I know rimpro out of Tyngsboro, MA but they charge $200 per wheel [/quote]

yea the one that IonoJimbo mentioned, they to good work,but not sure on their prices they are def worth a call and see it they do it cheaper! I've seen them do some custom colors for an M6 and it looked pretty good and yeah its on Rt.1 south across from Santarpio's pizza after the Rt.1 turn around point and rt.128/95 entry!


on another note to bring this thread back just received and installed New England's first RV6 TrueDual Exhaust!!

limited production and I believe only 25 made for first batch! in Love with car all over again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZFPo...layer_embedded

 

damnn sounds good bro!!! It's been a while! When you coming out for meets again!

 

NO repair work, they're a powder coating company. Let me know if you are interested.

 

my block came back from sleeving today

 

yea the one that IonoJimbo mentioned, they to good work,but not sure on their prices they are def worth a call and see it they do it cheaper! I've seen them do some custom colors for an M6 and it looked pretty good and yeah its on Rt.1 south across from Santarpio's pizza after the Rt.1 turn around point and rt.128/95 entry!


on another note to bring this thread back just received and installed New England's first RV6 TrueDual Exhaust!!

limited production and I believe only 25 made for first batch! in Love with car all over again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZFPo...layer_embedded[/quote]

sounds great man!!! nice pick up. sick block jeff cant wait to see mine

 

What's good everyone? Took a little hiatus from AZ...what's been going on around here lately??

 

Yea thanks, been just laying low and working to pay for this exhaust and house. Hopefully I can make it out to a few this summer!

Chillin man, you still stock or what bro?

sounds great man!!! nice pick up. sick block jeff cant wait to see mine[/quote]




Yo Jeff that block is looking mighty ready for some big numbers!!

 

Thanks, chief. I have been looking for good pricing on acid dipping (to remove clear), media blasting (to remove paint down to the metal) and then powder coating.

Rimpro- Even thou they are specialists and I have seen their work but the price ($180 per wheel) is just way out of my budget. I can get a set of brand new 18" A-spec wheels for the price they are thinking of charging me to do my set.

Royal Powder Coating Inc -- Based in Lawrence, MA; I was given a quote of $340 to do all four. My only issue with this company is that over the phone the guy sounded a tad, how should I say this, like he didnt know what we were talking about.

Nationwide Powdercoating -- Based out of Lawrence, MA as well, their quote was $200 but that was only to powdercoat, no prepping or media blasting as they dont have the equipment to do that on their premises.

Central Mass Powdercoating -- Based in Clinton, MA. Out of all the people that I spoke to this guy knew exactly what he was talking about, explained to me in detail as to how the wheels will be prepped and powdercoated. Price is $600 for a set of 4 , again out of my budget.


I might end up taking a trip to Royal Powdercoating and talk to the guy in person to see how good their work is etc.

Last time I had any wheels powdercoated they were the 17" OEM 3G TL ones, the guy did a great job fixing all the curb damage that the previous owner had caused onto the wheels. I paid $300 through a mutual friend but sadly my friend is not friends with that guy any more so there goes that option.

Another issue with powdercoating is the choice of colors, I am looking to get the same color gun metal that the A-specs come in but the gun metal that most of these shops are offering is way darker, almost black or dark gray.


Seems like these guys paint the wheels rather than powdercoating them, I might check out their work/prices if nothing else works out, thanks.

If the tech knows what they are doing and the wheels are prepped good before powder coating is applied then you shouldnt be able to see any curb marks once they are done.



Yeah, I'll be calling them next week to see what their prices are, reason I dont want to spend a ton of cash on the whole thing is that at some point it just isnt financially feasible to spend $600 or so on powder coating etc when you can get a new set of A-spec wheels for a $100 or so more.

