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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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Powder Coating Rims

Where can i get it done at?
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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hi-tech coatings inc. located in the campbell industrial park area. did my 17's in white for $300. the tires must be dismounted before bringing them in. took about three days to finish.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 03:49 PM
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Duplicolor have special paint for rims, cheap and they work great!
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 1codRED
hi-tech coatings inc. located in the campbell industrial park area. did my 17's in white for $300. the tires must be dismounted before bringing them in. took about three days to finish.
Damn I haven't seen you in while! I was just going to post Hi-tech Coating because I still have the buisness card you gave me....

White Rims turnout was sweet!!!
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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whats the number or address to this place?
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 1codeRED
hi-tech coatings inc. located in the campbell industrial park area. did my 17's in white for $300. the tires must be dismounted before bringing them in. took about three days to finish.
do they repair rims too? and $300 got to be all 4 rims for power coating
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:40 PM
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I just got mine done at Mekala for $320+tax for two sets of wheels. They came out really good.

http://www.mekalapowdercoat.com/

682-3881

The guy there is really helpful and showed me his shop. They have a pretty good selection of colors. Go and check out 'black chrome'. It looks like a deep gunmetal and has a clearcoat too.



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[QUOTE=markpaco;1989882]I just got mine done at Mekala for $320+tax for two sets of wheels. They came out really good.

http://www.mekalapowdercoat.com/

682-3881

The guy there is really helpful and showed me his shop. They have a pretty good selection of colors. Go and check out 'black chrome'. It looks like a deep gunmetal and has a clearcoat too.




is thick coated? i want to do my BBS in Gold. but i need to repair 2 of them.
Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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wow those wheels came out great. I'll definitely contact them since I never knew about them until now. I only knew of hi-tech and I heard they are kinda pricey.

to bad they don't have a color selection on their website
Old Sep 27, 2007 | 07:13 AM
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Looks sweet, tell me how much they are charging.
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$40 a wheel plus tax.

The tires obviously have to be dismounted. The wheels should be free of grease or anything oily so it doesn't contaminate his sandblasting media.

If they are powdercoated already, it is difficult to remove the powdercoating so he may charge more. But if it is just painted, it is fine. I actually had several coats of two different colors on my wheels and it was no problem.

The turn around time is kinda long though; 7-10 business days. I think it took about a week for mine.
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Originally Posted by markpaco
$40 a wheel plus tax.

The tires obviously have to be dismounted. The wheels should be free of grease or anything oily so it doesn't contaminate his sandblasting media.

If they are powdercoated already, it is difficult to remove the powdercoating so he may charge more. But if it is just painted, it is fine. I actually had several coats of two different colors on my wheels and it was no problem.

The turn around time is kinda long though; 7-10 business days. I think it took about a week for mine.
By any chance, do you know if they can do wheels that have a polished lip? I guess I mean, can they mask off they polished section and only powdercoat the face of the wheel and not the lip? Now that would be nice!
Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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do they have bronze color?
Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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