Called 2 other places here and got quotes of $75 - $125/wheel.

Powder coating Chrome and Black Chrome are roughly twice as expensive as basic colors because it's twice as much paint, twice as much time. The Chrome and Black Chrome (which is just chrome with black powder added) are not weather proof. They look extremely good by themselves but you have to clear coat it for outdoor use. That dulls the look substantially but still looks great. I personally prefer black chrome over the regular chrome.

PS if you are doing powder on wheels, be aware that they may get chipped quickly. Powder is very durable when done right but rock chips are really hard to prevent at that level unless you used a textured color (which may look a bit odd on wheels...).

That's crazy, must not be much competition locally. You might want to just think about rattle caning them unless you want to spend the dough to get them PCed...

If this is a spare set of rims. You might want to ask if you can get a discount if they do them on a fill-in. Will take longer, but should be half the price. Lots of times they will not have a full rack and there will be space for 1 rim. Really doesn't cost them much to add 1 more piece to a rack(pennies).

Not the look you are going for but I wonder how much it would be and how it would look to Line-X a spare set of rims for wheeling. Might look pretty bad ass but might also be extremely hard to clean up.

I'd rather pay to get them PC'd than spray paint. The price is ok with me, just seeing what's average, maybe I can get a deal. Yeah, it's a spare set of rims, I'll see how much longer it takes to do the fill-in way. thanks

For the rock chip thing... I thought powder coat was so strong that the the metal will dent before the paint chips off.

Is that still true, or are rock chips different? Anyway to protect against that?

It's a crappy photochop...but anyone like this?



or have any other possible ideas?

maybe

If the rims are properly preped and cured...they will not chip...however you can still scrape through the coating just like the paint on your car. Its very durable, but not indestructable.

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and more than likely, when you got to have the tires put back on the rims, the tire mounting machine might scratch them a little??...depending on good the installer is.

If the tire shop does it properly, a teflon ring should be placed on the edge of the wheel to keep it from damaging the wheel!

Alright, I'll make sure they do that right. thanks

I'm gonna go in tomorrow to look at the samples and whatnot. Will probably just go all black.

Well I should have the rims back by the end of this week, went with all gloss black. Picked up some dupli-color acrylic enamel for autos, says high gloss....that should work right? Should I clear the center caps too?

If the rims are properly preped and cured...they will not chip...however you can still scrape through the coating just like the paint on your car. Its very durable, but not indestructable. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

and more than likely, when you got to have the tires put back on the rims, the tire mounting machine might scratch them a little??...depending on good the installer is. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Unless the guys a total hack with some old ass equipment, there should be no damage or problems when ya "got" the tires put back on

Even the new equipment will scrape the coating off if the installer is a retard. I had mine done on a brand new machine and it still chewed the coating up. Powdercoat is really not that strong, stronger and more durable than paint but still very very easy to mess up.

I paid $100 a wheel to have mine done. I didn't have any other choices though as I wasn't about to travel almost 2 hours to the next nearest place. Took about 3 days to get them back.

Frankly () I didn't notice any damage on Franks wheels when we were in Paragon. And yes, this was before they got muddy. Franks wheels did look good overall.

I plan on getting my primary set of wheels powdercoated a very dark grey or black when I have some spare $$$ laying about. I'll be getting the line-x for the grille at the same time.

Picked them up today, I got to the powder coaters during their lunch break, and everyone really liked them and thought they'd look nice on my truck. Then I went to go get the tires swapped, 2hrs! but they are on now. No damage to the rim during mounting, pc quality is great, and I like!

No pics til I paint the center caps.

You tease!

If I have to come over to paint them myself I will. Don't tempt me, I will

Bullsh*t!!!! Post pics!! DO NOW!!!

I suck at painting so you are welcome to come paint them for me.

I'm doing a test one right now. Says it can be handled in 3 hours, so maybe I'll get some pics yet tonight.