FINALLY, I got my Black Chrome ACR wheels on the bumble bee...

[wiseasp]

Here they are. They look AWESOME in the sun. The rain just stopped, I will try to post better pics soon.

ROB

Here is a before pic too...

 

[wiseasp]

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more...

ROB

 

[BigCarrot]

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Veeeery nice! Looks great on the bumblebee!

 

[Gerald Levin]

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Sweet! Totally agree with BC, good combo.

 

[Lee00blacksilverGTS]

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me likey a lot! I think they would look great on a black silver car too..hmmmmm. Where did you get those?

 

[YouWish]

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Looks sweet. Now lower that Viper!!!

 

[Dimitrios]

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where did you get em painted. i have a yellow and want the 19" purners with black centers as well.

 

[wiseasp]

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I first had to get them chromed. I should have sent them out to Calichrome, but used a local guy who did a terrible job. Then I had to get the Black Chrome powdercoat done. This "sealed" the bad chrome job and you could not tell the blemishes. I would recommend the powder coat company. Here is there site: East Coast Powdercoat. Ask for Scott he is the owner. To get the wheels chromed it was $800 and $320 for the black chrome powdercoat.

As far as lowering, it will settle back down, I had the car on jack stands for over a month and just snapped these pics only about 5 minutes after the tires were put back on. I can't lower much more because of my driveway entrance .

Now when I get my chromed GTS gas cap back it will look awesome.

 

[jimandela]

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really sharp!!

 

[Craig 201 MPH]

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Those are beyond hot!

 

[CHAD]

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Looks great. I've been wondering how that would look. I just got my black emblems and chrome ACR gas cap on this morning and was contemplating the black chrome wheels. Hmmmm.....

Chad

 

[BigCarrot]

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Man, those sure would look good on black, silver, grey, or sapphire blue!

 

[Daffy Duck Viper]

I'm not a fan of the black-wheels look, BUT...your setup pulls it off nicely. Were I an owner of a bumblebee Viper, this posting of yours would have caused me some trouble. Good job.

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[Viper ACR]

I have an ACR on the way Just bought one from Wilkesboro NC , really like what you did with the black powdercoat. I was wondering Can you polish those rims? Instead of chroming or powdercoating them, so it looks like chrome. I heard that Chroming the rims adds quite a bit of wieght to the rims .

 

[wiseasp]

I have an ACR on the way Just bought one from Wilkesboro NC , really like what you did with the black powdercoat. I was wondering Can you polish those rims? Instead of chroming or powdercoating them, so it looks like chrome. I heard that Chroming the rims adds quite a bit of wieght to the rims .

Polishing the ACR wheels is almost impossible. They are powdercoated from BBS and to get that factory powdercoat off is a pain. I just chromed them since that was the only real way to get the black chrome look.

Good Luck,
ROB

 

[Viper ACR]

Polishing the ACR wheels is almost impossible. They are powdercoated from BBS and to get that factory powdercoat off is a pain. I just chromed them since that was the only real way to get the black chrome look.

Good Luck,
ROB

Thanks wiseasp makes sense , I wasn't sure if you could or not .

 

[Dr Roof]

Sweet

 

[BlueGTS]

Black wheels on a car with black stripes is amazing! That is one of the best wheel and color combo's I have ever seen. Unreal.

 

[GaryA]

WOW Rob! You have to bring that baby down to Jason's. It really changes the look of the car. I like it!

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[wiseasp]

Thanks guys. Now that the weather is breaking I can drive her soon. I hope to finally get my eradispeed rotors next week.

ROB

 

[J DAWG]

I agree the wheels really look good on that car.

 

[IEATVETS]

Looks awesome! Now get some slotted and drilled rotors and powder coat the calipers and then it will really look good, not that it doesn't look good now.

 

[wiseasp]

Here are some better pics in the sun.

As for the rotors, I hope to have them next week. I was thinking about powder coating the calipers yellow and reapplying the decal for the fronts, but I was hoping to put a cover over the rear calipers to match the front calipers. I know that some are available for NON ABS cars, not the 01 +.

ROB

 

[Yellow Fever]

Very Nice !! I love the contrast between the black and yellow .

 

[Gerald]

Looks great, lower that car an inch and it will look 2x as good..
G

 

[sbkim]

The car looks amazing.
I am really thinking about doing the black Viper emblem on the side. I neither have the black stripes and wheels. Would the black emblems be too much?

Thanks

 

[Snakester]

I'm also not a fan of black wheels, but with the black stripes and yellow body it's a nice looking combo!

-Dean.

 

[wiseasp]

I have been getting a lot of PM's about the powdercoat. East Coast Powdercoating has many colors and NOT just the black chrome. Scott can powdercoat almost anything with whatever colors you want.

Thanks,
ROB

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

I rarely see much improvment on wheel upgrades but those really compliment the Bumble Bee.

 

[426Hemi]

Absolutely amazing! Hope to see you sometime in Maryland driving around, that beast has to look 10x better in person.