Got my Purple Ramcharger Wheels for Duster back from PowderCoating *pics*

Demonracer said
That's why all most everyone on FABO use Leanna @ PSC for their powder coating. She can usually get it right the first time, and customer service from her is top notch. Besides that, all FABO members get a discount. Check out her site to see some of her best work and ask some of the members how her work stacks up against others.

I appreciate that Bill -- except the "usually" part LOL!!! ;-) -- but it's true that shipping costs on steelies greatly limit the number that show up here at my shop. A set of four (two 8x10s and two 8x14s) Wheel Vintiques' Gennie rims shipped to Mississippi early last year was almost $100 just for the insured return trip. I don't hold it against anybody ... ya'll have been keeping me busy with non-wheel projects for a few years now. :-D But I don't enjoy seeing anyone have to put up with less-than-desirable work because it makes everybody in the metal finishing industry look bad.

69 fstback said
i have some parts with her right now and cant wait to get them back

And I can't wait to get started on them Tim! That Cuda is gonna be sweet. :-D

1968FormulaS340 said
I seriously doubt Leanna could have guaranteed a color match without a sample of the paint that is on your car (Like shipping the trunk lid along with the wheels).

roadrunnerh said
Not trying to stir stuff up, but that's not Plum Crazy purple......

Where did they get that color?

Very true FormulaS! I can't speak to how other shops arrive at a certain color choice but "the powder coater didn't get the color right" is something that I have yet to hear. My customers choose the color, I don't.

The best, most accurate way to color match is to use a real paint sample, but tossing your trunk lid in the box with your valve covers obviously isn't a viable option. Instead, I send out color swatches for review and follow it up as necessary by asking for something small -- a plastic body plug with overspray on it, or a piece of the paint can label where a drip ran down the side -- to narrow the shade down. With over 6,500 powder colors available including custom matching, my supplier CAN find the right color ... it just takes some effort to properly track it down.

Personally Shanker, I'd be more concerned about why they just powder coated right over top of the wheel stickers (see the rim at the top of the photos). That makes me wonder what ELSE they covered up or if the stickers' adhesives were removed first. Keep in mind that proper powder coating prep involves media blasting ......... and wheel stickers do NOT survive media blasting.