Powder-Coating Rims

[deepSpeedMS3]

So I'm putting this out there. I have a buddy at street concepts and I've been looking at powder-coating my rims black. He said they can do it for $150-$200 for ALL 4 wheels. Now I'm checking back next week for the final quote but I'm seeing if any one else would be interested. Let me know. they said they could give a better GB possibly.

Also, if you get them painted they need like 2 days of your car unless you have a second set of wheels. I don't . does any one have an extra set to i could borrow for a couple of days? let me know. if not ill just leave my car in their garage and carpool with my wife.

[AIM WO4]

Sounds like a good deal. Can he powder coat in gunmetal?

[speedjunkie]

Well I wish I had known about this a few months ago. While my car has been at the shop (while I was deployed for 4 months and it's STILL not finished) they took my wheels and got them powdercoated. I paid $560 (part of that was removing old tires and installing new ones though) and my wheels are already chipping and they haven't even been driven on yet. So hopefully you guys will have better luck with it.

[AIM WO4]

Where did you get it done?

Well I wish I had known about this a few months ago. While my car has been at the shop (while I was deployed for 4 months and it's STILL not finished) they took my wheels and got them powdercoated. I paid $560 (part of that was removing old tires and installing new ones though) and my wheels are already chipping and they haven't even been driven on yet. So hopefully you guys will have better luck with it.

[JZSpeed6]

I would also be interested in gunmetal powder coating my wheels

[dommo_g]

If your PC wheels are already chipping, they probably didn't remove the old finish by media blasting them. I would ask them, and if they didn't do it right the first time, they should probably do them again.

[Gmoney]

+1

I wonder if SC includes the prep in that qoute .......if so that is one hell of a deal....

[Zwetty]

I would be interested. I wan't to do a dark bronze though, so I'd have to know what powder coat suppliers they use to pick a color.

[speedjunkie]

Where did you get it done?

I have no idea haha. I've asked but the guys at the shop won't ever tell me.

If your PC wheels are already chipping, they probably didn't remove the old finish by media blasting them. I would ask them, and if they didn't do it right the first time, they should probably do them again.

Oh I'm positive he didn't blast them. One of the places where it chipped, I can still see the old finish where I had scratched them before. So in that spot I can see all the way down to the metal, all layers of the old finish and the new powdercoat. Sean, the owner of the shop doing my paint and body work, told me the guy blasts everything but I told him there was no way he could have. One of my old bosses in NC has been doing powdercoating for several years now and when I told him about it yesterday he was kinda irked because this gives the whole industry a bad name when someone does shoddy work like that. I'm going to have Sean take me to the guy's shop and maybe even see if I can watch him do the work on my wheels to make sure he does it right this time.

I hope you guys have better luck with this deal than I did. I'll post up when I find out the name of the place so you can avoid it.

[dommo_g]

Well shit man. That sucks. Would be nice if the guy would stand behind his work and redo them, but good luck with that, huh?

[mike11_11]

I used to powder coat all the wheels for Tommy at Street Concepts. If the wheels have a previous powder coat finish then they do not need to be blasted first. You can coat over old powder just not over paint. I don't know how long he said he will need your wheels to get them done but I cant see them being done in less then a week unless the works is sub par.

Many people think that powder coat will not chip and that is false. It is much more durable then paint but will still chip from rocks and smashing pot holes or things of that sort.

[dommo_g]

I used to powder coat all the wheels for Tommy at Street Concepts. If the wheels have a previous powder coat finish then they do not need to be blasted first. You can coat over old powder just not over paint. I don't know how long he said he will need your wheels to get them done but I cant see them being done in less then a week unless the works is sub par.

Many people think that powder coat will not chip and that is false. It is much more durable then paint but will still chip from rocks and smashing pot holes or things of that sort.

I tried to send someone from here to you for powdercoating wheels a while back Mike. Are you still doing it?

[mike11_11]

I tried to send someone from here to you for powdercoating wheels a while back Mike. Are you still doing it?

