Times in 2,170 Posts Mentioned: 43 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Go to a powdercoater. It'll probably be about $400, and you can get them in any color you want. I had looked into powdercoating my OEM wheels bronze, but never got around to it.

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