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After putting the Nismo pads on, the brake dust on the front wheels are just ridiculous (someone told me it might be just bedding in to the rotors). Having white rims doesnt help so... I'm thinking of powder-coating my LMGT4 to black but I'd like to retain the genuine Rays' sticker on them. Is that possible? I know powder coating is around 80-100 per rim? But the sand blasting would rip the shit out of the stickers...

Or maybe someone knows somebody that wanna swap a set of black TE37/LMGT4 in 18s with me? Recommendations for powder coating shops around Brisbane or advices are all welcomed. Cheers.

PS: I'm not concern over the Nismo sticker because they can be replaced.

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May be able to heat the stickers then lift them off and somehow apply them again?? Would be a very fragile and difficult job, but that's the only way i can see if you want to retain the originals.

Nah I'll just live with it if it cant be done (which I sort know but just wanna confirm).

Seems highly unlikely. And pointless.

Its not pointless. This is not the Nismo sticker on the spokes but the manufacturer's sticker with details of the rims on the inside. Thats the easiest way to tell if the rims are genuine Rays.

you do realise powdercoating is baked in an oven, and the rim must be sandblasted beforehand. just find new stickers. a place at sumner park does them 65 a rim minus sandlbasting charge.

Yes I do. Thanks for the recommendation too.

Its not pointless. This is not the Nismo sticker on the spokes but the manufacturer's sticker with details of the rims on the inside. Thats the easiest way to tell if the rims are genuine Rays.

:):D :D

Take one of your wheels off and look at the back between the lugs. They'll be stamped if they're genuine. If it was as simple as putting stickers on it there would be a hell of a lot of copies out there already posing as fakes...

Actually... if yours only have stickers and no stamps... :D

It'll look like this if they're real

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and if they're fake then you don't need to worry about stickers :D

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Did I not say the easiest? You'll have to pull the wheels out to see that stamp whereas the sticker is visible without doing anything.

1 thing man -

Doesn't the sticker/markings whatever, only mean something upon the sale of the rims? - like to prove to the buyer that they are legit..

I'm not buying any rims that i cant take off the car before I pay..

go to the joint Dave recommended :)

OR buy some rota GTR-D 18*12s in black :D

Did I not say the easiest? You'll have to pull the wheels out to see that stamp whereas the sticker is visible without doing anything.

:D Fancy some cheese?

You're wrong anyway. The easiest way to tell if they're genuine is to LOOK AT THE STAMP. Looking at the sticker is just the easiest way to see if it has a sticker on it. Anyone can make up a sticker and bang it on. I could sew an Armani label inside my jacket, but it still won't be one. Get it?

The car is 8 inches off the ground anyway - turn the wheel and use a torch or a torch and mirror if you have to.But really, if you can't have a wheel off and back on again in 5 minutes there's something terribly wrong.

:) Fancy some cheese?

You're wrong anyway. The easiest way to tell if they're genuine is to LOOK AT THE STAMP. Looking at the sticker is just the easiest way to see if it has a sticker on it. Anyone can make up a sticker and bang it on. I could sew an Armani label inside my jacket, but it still won't be one. Get it?

The car is 8 inches off the ground anyway - turn the wheel and use a torch or a torch and mirror if you have to.But really, if you can't have a wheel off and back on again in 5 minutes there's something terribly wrong.

And there is nothing wrong with that!

you do realise powdercoating is baked in an oven, and the rim must be sandblasted beforehand. just find new stickers. a place at sumner park does them 65 a rim minus sandlbasting charge.

Can said place also straighten wheels and repair gutter rash ?

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