I stopped doing it for a while since I was so busy at work but now that things have slowed down I am getting back into it a little more.

[mike11_11]

I need to dismount the tires from my girlfriends stock RX-8 wheels then I'm gonna coat them gloss black. I'll post up some pics when I get them done.

[Number2]

Having your wheels machine blasted is going to be based on the time taken. ie. size of wheels/ and number of spokes. Ball park, you'll be spending about $35-$45 per wheel to machine blast.

[TheNewBlack]

Good luck getting Street Concepts to call you back on anything, ever.

[AIM WO4]

:huh: Really? Hmmm. I wanted powder coating!

Anyone you can recommend? I'm sure I could drive on winters while my other wheels are in the shop.

[speedjunkie]

Alan at Excalibur is the guy who did my wheels. I called one of my old bosses in NC who has been doing powdercoat for years and he said my wheels need to be blasted with baking soda instead of sand so it doesn't start eating away at the aluminum. He said it needs to be scuffed so the powder can adhere to the metal. I'm going to talk to Alan today about redoing all my wheels or at least giving me a guarantee the 4th one won't chip for no reason like the first 3 have and just redo the 3 that have chipped. The damn wheels haven't even been driven on, therefore I have hit NO potholes, as far as I know nothing has even hit the wheels to make it chip off. PC may not be impossible to chip, but a slight breeze shouldn't take it off either haha.

[Ranger]

Let me know if you guys find anyone that has reasonable prices...I have some rims I'd like powder coated. My dad has had a bunch of stuff done before and I seem to remember the prices being very affordable, I'll ask him where he took it.

[deepSpeedMS3]

ok ...well im find more details out this week. ill talk to tommy and see what the whole package looks like

[mike11_11]

Alan at Excalibur is the guy who did my wheels. I called one of my old bosses in NC who has been doing powdercoat for years and he said my wheels need to be blasted with baking soda instead of sand so it doesn't start eating away at the aluminum. He said it needs to be scuffed so the powder can adhere to the metal. I'm going to talk to Alan today about redoing all my wheels or at least giving me a guarantee the 4th one won't chip for no reason like the first 3 have and just redo the 3 that have chipped. The damn wheels haven't even been driven on, therefore I have hit NO potholes, as far as I know nothing has even hit the wheels to make it chip off. PC may not be impossible to chip, but a slight breeze shouldn't take it off either haha.

You can use several different things to blast the wheels you just have to make sure it is not to hard of a media or it will put pits in the wheels. If you guys are looking for a large scale business that does powder coating try Roadrunner.

[speedjunkie]

Let me know if you guys find anyone that has reasonable prices...I have some rims I'd like powder coated. My dad has had a bunch of stuff done before and I seem to remember the prices being very affordable, I'll ask him where he took it.

Well I did find out that although I paid $560 for the powdercoating and tire dismounting/remounting, they only paid $200 for the actual powdercoating at Excalibur. I'm not sure if that's a hook up deal for the shop, if the guy was doing it under the table at night, or what. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't cost $360 for mounting and dismounting tires. So there's yet another way Street Dreams screwed me over.

You can use several different things to blast the wheels you just have to make sure it is not to hard of a media or it will put pits in the wheels. If you guys are looking for a large scale business that does powder coating try Roadrunner.

Yeah that's what my old boss was saying, he told me he doesn't use sand because it will pit. Is Roadrunner a local place or would the wheels need to be shipped?

[mike11_11]

Roadrunner is just south of I70 on the west side of I25. Im not sure of the actual street name.

[mike11_11]

Anywhere you go its gonna pretty much be a standard $50 bucks per wheel to coat them. That isnt including the blasting or any prep work that is needed.

