Powder coating question

[Ass Turtle]

I would like to powdercoat my stock si rims, but i live in north carolina, not many places here that can do it, i found one place but they want

Wheels-(Strip Factory Paint-1 Coat Powder) $550
or
Wheels-(Strip Factory Paint-2 Coat Powder) $700

And they would prolly want even more for the red lip, also what shade of black do most people get on there black rims for Night hawk black pearl?

seems damn crazy expensive to me...is it?

[ThePiper]

you wouldn't powder coat the red strip. the cheapest black option is just the normal black option. second, if you want a quality job it isn't going to be cheap, it costs money to do a good job and use a good powder coat. I'm not powder coater, but that is my understanding.

[Ass Turtle]

Thanks

Well it may be expensive but they dont look bad, and all these rims up here i see that look better are like 500$ a rim like volk (i am pritty clueless about rims)

[ThePiper]

actual "volk's" and not gram lights or anything that is ray's. usually do cost that much though

[aki]

I paid $430 and $450 to powdercoat my wheels, for a grand total of $880 If you know that shop to be a good one, then that price range isn't surprising. But if it's not necessarily a really a good powder coating shop then I'd search around for different shops.

[eXTCspeed]

Oh yeah. Here's a tip. Search around for a place that actually powder coats wheels and not lets say.. lawn chairs. There's a difference between powder coating a wheel and a bbq grill. Some places use high temperatures with short oven time which, in some cases, the heat causes the molecular structure of a forged wheel to change therefore causing hairline stress cracks in the internals of the spokes. To the visible eye it might look good, but if you put it under an x-ray you'll see random lines everywhere. I think the best technique that I've heard of is longer oven time, but lower temperature, if that makes sense. I think I've read somewhere around 275 instead of the usual 400 something? I'm not too sure about this, as I am not a metallurgist or anything. Just wanted to give you a heads up though.

[aki]

Proper temperature depends on a) alloy composition and b) manufacturing method.

400 degrees F from what I heard should be ok for cast wheels. Forged wheels to be safe it's better using 300 deg or lower, from what I've heard.

[Dillan07]

I had my Rims stripped and Powder coated for 220$ I shopped around and got a really good price. And the rims came out amazing. Just be patient

[junbug30s]

I just paid $200 to have them painted with 3 coats of black and 3 coats of clear...plus thin red stripe under the clear coat. Shiny ass hell! had to prep them myself though, that means, degrease/clean, sand with 320 grit, then clean again, then let the body shop do the rest.