New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

[AllGo'n'Show]

New Kahn Design 23″ RS600 wheel for the new 2013 Range Rover. Available in Hyper Silver, Matte Black and Matte Gun Metal.

Deposits & Orders being taken for February production & shipping dates. Contact our sales team to get your set on order today!

[MechEngg]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

Wow i actually like those quite a bit

[Tuna]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

I've wondered for a while now. Why are silver wheels always "Hyper"? What makes them "Hyper"? Is "Hyper silver" a different colour than "Silver"? I digress.

SUV is hot. 23" must be hard to find tires for.

[Canadian Turbo]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

They seem to suite the new RR quite well actually, I am sure I will see a few of these combos around here shortly as this is Range Rover country!!

For you Jason:

Hypersilver is a very complex paint process that uses a translucent metallic outer paint laid over a colored undercoat to give the wheels a deep inner glow. Used effectively it can attract attention to the wheels without the flash of chrome, and without detracting from the beauty of the car. Originally developed in Germany, the finish first appeared only on some BMW, Audi and Saab models, but the look became extremely popular and Lexus and Infiniti soon followed. Today most foreign carmakers offer at least a few wheels in this finish. Many aftermarket wheel companies offer a wide variety of hypersilver finishes as well.

Hypersilver is a multistage process; first a primer coat is applied, then the first coat of paint is laid down in either silver or black. A translucent paint is then applied on top of the base coat in a vacuum chamber. Finally, the wheel is sealed with a clearcoat for protection and durability. When the translucent silver overlayer is painted on a silver base, it gives a particularly bright effect, while the overlay paint on a black undercoat gives a more smoked look.

Unfortunately for the reconditioned wheel industry, the translucent metallic paint contains large amounts of lead and cannot be imported into the U.S., so a substitute had to be found for the liquid lead component of the paint. The two-stage paint process made the process of color matching the paint with a paint scanner impossible, and to further confuse the matter, hypersilver wheels were offered in multiple shades and tones achieved by varying the color of the underlayer. Industry heads spent years dealing with the multiple barriers to reproducing hypersilver, but it is now possible to refinish hypersilver wheels to a restoration-quality match.

This however means that the cost of refinishing hypersilver wheels is substantially more than a standard painted or machined wheel. The multistage process is quite expensive and the paint alone is three times the cost of standard paints. You obviously never want to damage your wheels, but you especially don't want to damage hypersilver wheels. On wheels with a black underlayer, any damage can become uniquely visible (and quite annoying) when picked out by a nice black outline.

You care for hypersilver wheels just as for any other clearcoated wheel; with a non-acidic wheel cleaner such as Auto Magic Magnificence, P21S or Simple Green. Wheel Wax can help keep brake dust off and makes cleaning easier.

[Triple G]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

Ya. Duh Jason.

[AllGo'n'Show]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

Great find Blair If your ever in the area Jason, come on and and I can show you Hyper vs. normal silver on our wheel walls to give you an up close look too. Repair of this color isn't an issue any longer and can be done all day long in Calgary.

Love the new '13 RR, finally a solid update from RR on this one.

[Tuna]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

Ya. Duh Jason.

Can I get hypersilver plastidip?

That was an interesting read, sorta. That sounds like a complex process, I find it hard to believe that all the cheap aftermarket wheels coming in "Hyper" go through that whole process? (which is why I kind of wondered in the first place).

I think my expedition wheels were offered in hyper silver, I chose black! Too flashy for me haha.

Oh, and range rover is still hot.

[AllGo'n'Show]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

Surprisingly the cheap wheels do offer hyper silver and most of them make it a true multistage paint process depending on where they came from, once you rub a curb you can see all the layers of paint

EDIT: Oh and no to plastidip, plastidip will come out one solid color, hyper silver needs the black base to get its color.

[Tuna]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

EDIT: Oh and no to plastidip, plastidip will come out one solid color, hyper silver needs the black base to get its color.

Yea, sorry, inside joke.

[Kor]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

I have never seen more photoshopped pictures.... extremely distracting from everything else.

[bonfire]

Re: New Kahn Design 23" RS600 for '13 Range Rover

I wondered if it was photo shopped. Something about the photo bothers me. Wheels are cool, but not a huge fan of the rover. Seems super long...