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New wheels
C5 mags thinking bout plastic dipping them gun metal grey or gloss black? Tried posting pic from iPhone but it shows it upside down
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The magnesium wheels are very nice. Plasti-Dipping them shouldn't hurt anything and if you don't like the look, you can always just peel it off.
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I love the look of them. I bought them used of eBay and they had lots of chips on them. I read on ls1 tech that it cost some where around 300 to refinish each of them. I figured plastic dip would hold me over to either I get my bonus from the army in March or until I get my rn license in my. Maybe I should look around and see if I can get it done right for cheaper.
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Love the look of the Mag wheels!! If you dip because they have imperfections, I would probably do the gloss blk until you can have them refinished. Good thing about dip is that it is removable & will not damage the wheel at all. 
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I've been thinking about dipping my Mag wheels either flat or gloss black. But at the end of the day, I just really like the Mag wheels. You don't see them very often and they go well with my Mag red vert with a tan top. If they have some imperfections, I understand you wanting to change them. I would probably dip them until you can get them refinished. Someone on here had theirs powder-coated. I'd look into that if possible. The paint might be easier to have done, but, as I've found, it's not as durable.
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Gun metal grey is out thank for the pics. Gloss black is starting to look like the way to go. What is the actually color of magnesium wheels if I coukd get a color closer to them I'd be much happier. Thanks for all the replies guys
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Check this thread. Looks like a pretty close match.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ip-work-2.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ip-work-2.html