powdercoat rims
 

anyone in state of MO (near st roberts) nowhere to powdercoat rims? im looking forward to getting my rims in metallic gold but dont know where to go. any ideas??

Just rattle can them. I think there's even gold wheel paint. It's a hell of a lot cheaper initially, and when they chip you can just touch up. I powdercoated a set of wheels once, and I'll never do it again.

Why will you never do it again? cost? durability?

how much did it cost you to powdercoat those rims?

I'll never do it again because WHEN the PC chips, you can't just sand down that area and respray it real quick. My rims had all sorts of craters in them after a few thousand miles. They were flat black though, so at least I could color the exposed silver with a sharpie, but it still looked like shit.

I got a fucking steal of a deal at a trailer mfg to do all 4 for $60, but I showed up in uniform when I went in to ask them how much it would be. Plus it was the color they were doing their trailers, so they didn't have to do a special bake just for my rims. Anywhere else you'd be looking at around $50 per wheel. But then you've got to add in the additional cost of dismounting your existing tires/valve stems/wheel weights and then remounting and balancing. You're looking at around another $75-125 for that. Not to mention the probable month of down time unless you've got a whole set of spare rims/tires. So after you spent $300 bucks total for your powder coating, you could rattle can your wheels 10 times over and have it done in a weekend.

A few of my friends spray painted their wheels and didn't have any durability problems. It was just an easier/cheaper way to do it overall.

hmmm okay ill have to give this more thought then. appreciate it