[grabdawg]

After having no luck finding a pair of even semi-reasonable gold wheels for my black ST4s, I'm considering powdercoating mine instead. Much less expensive to do than buying new wheels, but how do they hold up if you get a good outfit to do them? I'm not very hard on my bike, so I would hope that they'd stay nice for quite a while? If you've done this and recommend it, what should this operation cost for a quality job?

 

[grabdawg]

I looked at paint chips yesterday...

and the gold sample was a metallic finish. It matched the forks and gold on the disks, but was definitely a metal flake, and I can't decide how that would look on the rims. What do you guys think, too much bling? The color was good, but it would be pretty sparkly in the sun!

 

[grabdawg]

Doc, the gold was a good match...

for the forks and inner half of the front discs. I just couldn't picture how the metallic paint would look on the rims.

 

[grabdawg]

The color is pretty close...

however, I don't care for the 3 spoke wheels. I like the stockers much better than the 3 spoke, and would love to have a set of the Y configuration 10 spoke wheels. Thanks for asking, I appreciate the thought anyway. I've about decided to go ahead and get mine powdercoated in the metallic gold when my front tire is due for replacement.