Help needed with Gold Pepperpot wheels quest

[moffman 6101]

9 hours ago, mtbkym01 said:

Looking at this pic, the shocks on the Turbo seem darker than the Mid ones, matching the wheel shades on each kit? Maybe this is why Yeah Racing have different colour anno on each set?

I think it’s definitely the angle of the shocks because the colour of both are identical it you’re right the turbo shocks definitely look darker in the photo!

[Ferruz 13732]

Thank you very much for your time and the photo @moffman, it's really appreciated  👍

and yes, the Turbo does look good with the Mid's rims on.

Only news so far is that I've opened a return file on Ebay (first time doing this) for both wheels and nerf bars. Part of me still hopes that Pargu will agree to do another set in a lighter gold, but I know it's silly of me. It's probably not even possible. In any case, once I get my money back I will give something else a try. For now, the lighter Mid's alloys from Yeah Racing are first on the list.

[Ferruz 13732]

Time to update the thread, just for the record.

After being refunded I also got to keep the wheels, since Pargu never got around to sending me a return label, despite me insisting on it.
A few more months passed, during which I inquired pretty much anywhere I could think of for a set of the right color, to no avail. 
Since I got to keep the aluminum wheels, I also started looking up small to medium anodizing companies in my area and contacted them to inquire about redoing the color on my rims. That too went nowhere.

By end of August, I was in Italy when the thought of the coppery pepperpots started to bug me again. While chilling on vacation I looked up some companies around there, 'cause why not? And lo and behold, I soon found a small company in the Milan area that agreed to do the job. Unfortunately, their color palette didn't have an exact match to the elusive Kyosho Gold, but a couple options were close enough to get me excited again.

Once back to Canada, I sent off the wheels and another part of the right color as a sample and got the ball rolling. There was flawless communication throughout the whole process, and the final price was also fair. They even anticipated some duty fees for me.

I for once had a great customer experience and feel like saying it out loud, as it felt so refreshing.
For what I understand, they usually deal with motorbike parts for local customers so nothing rc related, but since they didn't seem to mind and my experience was positive, I still feel like recommending them for whoever may need some custom anodizing. Not sure whether they speak English either, actually, but their work is very good and so is their communication.

 I don't know if we can post direct links in here, anyway their name is Anodica Express, you can easily look it up or just ask me on PM.

And now a few pics of the goodies: yes, unfortunately they are still a different color but I knew that from the get go. I had them done anyway because I was hoping that the two tones would look well together, and I believe now they do.
Whereas before the copper wheels felt like a punch in the face when put besides the parts they were supposed to match, I find this old gold to be much more pleasant, closer in shade and, despite the contrast still existing, it's something I can now work with.

The finishing is impeccable.

Finally happy with this, though the last word can only be said once the car is built.

[Pylon80 4316]

19 minutes ago, Ferruz said:

Time to update the thread, just for the record.

After being refunded I also got to keep the wheels, since Pargu never got around to sending me a return label, despite me insisting on it.
A few more months passed, during which I inquired pretty much anywhere I could think of for a set of the right color, to no avail. 
Since I got to keep the aluminum wheels, I also started looking up small to medium anodizing companies in my area and contacted them to inquire about redoing the color on my rims. That too went nowhere.

By end of August, I was in Italy when the thought of the coppery pepperpots started to bug me again. While chilling on vacation I looked up some companies around there, 'cause why not? And lo and behold, I soon found a small company in the Milan area that agreed to do the job. Unfortunately, their color palette didn't have an exact match to the elusive Kyosho Gold, but a couple options were close enough to get me excited again.

Once back to Canada, I sent off the wheels and another part of the right color as a sample and got the ball rolling. There was flawless communication throughout the whole process, and the final price was also fair. They even anticipated some duty fees for me.

I for once had a great customer experience and feel like saying it out loud, as it felt so refreshing.
For what I understand, they usually deal with motorbike parts for local customers so nothing rc related, but since they didn't seem to mind and my experience was positive, I still feel like recommending them for whoever may need some custom anodizing. Not sure whether they speak English either, actually, but their work is very good and so is their communication.

 I don't know if we can post direct links in here, anyway their name is Anodica Express, you can easily look it up or just ask me on PM.

And now a few pics of the goodies: yes, unfortunately they are still a different color but I knew that from the get go. I had them done anyway because I was hoping that the two tones would look well together, and I believe now they do.
Whereas before the copper wheels felt like a punch in the face when put besides the parts they were supposed to match, I find this old gold to be much more pleasant, closer in shade and, despite the contrast still existing, it's something I can now work with.

The finishing is impeccable.

Finally happy with this, though the last word can only be said once the car is built.

Glad you got it sorted out, looks phenomenal now 🤩

Sometimes it's all about the right company even if it's thousands of miles away 👌 (Fibre-lite cuts carbon fiber parts for me... And they're in the UK 🤷)

[Re-Bugged 12054]

Sounds great bud, something to look forward to building it over the winter now 😃

[Andreas W 3163]

I'm happy for you that this finally got sorted. I agree that champagne gold looks a lot better together with the stickers and Kyosho parts than the more copper color they had before. (Although that color also is nice,  but not together with the other parts).