Powdercoat wheels

[MRT Motorsports]

Those wheels are the perfect candidates for media blast and powdercoat. Not that far gone.

 

[mdmiked]

I bought 5, blasted them and had them coated in a bright metallic silver. They came out pretty nice. A few little pits show if you look close but it's fine for me. I think having them all one color looks a little tougher than the machined face on the stock ones too. Less fancy, I guess.

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That looks really good. I've always wanted to do mine in a dark/gunmetal grey, how much did the whole job cost you?

 

[LINUS]

Mine were in similar condition to IronCladLou's and came out like this.
Now 5 years later are covered in rock rash but are otherwise holding up great.
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@Corbet ---

Now those look SHARP!

Mind caring the color tile / powdercoat recipe for that?

I'm a holdout & just like the classic 5 spoke, and 16"ers are still give me enough sidewall. Those are the nicest looking refurb on factory wheels IMO.

 

[Corbet]

It was many years back so I don't recal the color codes. I dropped them off and kind of gave my powder the freedom to impress me. The cut outs are a black textured color and the machined surface is a metallic grey. Obviously the raised "Toyota" is red.

 

[NLScooby]

Wow - how are you getting them done for only $60/wheel?
I called around and was quoted $100/ wheel for steelies that are in great shape to start with!

 

[FloridaFJ80]

Wow - how are you getting them done for only $60/wheel?
I called around and was quoted $100/ wheel for steelies that are in great shape to start with!

Shop in FL charged me 340 for 5 wheels.

 

[DARKNESS]

I assume $60/wheel does not include removing/remounting the tire and balancing. Perhaps that's the difference?

 

[NLScooby]

Not in my case. I was offering to bring them just the wheels with no tires, wheel weights or valve stems. I guess I must have called the Nordstroms of powdercoating!

 

[Dervis Garip]

Had mine refurbished this year two tone turned out great after many years.

 

[Box Rocket]

$60-ish per wheel is a common and reasonable price for blasting and powdercoating a set of wheels. If someone is charging more, look elsewhere.

 

[tampacruiser95]

Mine were in similar condition to IronCladLou's and came out like this.
Now 5 years later are covered in rock rash but are otherwise holding up great.
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Do you remember what color you powder coated these? They look great.

 

[LINUS]

$60-ish per wheel is a common and reasonable price for blasting and powdercoating a set of wheels. If someone is charging more, look elsewhere.

This was a very spot-on price then, but the ‘Rona blew my PC prices by ~2-300%.

If you can DIY, a used oven would pay for itself now in the present market / backlog / prices.

Sad truth

 

[Corbet]

Do you remember what color you powder coated these? They look great.

I do not.

 

[Irish Reiver]

Are the original stock wheels powder coated? If so is it just a clear coat?

 

[shocktower]

Are the original stock wheels powder coated? If so is it just a clear coat?

Clear coat

 

[redeye]

Geez, I was just quoted $750 to refinish all 5 of my 40th Anniversary wheels. Now that's sounding awfully high based on what others are paying.

 

[LINUS]

Geez, I was just quoted $750 to refinish all 5 of my 40th Anniversary wheels. Now that's sounding awfully high based on what others are paying.

Not really - $100/ea would be a bargain in the weirdness of the C19 economy.

My quote to PC a headache rack was near double what I paid 3yrs ago, same shop.
What was $150 pre-tax was $285 pre-tax when I called a few mo back.

And look at the date last post of $60/ea - 2016

Plus, to do them to exact finish of OE, it’ll either be soda or walnut shell/corncob media - any sand will leave a matte silver to the milled AL area, so esp if it’s a shop that is reputable that could be about as good a quote as you find, IDK.

 

[Irish Reiver]

Not sure how covid is responsible for pushing the prices up but I was quoted $100 per wheel. Media blasting was extra. It's amazing how good my paint job came out.

 

[LINUS]

Not sure how covid is responsible for pushing the prices up but I was quoted $100 per wheel. Media blasting was extra. It's amazing how good my paint job came out.

I asked on the price & the owner couldn’t keep employees - lots quit & took ‘Rona checks.

So he was running ragged just to cover overhead as a solo act, so if you weren’t a regular w/ constant parts, he priced so it was worth doing.

Ran into the same thing when I had a nitride finish done - shoptime was valuable, it was not the price I expected when last I’d talked to them.

At least they had supplies, unlike trying to buy anything home office went ~yr ago.
I was wait-listed for HP printer cartridges, super common ones near all home HP laser use.

 

[Kabanstva]

mine came out almost exactly as yours, in the shade they are kind of flat, but they are silver in the sunlight.....my powdercoat guy used prismatic Porsche silver and a uv rated clear, profile is when I had just picked them up from the powder guy and had the 315 MTR's mounted and running around in the middle of February snow

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I love Porsche Silver. I ordered a lot of swatches from Prismatic and it boiled down to either BMW Silver or Porsche Silver. I chose Porsche for two sets of wheels for my Lexus.