Powder Coating

Well, in my opinion, you guys can say what you want, but a good job of powder coating is going to be better than a good coat of paint, unless you assume that paint holds up betted than powder coating. All of the damage I see in the pictures above would have also happened with paint. The over zealous tire technicians who did that damage would have damaged paint just as badly. Another thing is the comments about touching up nicks and chips. To say that a few nicks and chips will require the entire wheel to be stripped and re powder coated is hog wash. Are you also saying that if a painted wheel gets a few chips in it, the only remedy is to strip it down completely and repaint it? You can easily touch up a nick in a powder coated wheel. I do it all the time. I can always find a paint close enough to do a nearly invisible touch up. That is like saying that if you get a few chips on the fender or door of your car, you need to repaint that entire panel. I have powder coated hundreds of wheels over the years, and I will tell you that powder will stand up better than most paints, and that chips can easily and effectively be touched up. PS @olddman your PM box is full.