BTW exhaust sounds good, it should mellow out and the little bit of rasp should go away after a few thousand miles

 

I went to these guys after Sears in Marlborough ruined my wheels when I got new tires. Since I got a damage estimate from Rim & Wheel Works in Waltham, they quoted me more than the cost of having them powder coated. I literally lived around the corner from Central Mass Powdercoating, so I stopped by to check them out first. The people there were extremely friendly, explained the entire process, and were more than glad to bring me back into their shop to show me their work and some wheels in the process of being powder coated. They finished my wheels in half the time they quoted me (1 week instead of 2). When my fiance went to pick them up, they were even nice enough to load them into her car for her. On top of all that, one of the guys there is a Honda guy. I was very happy going to them and would definitely have more stuff powdercoated from them if I still lived in MA.

If you're willing to ship your wheels, there's a guy down in VA that can powder coat them too. His sn on here is NVA-AV6. He's a really good guy and does great work. I'm pretty sure he can do it for less than most of the local quotes you've gotten.

 

Timmy!!! what is going on man, long time bro how is everything working out over there? hope it is going good. any trips back here this year?

 

I'll be back in the beginning of August for my wedding, but that's the only trip I have planned right now. I may come back in July, because I need to come back to pick up my ASEAN bumper.

 

wheres our invite to the wedding! lol jk bachelor party? hahahaha let us know if you have any spare time while your up here and you can come hang out/check out our new setups

 

I'll let you guys know. I wish I could bring my car up there, but at the moment I'm hunting for a TSX clutch housing to get it back on the road.

 

Yea I'm still stock for now. Trying to save up some money for a new place...that's why I haven't been on AZ much because I want that RV6 TD exhaust...sounds REAL nice!




Jeff how's the RSX coming along? I've seen some of the pics on facebook.

 

coming along good i suppose. should have a few suprises for the meet on the 25th. just waiting on borg warner now for my damn turbo

 

hope to see you guys at the can am meet?

 

Word. If you're in the MA chat thread, you should be coming to CanAm '11 unless you have a very valid excuse, haha.

 

whats that? haha jk

 

I have a few valid excuses.

 

Haha the thank you button

 

motor is ready to pull out, going to be putting the new one in on mon-tues

 

you better be getting that turbo soon!!!!

 

Nice this got bump again let see how long it last haha

 

Here's another engine bay shot so yours isn't the only one Jeff.

 

almost back together!

 

Hey jeff , is your car going to be ready? 19 days & counting!

 

nope i dont think ill have the turbo in time. the car will be back together by then, but no turbo

 

Weak. I'm only in MA until Sunday morning and I'm not gonna get a ride? At least we have matching fuel rails. Why didn't you clean your engine bay a little while the motor was out?

 

it was only out for like a hr lol

 

My point exactly.

 

Hey timmy nice rail haha, what are you doing to the car?

 

When I took that pic, I was putting on the fuel rail and new aftercooler. At the moment, my motor is out and I have been working on a new engine harness with a mild tuck and fixing my tranny. I busted a few teeth on 6th gear on the countershaft and the metal ball bearing holder on my mainshaft bearing was broken. I figure while the motor is out, I may try and do a few upgrades.

 

whats good with some meeeets? my name is anthony and i wanna meet more people in acurazine

 

CanAm. That's what's good. But you're going to that already, haha.


Whenever the next Cars&Coffee is, I'm definitely going to try and go to that. I've never been, and I'm sick of having to just look at pictures of these cars.....

 

timmy just for you,
clean the bay up. shorter throttle cable installed

 

im down with the ppm meet

 

oh shit, GO PPG'S!!!!

 

Umm yeah. I can't afford those. I would love to get some straight cut gears for 1-4 and keep my TSX 5-6, but I just don't have the moolah.

 

yeah tell me about it. I am doing my trany build this spring. PPG Straight Cuts 1-4, Stock rsx 5th, TSX 6th, Quaife LSD, and unsure but leaning towards 4.0 FD, also would getting the SynchroTech carbon synchros. So it is a pricey tranny but built to last...well it better

 

i still think the 4.0 is overkill. theres no point of doing the tsx 6th and a 4.0, your 6th gear will go to like 240mph, i barely use my 6th gear and it tops at 210. @80mph im at 3krpms. not sure what your going to be at, but im sure at 3krpms with tsx 6th and 4.0 you would be at like 90 or 100 and way outta boost