To powder coat, or not to powder coat...
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To powder coat, or not to powder coat...
So I have a crystal white 06 350, tan interior, and the lighter grey factory wheels. The dark grey, or granite grey factory wheels look a million times better than the lighter grey ones. Should I powder coat mine to look black, granite grey, charcoal grey...etc? Are there any cons to powder coating?
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The only con to powder coating wheels is if you chip them you can't easily touch them up. Of course chipping is a lot harder to do, but I've seen it happen before.
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I was thinking of powdercoating but spoke to a few places that fixes up wheels and they don't recommend it. I forget what the reasoning was but it is much cheaper to powdercoat. However they recommend painting the wheels.
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if you are going for temporary and dont mind dings here and there, go with the paint. and do it yourself! it is easy! just time consuming. but powercoating it takes a experienced person to do it with the right tools so it'll cost you a ton more. but i realized that when you do it right, yourself. people go "woah, you did it yourself, looks great" and i'm like hell yeah...
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I think it will look good. I like the style of the stock rims and they look much better in a darker color. I had mine done in black chrome.. honestly I wish I had powder coated them instead.
However, if you don't want to drop cash on a nice set of rims, this is a great alternative to get a different look... I say do it.
Oh, and as far as paint vs powder coat, I'd say go powder coat for sure. The paint will not hold up and over time you'll wish you spent the $$ for powder coating. Also, if you decide to ever sell them later on, it's much easier to sell powder coated wheels than painted ones.
However, if you don't want to drop cash on a nice set of rims, this is a great alternative to get a different look... I say do it.
Oh, and as far as paint vs powder coat, I'd say go powder coat for sure. The paint will not hold up and over time you'll wish you spent the $$ for powder coating. Also, if you decide to ever sell them later on, it's much easier to sell powder coated wheels than painted ones.
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got my 20's powdercoated for $200 for all four wheels. And for real powdercaoting is way better than painting. If you are on a budget I would say do this but if you can wait I would save the money and buy some wheels that you realy want in the future and do it right first time around. GL. no matter what you do its always a step up from stock no matter how small the mod.