Powder Coating deal question

[deicustoms1]

I just bought a 2nd set of stock rims(5) to get powder coated.

Contacted A M Metal Finishing, (www.ammetal.com)

They say "To bead blast them then pretreat them then apply the powder would be $100 .00 a wheel. That includes the powder, takes 4-5 days"

First, what do you think of that price, is it average? Second, is that all there is to it, or will I need any additional work done on them? And does the company look good from what you can tell?

thanks

[DDWH]

100 bucks a wheel seems pretty damn steep!

Bead blasting is normal...gets rid of the dirts, oils, etc...some places will do a chemical wash, depends on condition of the metal.

4-5 days turn is acceptable if its a busy shop. Same day if a slow shop.

You can have them do a clear coat over the color for durability, but I don't think its really necessary.

I would shop around...there's usually alot of powder coaters around.

[deicustoms1]

Alright, I'll contact a few more places. What is a decent price per wheel?

[deicustoms1]

Hmm....what do the powder coating shops do for the plastic center caps? anything?

[deicustoms1]

and another question...will they remove the weights that are on the edge of the rim before doing it? And when I get the tires mounted on the black rims and balanced, will they be able to install weights on the back side? (my other set of rims had them like that)

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by dei???????:
And when I get the tires mounted on the black rims and balanced, will they be able to install weights on the back side? (my other set of rims had them like that)

I would think a good shop can. I know that my buddies shop in Winter Garden did it on his truck. If you want their number when its time, just let me know.

[mudderducker]

the weights are on the inside of my rims, you can't see them at all. I don't know what it costs, but $100 a wheel seems very high, I thought it would be under $50 a wheel? my dealer did mine.

[evldave]

I was going to do the same thing, got a quote from a very reliable local PC shop. $35wheel. But, he didn't have the stripping stuff so he sent me to a friend - another $15/wheel. $50 a wheel seemed good to me. Cheaper than buying new black rims...

[DDWH]

Originally posted by dei???????:
Alright, I'll contact a few more places. What is a decent price per wheel?

Are you doing black or a custom color?

Most shops will have black loaded, since they shoot it everyday of the week and have a 2nd booth or hopper where they will do a different color each day of the week. i.e. blue on mondays, red on tuesdays, yellow on wed, etc.

I would think somewhere in the $40-$50 per wheel would be decent as long as its a standard color. If you are doing a custom non standard color, then the price will jump.

[deicustoms1]

Well I asked for black, black chrome, and got the one estimate.

I'm not sure if there is a difference...is there?

[HummerNewbie]

In all your searching around for custom stuff, have you come across a good metal shop? I need to have some brackets made to mount my steps to my rocker rails.

[Ipedog]

Sorry, no help here, but I'm looking forward to see the end result. I want to PC my wheels black or a very dark grey.

Good Luck!

[HummerLV]

should be around $50 a wheel with the strip/cleaning. rear side wheel weights will work and tire shop can/will do them, just make sure you tell them that up front.
black chrome is much different than just black, way more involved and $$$$$
as far as the caps, those are for you to do, rattle can them with a matching color.
you don't want the coater to do them as they will come back as blobs of melted plastic.
once they spray on powder the wheels will go right into a large hot oven for a while to melt and adhere the powder to the wheels. they will have many different blacks available to pick from, glossy, semi-gloss, matted, textured, just look at their samples and pick what you like.
have fun with it and enjoy when done.

and remember they can do different colors on the same wheel if so desired, they will mask and coat one area then after the first color is cured they will mask that off and color the other areas, very cool effects can be had.

heres one in vegas with a little info. http://www.powdercoatinglv.com/

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by HummerLV:
as far as the caps, those are for you to do, rattle can them with a matching color.
you don't want the coater to do them as they will come back as blobs of melted plastic.
once they spray on powder the wheels will go right into a large hot oven for a while to melt and adhere the powder to the wheels.

Are there possibly other processes? The company that you linked to had a Mustang in their gallery. Looked like every item they did on that Mustang (engine compartment and interior) was plastic.

[lotus4s]

Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
In all your searching around for custom stuff, have you come across a good metal shop? I need to have some brackets made to mount my steps to my rocker rails.

Hey Newb,

I may have a guy who can do that for you. PM me.

[deicustoms1]

Thanks HummerLV

HummerNewbie - nope, no metal shops yet

[HummerNewbie]

Thanks but hoping lotus has me covered.

[deicustoms1]

So the quote for $100/wheel was for black chrome powder coat color. You mentioned black chrome was much more involved. So..is the quote I got for real black chrome? Or just a glossy black finish that should cost about $50/wheel?

[HummerLV]

chroming or in this case black chroming is plating of the parts, when you chrome something the part is dipped into different solutions to "plate coat" the parts, i heard that black chrome is even more involved than regular chroming.
all my babbeling said, if it is in fact "Black Chrome" then $100 a wheel i think would be a decent price.
powder coating will look like paint
black chrome will have a chrome look to it, it is hard to explain, but when you see it you will know what i mean, just tell them to show you the difference
chrome http://www.truckstuffusa.com/ec2chro...sbydeezee.html

Black chrome http://www.truckstuffusa.com/stainsteello4.html

[deicustoms1]

Hmm...I guess what I was thinking black chrome was, would be the high gloss powder coat. Cleared that up.

Anyways, I think I'll stop down there and one other place to see what the deal is. thanks