WHAT'S UP CABALLOBALLO;
     IF I SAY IT'S AN AWESOME JOB AND THAT THEY LOOK GREAT, WOULD YOU SELL ME THE CONGA THEY'RE SITTING ON? LOL 
 I'VE NEVER SEEN IT DONE BEFORE ON A BONGO, I'VE POWDER COATED THE RIMS ON MY MOTORCYCLE BEFORE, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT THEY LOOK GREAT.  THEY LOOK LIKE A SUPER FAST RECECAR. IT'S AN AWESOME IDEA, I THINK IT WOULD WORK REALLY WELL ON FIBERGLASS BONGO, ALTHOUGH I DOUBT ANYONE ON THIS FORUM HAS A SET.  IF I HAD A SET OF VINTAGE FIBERGLASS CONGAS THAT WERE BEAT UP AND I WANTED TO KEEP, I WOULD DEFINITELY GO THIS ROUTE.
     IMHO I THINK IT WAS DARING AND INNOVATIVE.  I LIKE THAT.  GREAT JOB. I'M SURE MORE PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD.  IF I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, TRUST ME, I SURELY WILL.  TAKE CARE AND GOOD LUCK.
QUE SIGA LA RUMBA!!