I want to get a set of wheels powdercoated. But the wheels have a polished lip on them. Would the wheels be able to be powdercoated a different color, yet still keep the polished lip? Or is that too difficult?

Also, since we're on the powdercoating topic. Does anyone know of a good place to take wheels to be powdercoated? Preferably in the South bay?

Thanks in advance,
-Paul (your friendly neighborhood douche bag)

 

Wheel Techniques in Campbell can do that. They are on Winchester near San Thomas. They do exactly what you are saying with older Fuchs alloys I have seen and they look top notch. They bead blasted and polished the lip of my '84 Supra rims for a cheapo Panasport look, and they look great too.

-Jacob

 

Awesome! Thanks. Would you happen to have a website or phone# for them? If not it's all good, I can look in the yellow pages when I get home from work.

Also, about how much $$$ did that cost when they did your rims?

Thanks again,
-Paul (your friendly neighborhood douche bag)

 

I should take my wheels there, I want to get them repainted when I get new tires.

 

Oddly enough it's... http://www.wheeltechniques.com/

I believe I paid around $70/wheel to have them blasted and then the rims polished, but this was a couple years ago and these are 14x7's. They still look good though, and I have only touched them up with some Mother's polish.

They also fixed a cracked rim on a Firebird for me, and they are EXCELLENT wheel collision specialists. I have seen them fix some nasty rims. I used to work down the street, and I would stop by for various things.

They also bead blasted the rear axle for my Celica, and recommended a cheap powdercoating guy if I just wanted it powdercoated but didn't need a show finish. The quote for the rear axle housing was $50, but I just ended up covering it with 3 cans of Rustoleum..

-Jacob

 

Dude, do tennis-ball yellow this time! Yeah!! I want some glow-in-the dark rims.

-Jacob

 

For full powdercoat, most of the cost will be in prepping the wheel. Since it's used, they have to clean, etch and possibly blast the surface prior to coating - it depends on what is on the wheel currently.

They can also mask areas that you don't want the coating on but it's not advisable to have an exposed edge of the powdercoat, partly because of corrosion working underneath the coating and because it's a good spot for the coating to chip away - and partly because it's difficult to get a clean edge unless you post-machine the surface.

Make sure they use Tiger Drylac TGIC powdercoat.
Richmond Professional Finishing also does a good job.
Expect between $60 to $100 a wheel, depending on the size, complexity and intial condition.

 

Moss Brothers in Livermore.
I am planning to do my STi wheels later this month.

Cheers

Nick

 

When I had my VW Golf show car, I've taken engine parts to BRF Spray in Santa Clara on De La Cruz and 101. They did nice work. I'm sure they'd do rims too. They use Tiger Drylac powder coat too.

BRF Spray
3380 De La Cruz Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 988-7582

 

The wheels I saw where they did a powdercoated center section and a polished/machined lip were done as you say. Mask, powedercoat, machine, polish. They also would clear the whole wheel to seal it. Obviously this is a no-brainer with a 2pc wheel, but requires much more work, prep and steps with a 1pc wheel.

-Jacob