olddman
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Thinking of having wheels powder coated. Has anyone had this done? General thoughts on doing this, pros and cons.
It is worth it. Powder will hold up way better than most paint. I have powder coated a lot of wheels. I HIGHLY recommend clear coating all wheels for protection. I use a very nice high gloss clear powder. You should contact @CudaChick1968 and ask her to do your wheels. She does amazing work.Thinking of having wheels powder coated. Has anyone had this done? General thoughts on doing this, pros and cons.
It is fairly pricey because wheels are a pain. For their size, they take a while to do. I will do wheels, but they are a pain, and I charge accordingly.I had it done to the wheels on my Super Bee. It was pricey but WELL WORTH IT.
Sorry, but there is nothing professional about that job.I too have had bad results with powder coated wheels.
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- They coated the inner index hole, i had to sand the crap out of it to get the wheels on.
- The back mating surface of the wheel that mates to the hub needs to be flat. I had to sand that too to get down to metal
- Sams Club did not protect the wheel or put the center cone on backwards when they balanced the new tires (Wheels only had 1 year of use) and all 4 wheels came away with gouges.
- The lug nut hols are all chipped up
- And there is an odd wrinkling on some of the centers.
I say paint. As noted by j_anderson, much easier to repair
And yes they were done by a profesional shop, and sandblasted first.
They did the circular markes on each raised lug spot.Did Sams Club do all that damage to your wheels
Point? paint or powder coat?Outside silver. Inside Black. Pay attention. That's how they came out of the factory
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That's sucks! Did they repair em?I would advise against powder coating wheels. The problem is if you get chips or a scratch, the only way to fix it is to strip the wheel and re-powdercoat it. With paint, you can touch it up. Just my $.02
I had a set of summer wheels refinished in Black Chrome which is powder coat then PVD coat of black chrome for my Cadillac. When the dealership service guy rotated my wheels (without my knowledge), he used an impact to remove lugs and chipped the holy hell out of each lug pocket. The only fix was to strip and recoat all the wheels.
Shoot Man, that's a smoking deal..Blasted & Powder coated. Cost $120
They did. However, I chose to have them painted the second time aroundThat's sucks! Did they repair em?
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I don't know her personally, and haven't done business with her (yet) But, she's definitely a Stand Up Person. And the Pics of her Work are Awesome! Mad Talent!
I don't know her personally, and haven't done business with her (yet) But, she's definitely a Stand Up Person. And the Pics of her Work are Awesome! Mad Talent!