Powder Coated Rims
 

Just got the factory wheels powder coated matte black, they came out even better than i thought.

Welcome to the DARK side !

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how much did that cost you to get done?

why pay for it when you can do it yourself... it take like 3 hr of your time and $10....:Eyecrazy:

expo1- thanks!, this is definitely a pretty sweet change.

I only had to pay 100$ for the tire unmounting/mounting and balancing. I am pretty good friends with the son of the powder coating shop owner, I helped him out with a few of his IT issues and he got this knocked out in a day. Not sure what the standard price is normally to get rims powder coated.

As far as painting vs powder coating i am sure each has its pros and cons.
Im sure painting them would have yielded similar results. But from what i have seen from powder coating these wheels is that they look like they came matte black from factory, no drips or blemishes its a perfect finish. The paint wont flake or chip unless i curb one of the rims. I definitely recommend getting this done it completely changes the look of this car.

mine is flat black i did it like 3 months ago and it havent chip peel nothing... also no drips or blemishes ill post pics up in a bit....

Mine cost $275 for all four and still look good four years later.

yup powdercoating lasts forever lol ... my paint had been on for like 3 years thught with no problems except a gas spill that messed one up so i redid it

Were your wheels cleared? If so then the paint should have been fine.

Looks good but you need better pics :)

these should be a bit better.

yeah they were cleaned and i had quite a few coats of paint on em too and never had a problem but then i spilled gas on one of em and it left blotches not very noticable but i knew they were there

^It was just on the driver rear wheel right?

where is a good place to get this done at in houston texas