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Old 04-29-2016, 06:35 PM
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So I have an appointment on Monday to have my OEM 21" wheels on my SQ5 powder coated grey. I am thinking I'm gonna like this subdued look alot but wonder if any other SQ5 owner has done the same to their 21" wheels? Would love to see a pic, if so...many TIA...
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Only my 20's on my 2011. Let us know how they turn out! Did you go gun metal?
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Only my 20's on my 2011. Let us know how they turn out! Did you go gun metal?
How did yours look? Any pics?...Yeah, am thinking gun metal grey...
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How did yours look? Any pics?...Yeah, am thinking gun metal grey...
Gunmetal. I have a glacier 14 SQ5 now - keep us updated!

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I went gloss black on my wife's SQ5. Looks great with the black exterior color.

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I went gloss black on my wife's SQ5. Looks great with the black exterior color.
Did you buy your center caps off of eBay? The one thing that always bothers me about powder coating wheels is you can't match the center caps since most are plastic.

OP: Have you thought about what you'll do with the center caps?
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Did you buy your center caps off of eBay? The one thing that always bothers me about powder coating wheels is you can't match the center caps since most are plastic.

OP: Have you thought about what you'll do with the center caps?
You can pull the Audi rings off of those center caps so that you can paint them black and then reinstall the rings, just be careful not to break them.
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Now's it time to powder coat those calipers
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I'm looking into this tomorrow. I've luckily got a high end powder coat shop not far from me. That's the one thing that has always bothered me about the SQ titanium pkg. It is way to bright. And I like to stick with OEM setup. There all lots of great looking after markets out there tho.

Thinking about going gloss black like Brooklyn's SQ.

Brooklyn, what did you do to get your center caps black?

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Originally Posted by NealcpLA
So I have an appointment on Monday to have my OEM 21" wheels on my SQ5 powder coated grey. I am thinking I'm gonna like this subdued look alot but wonder if any other SQ5 owner has done the same to their 21" wheels? Would love to see a pic, if so...many TIA...
So Neal did you get them powdercoated?


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