capo190

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I made a thread before about powder coating but its just too out of my price range.

A friend of mine owns a body shop and can paint the rims with the original black factory paint. It would cost 100 a rim.

First off, is painting a rim a bad idea? ****, I know people who spray paint rims. So I'm sure a rim painted with factory car paint would look good and also not cause any problems, right?

And how is that price in your opinions?

Thanks!

Toby-22

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$100 a rim is waaaaaay too expensive just to have it painted. I was quoted $60 a rim to have mine prepped/powdercoated.

capo190

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Damn thats real cheap. The closet powder coating place around me wanted 150 a rim PLUS 120 extra to take all the tires off allt he wheels. So 720 total. **** that.

I'll try to find a cheaper powder coater or get the painter to go down to like 50 a rim.

exZilaration

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That's insane! $720? Put a little extra dead presidents and buy yourself a set of brand new rims

Volk350

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**** i wouldnt know cuz i dont pay for my powdercoating but 100 bucks a rim to paint? thats nuts

freedonutss

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wow your powdercoater is nuts.

What rim are you trying to paint?

"spraypainting" your rim isnt bad like you think if you use the correct procedures. A good 7 light coats of black paint and good 4 coats of clear coat will last you a very long time. Also it is VERY durable. I did this on my stock wheels awhile back and the 2 months I had them on they looked great and no scratches at all. There is a thread here about painting your stock wheels and its a good DIY. Good luck.

davidv

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I've seen some excellent rattle can work and some garbage. A major concern with DIY work is durability. The finish will be horrible in 5,000 miles.

Do it right or don't do it at all.

Chebosto

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painting a rim?

sure if done right its fine.

just make sure who ever is doing the mounting of the tires knows to be careful and not scratch the paint.

i'd only powdercoat once for fear of reducing structural integrity.

paint you can do it as many times as you want..

Asian Invasian

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dont spray paint and shop around for a better powdercoater. It should be like 200-250 to blast and powdercoat all the rims TOTAL.

capo190

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yea im gunna look around for a powdercoater for like 250 total.

thanks guys

smellyborrelli

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http://eastcoastcustomcoatings.com/


80/wheel blasted and coated black for my piaas , i didnt get it done yet but he seems like a good guy.

scotts300

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Whether painting or powdercoating, you need to pay ~$20/wheel for dismount and remount. They can be chalked, so shouldn't need to be rebalanced.

$100/wheel for paint is stupid. More like $20/wheel with good prep and paint.

I have powdercoated wheels before - $125/wheel is very fair given all the prep time and material cost.