My NSX-R wheel project

[Papalazarou]

I thought I gave you the code for 'Washi grey' - Desert Silver YR534M. Matches my OE caps anyway.

Hi Simon,

I tried the swatch at my local paint shop and it was a bit out. What I probably should have done was get them to spray one out to double check. May try it next time.

Cheers.

[Heineken]

My wheels, even though repainted in Japan not-so-long ago probably need a new coat as well. Seems like with my regular cars I never really took care of the wheels. The old Prelude had aluminium polished wheels. The downside of constant corrosion has the advantage that there's no paint to flake or chip .. maybe not such a bad decision after all.

[Papalazarou]

Our family cars rarely get washed and the alloys get slowly coated with brake dust. I wondered whether it might be kinder to spray them with stone chip before they have a chance to degrade! We’ve never had a nice family car, so I just view them as a depreciating necessity for which I have no love or interest. Maybe it’s time to buy a Prelude.

[Heineken]

True words. My fellow Prelude friend from the days recently bought himself one - he seems very happy with it.

[NZNick]

Hi James - thanks for posting - I would post more but sadly don't have much to say most of the time.
On the subject of colouring wheels, would it be possible to anodise NSX wheels, and if so, would this provide the type of fine finish that powder coating can't achieve? Just a thought.
I found this: - https://fractory.com/aluminium-anodi...inium_Benefits which may be of some use in the future.

[mutley]

I nearly made a spontaneous NA2 wheel purchase, but manages reign myself in. You have probably noticed my Build Thread post have dried up too, but that's because I'm overseas until august and my car is just sitting in ML Motorsport waiting on MoT then storage until I get back. Then I will pose about a million photos of my completely refreshed car.

Cheers
Jim

[Papalazarou]

I nearly made a spontaneous NA2 wheel purchase, but manages reign myself in. You have probably noticed my Build Thread post have dried up too, but that's because I'm overseas until august and my car is just sitting in ML Motorsport waiting on MoT then storage until I get back. Then I will pose about a million photos of my completely refreshed car.

Cheers
Jim

Hi Jim,

I think your build thread is the best thing to happen to NSXCB for a while. I look forward to seeing the rest of the story.
I’m terrible for perusing the classified looking for parts. Most of which I absolutely do not need. Wheels are my biggest weakness. If I had the money, I’d have a stockpile of them. Certainly; type-S, NA2R, Ce28’s, mugen mf 10’s and maybe some Enkei nt-03’s. But there’s probably £40k’s worth of wheels there!

[Papalazarou]

Hi James - thanks for posting - I would post more but sadly don't have much to say most of the time.
On the subject of colouring wheels, would it be possible to anodise NSX wheels, and if so, would this provide the type of fine finish that powder coating can't achieve? Just a thought.
I found this: - https://fractory.com/aluminium-anodi...inium_Benefits which may be of some use in the future.

I’m a real sucker for anodised parts. Probably from all the years of mountain-biking. At one time that industry couldn’t do anything without anodising the hell out of it. I’ve not heard of doing it with car wheels, but googled it and found some great looking wheels with great finishes. I always wanted to put some trans red or green wheels on my black car, but never had the nerve to do it.
Going back to wet painted vs powder coated. I just prefer the wet painted finish. It’s arguably a bit marginal, but it just looks better to me.
Reference not posting much. Things have just changed. I there is no nexus of members enthusiastically organising meets and track days, and our cars are worth too much!

Cheers.

Cheers.