21” Arachnids and Turbines - powder options - black satin or gloss black?

[MC408]

Fellas, i need some opinions and pictures of your guys cars to help me decide on my wheels and what color to powder coat them!

P85D - black w grey interior, black calipers, recently did chrome delete and plan to tint the windows in April (yeah, long wait for photosync!)

I have silver arachnids on the car now and I also have a set of silver 21” turbines , square setup.

My plan is to get the turbines powder coated either black (satin or gloss) or grey factory style. I would love to see some other black S with black turbines if anyone has pics to share. I know what the grey looks like on a black S and like it, but if I’m gonna powder them, I need to know if black will go better, especially since I blacked out everything else. Also I May powder the calipers as well but again, if I’m gonna powder why do grey and red like factory.

I figure I will also powder the arachnids after I put the turbines back on and can switch them back when I need a new look, so I would also like to see what satin or gloss black arachnids would look like on black. Following the “show me your arachnids” thread I really like the black chrome @artsci did on his.

Show me those Arachnid wheels / Spiders!

Any opinions are appreciated and pics would be extra appreciated.

 

[bomquito]

Did you car come with the set of arachnids? Also is there any more pictures of your car in the sunlight that you can post on here?

I am debating on going with an all black look or pearl white exterior with black rims...

 

[MC408]

I originally had 19” cyclones when I bought the car. Knew I wanted to upgrade to 21”, so I bought the arachnids from a TMC forum member.

I like them but also like the look of grey 21” turbines, so I found a set of silver ones and plan to powder them.

IMO - white with silver arachnids looks awesome. If black, I think black or grey wheels look better, reason for me wanting to change mine.

Here’s before and after

Arachnids but no chrome delete

Chrome delete

Arachnids and chrome delete

 

[MC408]

Anyone have a black Tesla with gloss black powder coated wheels? If you can share please, I’d greatly appreciate it.

I’m leaning towards gloss black.

 

[bomquito]

Perfect. Thank you for the pictures. I know what I want now... BLACK on BLACK it is!

I would probably wrap the "nose cone" or at least the grill to have the all black look. Your thoughts?

 

[MC408]

Perfect. Thank you for the pictures. I know what I want now... BLACK on BLACK it is!

I would probably wrap the "nose cone" or at least the grill to have the all black look. Your thoughts?

Yup. I’m gonna wrap the nosecone too! Here’s a new pic. I’m supercharging at the mothership as we speak.

 

[ev4eva]

What if...

And you tint the windows too...

 

[MC408]

What if...
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And you tint the windows too...
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Hey @ev4eva I appreciate that! Is that an app you used to change colors?

Now that I see that, the wheels don’t pop enough so I probably want to do grey or black chrome. Or maybe glossy will make it pop more.

Send me info how you modified and I can play with it. Or post some grey or chrome for me! Haha

 

[ev4eva]

The app is called me + Photoshop, lol

 

[MC408]

The app is called me + Photoshop, lol

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Lmao! Well, then thanks for taking the time.

I think I like the grey better than black, needs more contrast or pop than the black you sent earlier.

Very helpful to see though so thank you.

Now I need to see those colors on turbines! Lol.

 

[ev4eva]

Excellent choice. I too liked the dark grey over the black on my stock silver turbines, and PlastiDipped by rims. Used the Antracite Grey kit (Anthracite Grey Wheel Kit), and took 3-4 hours, on and off. Most of the time spent was prep... sanding the curb rash, washing rims, getting them as clean as possible. Covering the brake rotors and pads was a breeze. Application was simple too. Did about 8-10 coats, and used 3 out of the 4 cans. Total cost: $44.99 (no tax, free ship) from Amazon.

Attached is the after pic. Yeah, I sprayed the lug nuts, but I'm OK with that because I have the grey caps which are not installed, nor in the pic.

 

[MC408]

Excellent choice. I too liked the dark grey over the black on my stock silver turbines, and PlastiDipped by rims. Used the Antracite Grey kit (Anthracite Grey Wheel Kit), and took 3-4 hours, on and off. Most of the time spent was prep... sanding the curb rash, washing rims, getting them as clean as possible. Covering the brake rotors and pads was a breeze. Application was simple too. Did about 8-10 coats, and used 3 out of the 4 cans. Total cost: $44.99 (no tax, free ship) from Amazon.

Attached is the after pic. Yeah, I sprayed the lug nuts, but I'm OK with that because I have the grey caps which are not installed, nor in the pic.

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Nice! And thanks for the suggestion. I have a friend who owns a PC and wheel shop, so I can get a pretty good deal just having him do it, but for $45! You can’t beat that plastidip job. It looks great!

Pics of your full car would be great. I pretty much know what grey turbines look like on a black S, but always worth another look!

 

[MC408]

So I ended up doing the turbines in hyper black (similar to black chrome). I’m pretty happy so I may just end up selling the arachnids or doing them in the same color

 

[M|S|M MYP]

Did mine in satin black and was also considering the sonic grey but ended up choosing the satin black. 100% satisfied!

 

[davemartone]

So I ended up doing the turbines in hyper black (similar to black chrome). I’m pretty happy so I may just end up selling the arachnids or doing them in the same color


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Hello! These Turbines look amazing! Please where did you get them done? How much was it? Are they more hyper black or hyper grey?

 

[S-ALSET]

Love the hyper black - great choice! could you post more pics?