Powdercoating or painting polished wheels

[aboroth]

Has any one here powdercoated or painted their polished wheels. How much did it cost? Some pics would be nice also.

[Eugenio_SS]

I did the opposite... polished my painte wheels ;)

[$ickZ06]

i haven't.. i like chrome

[aboroth]

Yeah i like the polished look but they are a bitch to keep clean. I like the way the tt2 look black, just wondering how much it costs to get done.

[AtomicVette]

I had my silver wheels powder coated, usually about 25 bucks a wheel there are pics on my webpage.

http://www.fbodypages.com/justin98transam/98TA/Exterior/060303/images/Side_JPG.jpg

[aboroth]

Does anyone know anywhere in chicago that does powdercoating?

[IRC_SS]

50 bucks a wheel

http://ircracing.net/images/tastand.jpg

[NightHawk]

Painted mine myself:

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/2/web/374000-374999/374572_127_full.jpg

[aboroth]

I was thinking about doing mine myself but i want a polished lip. What kind of paint did you use and what was the process??

[NightHawk]

Originally posted by aboroth
I was thinking about doing mine myself but i want a polished lip. What kind of paint did you use and what was the process??

I used a regular automotive primer, and paint and clear that was made for wheels, got everything at autozone. As for the process, I sanded down the surface of the wheel (I bought a set of painted wheels because I didn't want to screw with my chrome ones) so that it had a nice, scuffed surface. Then I gave them a couple coats of primer, about three light coats of color, then one really good coat of clear. A polished lip would probably be pretty easy, you could just mask off the lip while you did your painting:cool:

[aboroth]

Yeah i might attempt it i just don't want to mess up my pretty wheels.