i was wondering if anyone on here has powdercoated their stock alloys. i just got a 1999 es300...its blue with the gunmetal-ish 2 tone underpaint and i think it would look pretty cool if i powdercoated the alloys gunmetal. well if anyone has done it to the alloys let me know how it went!

 

its a waste of money IMO

 

its more easier and cost efficient to take the rims off buy some paint and scuffing pad and spray them urself!!! i've sprayed rims numberous amount of times and 99% of them came out flawless

 

That sounds kinda ghetto to me but hey if it works.

 

I'm going to go out of my way and say that I would rather paint the car monotone than doing a color change to the wheels. The Dark Blue Pearl on the '99 ES is a rare and beautiful color

 

that will work, but powder coating the wheels wont flake or chip and it will probably outlast the life of the car

 

this is probably another dumb question but what is powder coating?

 

Thirdmtio, powdercoating is a painting process where the paint is sprayed on in a powder form. The paint is electrostacilly charged positive, and the part is grounded. This causes the paint to "cling" to the part - usually very evenly. The part is then heated to the correct temperature, this "melts" the paint and it creates a very even and durable coating.

Since this is a complex process, it is done by professionals. This means that they (generally) do a better job on surface preparation, which tends to improve the result. At higher volumes it is cost competitive to standard wet painting, on low volume jobs such as this it may be seen as pricey. In almost all cases, powdercoating will yield a superior finish to standard wet painting, certainly much better than can be achieved through painting in your driveway. No disrespect to the ghetto warriors out there though!

 

ahh i see. Thanks for the detailed answer!