Yes, but this is turning out to be a bit more than I had thought as the Powder Coater did not give me some needed information.
I went back with a second single set for him to PC, and he quoted me nearly DOUBLE what he had quoted before. This was rather surprising as you might imagine. Turns out that his cost on sandblasting the wheels was more than what he charged me total and he pulled the invoices to prove it to me. It seems that the clear coat finish on the stock rims is not some "normal" paint and extremely hard to remove. (Well, not difficult, but time consuming. If you go with a heavier blasting media to speed the process you then can damage the aluminum.)
So, I have been shopping sandblasters this morning and have just left a rim with another to blast in order to get a quote back from him.
Another interesting issue from all of this is that no Powder Coater I can find will warranty their work if the wheels are not blasted and prepped properly.
SO...all in all, it is not going to be as inexpensive as I thought, but it will still be a very quality product as I have now found some of the "primo" PCers in my area. Also, be aware of "cheap" PC jobs as they are likely just PC over the current coating and are likely to not have long term durability.
On the upside, I am still moving forward with my idea as I think folks are interested and got the
Hard Hummer operational. And should be able to take some orders soon on what I think will be a very solid product. We have some other ideas in the works as well.
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Black 2003 H2 - Just like most of yours, just possibly with less crap bolted on.
My job:
http://www.HardOCP.com