I have been wanting to powdercoat my wheels a dark or black color. Well I made an appointment to coat them for $150 a wheel. Is that price a little high? And I have heard that powdercoated wheel get bad scratch marks. Is that true? So I cancelled the appointment until I talked to yall.
hi
i got mines powdercoated anthracite,looks much better imo,im not to into
blingy wheels,no problems with stone chip etc,powder coat is harder wearing than paint anyway!
I was looking into doing this and called a handful of shops. The average price was about $125 per wheel which is what Wheels America charges. I decided not to do this after thinking about it so I have no other info, sorry.
Eric
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SOLD: 2003 E39 M5 Jet Black / Black
i did my wheels a couple years ago, powdercoated black. I paid around $120 per wheel. After a few washes, there were a lot of little microscratches in them, like you'd get washing a dirty black car, which could probably be polished out or hidden with wax. I sold the wheels to boardmember louv, so you could pm him to see what kind of shape they're in now.
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; Confortti Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
I've had some of my dirt bike frames powdercoated and it's some very tough stuff. Price sounds high. The problem the coaters run up against is blowing all of the previous powder out of their systems for the color change. If you find a place thats doing a batch of the color you want, it might be cheaper because of the bulk there doing all at once. That anthracite color looks bad *** on any color car. I think thats the same color wheel I've seen on some of the newer Corvettes.
PS-Check out Craftsman's DIY Powdercoating system.
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