anybody know the name of that place in campbell industrial that paints/powder-coats rims? looking for a cost effective way to change my stock bbs gold rims to black.

 

I would say for longevity, powdercoating would be great.. but powdercoating is really expensive.

There are a few powdercoating places but i'm not sure which one you're referring to. I've heard of a place called "Mekala" powdercoat.. supposed to be pretty good.

 

Not to be a d*ck but with all the questions you have been asking, about 90% of them have been answered. Use the search button......also it would help if you read the noob thread https://www.i-club.com/forums/hawaii-43/attn-noobs-44200/

Powder Coating in the search box yields the following:
https://www.i-club.com/forums/search...archid=2423373

 

got it. thanks.

 

oh okay, right on. well, im sure it would be chaper than buying brand new rims right? question is how much cheaper.

 

yeah, my bad on that. got trigger happy with the new thread button. thanks for the guidance :shaka:

 

Something you might consider... paint them. A good refinish and paint to any color by a wheel repair place will run you $120 per wheel, that's including repairing the wheels to near new finish ( curbage, dings, whatever ). For powdercoating, you are looking at a minimum $180 per wheel, thats not including any repairs so if the wheels are funky they will be shiny looking funky ones.

Also, make sure the powdercoating place knows that they are doing with wheels, I'm almost certain the one in campbell is good enough to know how to treat forged wheels ( stock bbs ). I recently had a bad deal go down for some forged, BBS RG-R's that had been powdercoated, and heated incorrectly in the kiln.... the result were 4 laterally untrue rims by almost 1/2", ask a wheel guy, thats a lot.

So, in the future, I'm sticking with paint... Why? It's just about the same thing, a good wheel paint will last just about as long, and look just as good, without the added risk or weight ( nobody ever considers that, powdercoating does add weight ).

 

it shouldnt be $180 per wheel unless you get it powdercoated more than one color. 18"s cost around $80 per rim. that being said, getting it painted by a wheel repair shop is cheaper and more convenient. all depends how much youre willing to spend. either way is still alot cheaper than buying a new set

 

You can buy a small compressor, inline filter, regulator, spray gun and paint for about the same as paying someone else to do it....and then you would still have the equipment to do small paint projects in the future (hood scoops, lip kits, side skirts, spoilers, trunks, mirrors, a fender, motorcycle plastics, neighbor's dog...or whatever you may need painted in the future).

You can go to sherwin williams and they will mix a pretty close to exact color for you. You can lean about prepping the surface, reducers, catalysts, blending and methods very easily online.

Paintscratch.com will also mix paint for you, and ship it right to your door.

There are videos showing technique.

There is a saying that seems to not exist anymore.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.

The loss of that mentality is a sad thing.

Maybe we grew up completenly differently, but it has neve once crossed my mind to pay someone to do something as simple as painting wheels.

Plus the satisfaction of being able to do it yourself is sweet.

Sex is possibly an exception to the DIY method...depending upon the receptacle.

 

you always know what to say chad, mixing in seriousness and humor

for me, the only thing stopping me from painting stuff myself is the fear of messing up...even if i do learn how to do it.

i agree though, getting stuff done yourself is alot more satisfying...
but you still need to help me w/ the door install

 

Dont be scared to mess something up, if you do...guess what, you probaby will not mess up a 2nd time.

With paint it really doesnt matter, let it dry, sand it and start over. The first thing I ever painted was a bumper...it turned out crappy. But I learned what I did wrong and corrected it (I didnt use any reducer in the paint, thought it was ready to spray when the local paint store mixed it, so the metal flake was a little excessive and then I went way too thick with the tack coat and 2nd coat of clear. I had runs in my third coat.) I let it dry, filed out the runs, sanded and buffed a little. It was for my own car, so it was good enough.

The 2nd thing that I painted, another bumper, turned out close to perfect.

 

Powdercoating is not that expensive. It will run you about $200 for the set. It is also much more durable than paint.

 

The place across from my work where we go to get things powder coated charges $20 a wheel, and I think 10 extra for a gloss finish.

 

You live in California......

 

omg lets go to caliiiiii