satin or gloss black powdercoating?

[2010_5thgen]

so, ive been hearing some pretty nasty stories about the chrome plating on the new wheels i got. Mazzi Hulk 20x10's. i got a price from a local company that will sandblast the chrome off and powdercoat the wheels for 450 bucks. so, for all season use what should i go with? assuming both hold up just as well as each other, there shouldnt be an issue with the road salt on either finish , right? gloss black or satin black? heres a picture of my truck if it helps decide.

[Humvee21]

I voted Satin Black because the gloss black would be too shiny. Especially for rims.

Here's an idea

[pwrhse2k]

Originally Posted by 2010_5thgen

so, ive been hearing some pretty nasty stories about the chrome plating on the new wheels i got. Mazzi Hulk 20x10's. i got a price from a local company that will sandblast the chrome off and powdercoat the wheels for 450 bucks. so, for all season use what should i go with? assuming both hold up just as well as each other, there shouldnt be an issue with the road salt on either finish , right? gloss black or satin black? heres a picture of my truck if it helps decide.

Use the same finish as the Center's on your Camero! Gloss will look like doo doo. LOL Satin is my vote!

[2010_5thgen]

Satin might look best I think

[TTLex]

satin black all day

[[__--MUD--__]]

It was probably one of my posts. If the chrome is bubbling/flaking on those wheels you absolutly will need to polish the rims after removing the chrome. Those rims are cast aluminum, alot of imputities in the material. Now I have 24" rims, the guy doing them had about 1.5 hours polishing each wheel before powdercoating.

I can take a picture of one of my side hood vents that had far less peeling and didn't get polished. You can see the pot marks through the powedercoating.

Also you are going to loose the fake plastic bolt plugs along the outside of the spokes. There was no way to get them out intact.

If you copy me, I'm going to kick your ass My wheels are black now. But I'm going to drill/tap those holes, put some short hex bolts in there painted SOM to tie my body color into the rims.

Your next cluster**** is going to be the center caps are only available in chrome...even on the black mazzis, they give you chrome. A hard chrome shop (not the same as decorative chrome) can dip those center caps and remove all the chrome off the plastic, then you can paint them.

[2010_5thgen]

my wheels are brand new in the box. shouldnt be too much of an issue.

as far as the plastic bolts around the outside, i dont care if those have to come out. it will just make the wheel that much easier to clean. not a big fan of those bolts anyways.
and the center cap....can a sandblasster strip that chrome off without breaking the cap? if not, ill probably see if the company doing the sandblasting and powdercoating has any recommendations. maybe just paint over the chrome.


can you post up pics of your wheels MUD?