My Volk TE-37 rebuild thread

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gen2_4door

Discussion Starter · Aug 30, 2008

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Alright guys so i know everyone on here has always talked crap about my Volks being abused or garbage. Well first off i would just like to say to those people, go buy more rotas and STFU. Now on to better things...

So i have been dealing with the contractor's insurance company in order to replace my bent TE and things haven't been going well. They will NOT budge with offering me 50% of the cost to replace the wheel. They keep arguing that they dont have proof it happened on their job site. SO... i decided to look around to see about getting the bend fixed and stumbled upon a new wheel retailer here in Murfreesboro called, WHEEL WORKZ. I spoke with the guys up there and figured out that they can fix the bend, but cant guarentee the paint to match. I also stopped by PowderPro and spoke with them about having the wheels powdercoated. Some of you may know Zong had his blue Enkei's done there at PowderPro so you know they do a pretty damn good job.

This is where i am stuck. I cant decide what i want to do with the wheels. I have many options as far as paint, powdercoating, and refinishing. I'm sure most of you know what the wheels look like as they are, but here a pic of them on the car to help out with the opinions and some pics of the colors too.

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2.0L DC4

· #121 · Feb 6, 2009

Paul I hope they come out with some balling second coat.. Black is gettin old, lol.. But, I know you better than that.. They gonna be fresh.

DICK

· #122 · Feb 6, 2009

gen2_4door said:
Thanks alot guys. Sorry i'm not able to get on here more often to update. But i am going over to PowderPro today and hopefully picking them up. And will snap some pics with the camera so i can show you guys. I may get the stickers in today or tomorrow.

Yes the wheels and lugnuts have been done in a 2 stage powdercoat. The first stage was the gloss black and the second was a cover coat. Im really hoping they turned out like i wanted them to. Here's a few sneak peak snaps Duncan took for me before the 2nd stage was done.

you need better lighting and pic's... cant really tell how good they really look

gen2_4door

Discussion Starter · #123 · Feb 6, 2009

DICK said:
you need better lighting and pic's... cant really tell how good they really look

Yeah i will later today. But those were just with Duncan's cell phone. I still havent seen them with the final coat on them yet. So i'm gonna be as shocked as you all will be.

ramman434

· #124 · Feb 6, 2009

It looks like these could work..

IH8DSM

· #125 · Feb 7, 2009

ramman434 said:
It looks like these could work..

shop was closed when we went to pick em up..... hes going tommorow to get em

ramman434

· #126 · Feb 7, 2009

Thanks Adler, I want every F'n detail possible! STAT!

IH8DSM

· #127 · Feb 7, 2009

ramman434 said:
Thanks Adler, I want every F'n detail possible! STAT!

sounds official when you say stat doesnt it

ramman434

· #128 · Feb 7, 2009

It truly does

gen2_4door

Discussion Starter · #129 · Feb 8, 2009

Alright guys I picked up the wheels yesterday. They aren't quite what i expected, but they're still pretty fuckin awesome. I've got pics on my camera but dont have a way of getting them onto my photobucket right now. So you guys will have to wait til tomorrow morning to see the pics!!! Hahahahaha

venom_5

· #130 · Feb 8, 2009

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gen2_4door

Discussion Starter · #131 · Feb 9, 2009

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Alright guys. The wait is somewhat over. I sent some pics from my phone to my photobucket. So the pics arent so great, but here's a couple in direct sunlight to show of the metallic flake in them.

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85rx-7gsl-se

· #132 · Feb 9, 2009

Not bad man :thumbup: Glad you got them done

Huff -N- Doback

· #133 · Feb 9, 2009

i think my boat is painted the same color ! thats awesome if you ever want to sell them let me know i might buy them and put them on my boat trailer .....just let me know

gen2_4door

Discussion Starter · #134 · Feb 9, 2009

Huff -N- Doback said:
i think my boat is painted the same color ! thats awesome if you ever want to sell them let me know i might buy them and put them on my boat trailer .....just let me know

HA! Those would be the most expensive boat wheels i've ever seen!!! I couldn't imagine paying $2K for wheels on a trailer!

But like i said, thats the way they look in direct sunlight. When they're not in the sun, they're black. I think they will look 1000X better when i get the decals put on. They will hopefully be in today.

Huff -N- Doback

· #135 · Feb 9, 2009

gen2_4door said:
HA! Those would be the most expensive boat wheels i've ever seen!!! I couldn't imagine paying $2K for wheels on a trailer!

But like i said, thats the way they look in direct sunlight. When they're not in the sun, they're black. I think they will look 1000X better when i get the decals put on. They will hopefully be in today.

well of course they are going to look black out of the sun. like i said i like the flake it reminds me of my boat and i love my boat.... are the decals multi colored too ? that might be pretty sweet looking !m just saying

gen2_4door

Discussion Starter · #136 · Feb 9, 2009

The decals are the Time Attack models. They are black and red. And i think they will look pretty good on there too. Oh and i put on my Rays valve stems and dice caps last night. They really turned out pretty cool.

Huff -N- Doback

· #137 · Feb 9, 2009

gen2_4door said:
The decals are the Time Attack models. They are black and red. And i think they will look pretty good on there too. Oh and i put on my Rays valve stems and dice caps last night. They really turned out pretty cool.

sounds great cant wait to see these riced out wheels

boosted s14.5 v2

· #138 · Feb 9, 2009

baller shit paul. diggin em for sure

Journeytype-R

· #139 · Feb 9, 2009

need tires and i wanna see them on your darn car!

venom_5

· #140 · Feb 9, 2009

emo dan will want to steal them from you ... they match his car :lol:

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