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Message: <blockquote data-quote="julianpang" data-source="post: 600706" data-attributes="member: 6542">I send my Style 32 rims for repainting last week at a tyre shop in Sri Damansara. The tyre shop also has a rim repair shop just 3 doors away. The shop owner was nice enough to take me for a tour at the rim repair factory. He explained to me in detail process of how it is done. The process:1.  Check for roundness.2.  Paint removal down to bare metal.3.  Base coat application.4.  Paint application.5.  Clear coat application.6.  Oven bake.That was a long process. What actually amazed me was physically seeing the process. All in all, it ain't going to be fast. They need exactly 1 week to get a set of rims done. I have never been to that shop to get my rims recond before but I went there because a friend of mine recommended it. One thing I like about the place is that they will take out the rims and tyres for you and loan you a set of rims and tyres while waiting for your rims to be ready. My style 32 ori colour was the ordinary silver. I was in a dilemma on which tone of silver to go for. The shop recommended the hyper silver which is a darker shade of silver. I was skeptical as I was worried it might turn out to be too flashy for an ol' school car. Anyway, I took a gamble and went for it. One week went passed and I collected my rims yesterday. I bumped into bro Haywire during collection of rims. Coincidently, bro Haywire was also considering getting his M-Par recond. I was very impressed with the workmanship and bro Haywire thinks so too. Its sparkling and shinning. I am still not used to it yet as I am thinking that it might be too flashy for my ol'school E34. Some said the car looks younger and I am still trying to get used to the hyper silver. May be I am too uncle..... hahahahah.The below are the photos of the rims before and after with the new hyper silver paint.This is my Style 32 with ordinary silver before recond.<img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/PFJ5522/32884b25.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The new hyper silver<img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/PFJ5522/4907d2a5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Another view of the hyper silver finishing.<img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/PFJ5522/bd759ec1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Yet another view.<img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/PFJ5522/4236c6bc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />What do you guys think of the hyper silver compared to my previous ordinary silver?</blockquote>

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