powder coating wheels...
 

anyone know of a place that does wheels?

I got a set of wheels just hanging out... figured I'd powder coat them and slap 'em on a car.

Place called Capco, behind the Rio did the 17" TSWs I had on my Tiburon.

what did they charge? i want to find a place that is a good price and fast turn around time, that would also take tires of the rims and do everything.

They don't do anything as far as removing tires or wheel weights or valve stems. You need to bring the rims to them ready to go. They charged me $75/rim to media blast and coat them. This was several years ago, so don't be shocked if the price is higher now.

I would be curious to see how they are. I took my brake calipers to Vegas Powdercoating before SEMA and while all looked good at first. The calipers look like complete ass now.

^Yeah, but you also race yours...You just need yours to be black. LOL And Brown brembos on the evo. haha

^^^They didn't turn brown or anything. They are chipped, peeling, turning pink in places, etc.

maybe they weren't clean enough before coating? And chipped away from rocks and tools? I think Kris's wheels have chipped some from putting on and taking off so many tires.

^^^Maybe, but thats my point. They didn't do a good job. Powdercoating is supposed to be strong. This particular job is no stronger than a half assed paint job.

Just like any project....its all about the prep.

wow, my G2 kit seems to be tougher then the PC...weird.

My wheels are powdercoated but I have no idea where they were done!

oh, it's Kam. long time no talk.

Well if someone finds an awesome deal on the powdercoating lemme know. i want to get the middles of my volks powdercoated black. Also gotta get my lips reworked so that all the rash is gone.

Nice job! I bought mine off of Mikey (SinCity350Z) and he had his powdercoated gunmetal and had the lip polished.

And I bought them off of a member on My350Z.com who was the one who actually got the powdercoating/polishing done :).

We get some parts at my work powdercoated (industrial type mechanical parts) so I'll find out where it is done and see if they will do wheels.

i'm getting a pair of wheels sandblasted today to see how they'll look without the paint on them.

if they look alright, add some tires and i'll be happy with that.

Stan is getting his powder coated down in Cali, he should be back Sunday (supercharged too, lucky bastard, lol). I am curious to see how the stock wheels looked powercoated.

ok, took the wheels to get sandblasted and just rattle canned them in my garage.

came out pretty nice looking. will have to take before/after pictures tomorrow when there's more light.

Yes, I have Stans Roadster with me. Here is the powdercoated wheels (on and off the car)

I will make another post about the SC install. Stay tuned................

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Woohoo. Looks great.

WOW....the pic with them on the car is awsome....very nice

+1, looks good Stan!

It was REALY hard to come up with a powdercoating color that would;

A) Make the stock wheels look more agressive (trying to not do them black)
B) Would look good and not clash, but go good with the dark blue convertable top
C) And, a color that would be different enough from the stock silver color to notice.

I think they came out pretty good. :)

I think they came out better than pretty good...they look sick as hell.....cant wait to see them in person......again mad props.:038:

Scott put a lot of thought into getting the color and I definately appreciate it.

Hmmm...wouldn't mind doing mine like that after I get my Advans.

there is a place called Shine Shop off Sunset and the 95, my buddy used them for his xterra wheels and they came out awsome, i will be taking my OEM 19's later this week for a nice powder coat. with out seeing them he quoted me $95 a wheel and that was leaving the lip untouched. with a day or two turnaround time

Mark Speaks highly of Shine Shop. I think you'll be ok there.

I had two sets of wheels powder coated black. One set completely black & the other just the spokes with the lips polished. Both turned out nicely.

i am taking mine in tuesday morning, they want $380 for mine and my friend paid $280 for his so hopefully i can get the price down

Keep in mind: Whole rim is easier than part of the rim. This will affect the pricing.

i was quoted like $60/wheel from this one place, plus an addition $150 for all wheels for clear coating.


and $40/wheel to strip the white paint off of the set of wheels I wanted to do.

arg. just trying to see how it'd look. So, stripped two wheels at another shop for $50, then rattle canned it... looks good so far. now to find two really cheap 225/40-18 tires to see if that's the route I wanna go for the G or just buy some Lexus Gs300 spyder wheels and toss some tires on them:
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or

M3 wheels
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or... if all else fails:

ADRs
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Just got my wheels back from Shine Shop Awsome job they did very glossy which is what i was going for, only down fall is they powder coasted over the balences weights so when the tire shop when to balence the rims they had to pull the old ones off which left a line that isn't black but its on the inside oh well.

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If needed i can get some better pictures up.

I'm digging the black. Congrats.

Looks good nightrider...Ever consider blacking out the headlight housings?

Looks mean as hell....very nice

Thank You..........

New Pix, you can see the wheels better in this, again thank you Shine Shop!

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bump for updated pix

very nice.

Just got mine back from the Shine Shop. They powder coated them black & polished the lips.

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Nice Mark. I likey.

Wow Mark, they turned out great. Ohh, nice tires too! :D

Good looking wheels Mark....will they be on the car for Wed. nights meet?

No they won't. :mad: I need some spacers for the fronts & my longer NISMO wheel studs aren't in yet. I'm always waiting for something!!!

Speaking of spacers...are any of you guys running spacers on your 350Z?

I need to.
I'm shooting for 20/25mm adapters for the stock 06s

you plan on using different/longer studs?