[deepSpeedMS3]

Ok. since Street Concepts is never open nor returns my calls i have been looking around at prices. I found a place the will powder coat wheels for $50 a wheel if it is unpolished and $60-$65 a wheel for a polished wheel. This includes blasting and powder coating. I talked to the guy Lee there and told him about the club. He needs the wheels for 3-5 days. He said if you need them quicker then that you can arrange it with him. Here is the website http://www.pristinepc.com/. Im looking into black, they do have gunmetal and a crap load of other colors. they have pics on the site. let me know what you all think!

[kingtut]

Good luck getting Street Concepts to call you back on anything, ever.

Ok. since Street Concepts is never open nor returns my calls i have been looking around at prices.

I never tried calling him on his phone, but he was very accessible via email. I chatted with him back and forth up until I brought my car in.

With that said, I now have a scratch that went through the clear coat that I'm 99% sure wasn't there before SU worked on my car:(:mad:

Not that Burt didn't put a mark on my car either last time I was in; just my luck. If you want something done right....

[AIM WO4]

Thanks for the info!

[TheNewBlack]

Thanks for the info...the work looks nice...lots of color options too!

[speedjunkie]

Got my wheels back from Excalibur and they look GREAT! They did the entire wheel this time. Last time they did just the part of the wheel that would be visible with tires on (which is what I had asked for), but this time they did even the hidden part too. The only thing they didn't coat over was the date the wheel was made, and that's under where the tire would be too. We'll see if it holds up to the tire mounting process this time. I'll post pics when they're done and on the car. If I can remember I'll take some pics before the tires get mounted too.

[deepSpeedMS3]

Got my wheels back from Excalibur and they look GREAT! They did the entire wheel this time. Last time they did just the part of the wheel that would be visible with tires on (which is what I had asked for), but this time they did even the hidden part too. The only thing they didn't coat over was the date the wheel was made, and that's under where the tire would be too. We'll see if it holds up to the tire mounting process this time. I'll post pics when they're done and on the car. If I can remember I'll take some pics before the tires get mounted too.

how much?

[Number2]

I had my wheels powder coated at Pristine Powder coating. Guy's name is Lee and he does very good work.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l186/RapierTL/RIP%20Scion/DSCN1250.jpg

Only had the wheels on for 2 weeks before it got trashed. Never got a close up shot however.

[speedjunkie]

how much?

I didn't have to pay him for re-doing them. Apparently he only charged $200 the first time it was done, but the guys at the shop charged me $560 for that and getting the tires mounted and dismounted. A little steep and very crooked. I'm not sure if that's his hookup price or his normal price.

[deepSpeedMS3]

I had my wheels powder coated at Pristine Powder coating. Guy's name is Lee and he does very good work.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l186/RapierTL/RIP%20Scion/DSCN1250.jpg

Only had the wheels on for 2 weeks before it got trashed. Never got a close up shot however.

did he powder coat the whole wheel or just the outside of it? do you remember how much he charged you?

[speedjunkie]

We got my wheels back last week and they look great! However, had the tires mounted again yesterday and one of the wheels chipped again, in the middle. I'm not taking them off again, the guy said he had some stuff to touch them up. I'm doing that for now. Maybe when I need new tires again I'll take them somewhere that does better work. They claim that in their 10+ years of powdercoating that they've never seen it chip like this. Yeah, OK.

[bmwzoom]

We got my wheels back last week and they look great! However, had the tires mounted again yesterday and one of the wheels chipped again, in the middle. I'm not taking them off again, the guy said he had some stuff to touch them up. I'm doing that for now. Maybe when I need new tires again I'll take them somewhere that does better work. They claim that in their 10+ years of powdercoating that they've never seen it chip like this. Yeah, OK.


I find that hard to believe as well. It is paint, paint chips. lol

[speedjunkie]

Well it's some pretty damn thick paint then HAHA. Here is a pic but it doesn't show the wheels too well. I'll have to take another pic and post up.

[zoomzoom6]

I'm looking to get mine done as well. Spec Wheel & Tire in Commerce City quoted me $500+tax for all four. Any way your buddy could still hook up a local CMZC member?