rims: Powdercoating vs Paint. Options

[njccmd2002]

what are your toughts and opinions, shoild this be in exterior?

This post has been edited by njccmd2002: Nov 30, 2009 - 6:13 PM

[SwissFerdi]

Hmm, powdercoating's only 150? That's pretty attractive. FWIW, I'm planning on rattlecanning mine...manphibian's wheels always looked good. If I do have to redo it every 6 months, so be it.

[CastrolCelica]

Hmm, powdercoating's only 150? That's pretty attractive. FWIW, I'm planning on rattlecanning mine...manphibian's wheels always looked good. If I do have to redo it every 6 months, so be it.

Don't go to major place. There are family owned shops that do it cheaper to get an edge on the competition.

If you are looking for the "cheap" route, don't paint them. Trust me. I spent over 50 dollars in paint and clear coat when I tried painting them first before getting them powder coated. Needless to say, they had a few runs, the clear notoriously turned yellow and each wheel didn't match each other or the car, and judging from the first time I had to clean brake pad dust off them, the paint would have been ruined, easy. Powder coat allows for them to be easily cleaned, and you're going to spend the money you would have spent on powder coating them after just a couple paint jobs with rattlecan car paint and clear coat, and they'll look like crap throughout the process.

So, at least for me and what I know of each, I wouldn't ever paint them. It's more expensive in the long run, looks like crap, and is much harder to maintain and clean.

well thye can coat mine for 80 bucks here, im in a small town. but i have heard they can also crack with time, and difficult to repaint them.

Powder coating cracking or paint? Powder coat shouldn't crack. It is going to be very very strong and should last you pretty much for the life of your car. Refinishing a powder coated wheel is just as hard as refinishing a painted one. You just sand it down to bare metal and walla. It comes off easy if you use the appropriate tools.