Wheel anodizing/paint question

I sent two of my wheels at ''le centre de la roue st-bruno'' to get them fixed for some curb rash. Anyway the guys told me it was impossible to obtain the same kind of color finish (anodized) and he would have to paint them all with a gloss paint of my choice.

I was wondering if anyone knows if I can obtain a finish similar to the factory bronze anodizing that my wheels have. Anyone knows if a shop does anodizing at all or is it just to expensive to even think about it??

Anyway I just don't want my wheels to look cheap with some gloss paint on them. Here is how they look:

Sorry to disappoint you but I've had those wheels before and the finish is not anodized, they're painted bronze. A good paint shop would be able to match the paint on them pretty close or you could get them powdercoated for a more durable finish.

Go with powdercoating it will be less gloss then paint ! ! !

sammifan said:

Sorry to disappoint you but I've had those wheels before and the finish is not anodized, they're painted bronze. A good paint shop would be able to match the paint on them pretty close or you could get them powdercoated for a more durable finish.

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I'm not disappointed at all. I don't know anything about painting and its the shop that told me that the wheels were anodized... I'll check around to get them painted by someone else then.

I painted steelies myself with spray paint from Canadian Tire and that's how they came out :


I'm sure a decent body shop will have no problem getting the same finish and color as the original wheels.

Le Centre de la roue à raison. C'est pratiquement impossible d'anodiser tes roues pour qu'elles match tes 2 autres. Le résultat final est difficile à prévoir et tu vas te retrouver avec des roues différentes.

Twon said:

Le Centre de la roue à raison. C'est pratiquement impossible d'anodiser tes roues pour qu'elles match tes 2 autres. Le résultat final est difficile à prévoir et tu vas te retrouver avec des roues différentes.

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Quand même qu'elles seraient un peu différentes, ce sont les 2 roues du même côté ça serait pas la fin du monde. J'ai juste pas envie d'avoir un fini qui a l'air cheap.

Il y a plein de roues sur le marché qui sont peinturées et ça n'a pas l'air cheap du tout. Moi je me met à la place du gars qui ne veut pas que le client chialle que ses roues ont sorties d'une autre couleur. Enfin c'est ton call.