Walter, The first set I had polished (only) and painted. While they looked great new, the maintenance was an effort and the excess polish tended to make a mess of the black paint. The next three sets I had done by CICC and one set is over ten years old with no problems. I paid just over $125/wheel including paint which I think was a real bargain. Including transportation it was under $600.00 for the set. The only thing negative was that there was some variation in the quality of the polishing work. The original polish (only) job showed the most porosity in the base metal and every set I received after that was better than the one before. The last set belong in a museum they are so beautiful. To be fair, that first set was the least pretty of the batch as the paint had a "crinkle" rough texture which might have been there to cover up a rough casting. The last set had nice shiny factory paint and were probably denser base metal to begin with. These have not been exposed to a nasty environment but compared to an other set of aluminum rims I had done in LA recently by another company where the tires could not be mounted without the chrome pealing, the quality from CCIC was excellent. I really like the idea from Houston. This sounds like a really good look. How does powder coat stand up to brake dust? I had a set that had some kind of clear coat that the brake dust stained and I could never get them clean without stripping off the clear coat. It might have been a urethane clearcoat. I think the Delorean deserves better wheel treatment than factory stock paint and while I run one set of aftermarket rims with an outer lip that has the Houston look, I am most pleased with the chrome stock setup. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter" <Whalt@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 9:52 AM Subject: [DML] Creativity with OEM rims (was Michelin Pilot Tires) > Don, > > I thought about having the rims chromed. What I remember seeing on the DML > was that someone used a 'chrome colored' powder coat with good success. I'm > not sure how well real chrome plating would stay on our rims.