Does anyone know how to powdercoat, or what type of place I can go to, to have my rims finished?

I have RAYS Engineering wheels, Im not gonna spray paint them..

 

if i were you id check some local shops. shipping would just cost alot. where are you located btw?

 

also make sure they are using the polyester powder. This is what my company is using to finish our ornamental iron products. This is the most durable powder, as far as I know. Also make sure they sandblast the wheels first, do not have them chemical wash it.

 

^1 -- along with that there is a high temp and low temp method. Make sure they can do the low temp method, otherwise the rim could become brittle from being cooked.

Or you could take it to a good paint shop and have them prof. painted. (This is what I did - cheaper, and I got the color exactly how I wanted it).

 

^ wow what color is that?? can i see some pics of it on the car??

 

Powder coating might not be a good idea, it can hinder the strength of the wheel.

 

You can do it yourself with a $120 kit from Summit racing. I dont have the exact link but you could search on thier site.

 

My friend has a powder coat set-up... Its very easy. Ive done it. Powdered some intake pipes and some intercooler pipes. You need a oven.... depending on item, a sandblasting machine. A compressor with a powder coat gun... Buy the powder (some powder colors require a base color)... Hang them up after sanding and cleaning them with mineral spirits.. any fingerprints or oils will ruin the powdercoat. spray them with the powder. Then bake. The hardest part is the prep.. Can take a long time. On something like wheels I would have it professionally done..

 

and a big a$$ oven

 

Custom painted - black base coat with lots of bronze pearl. Sorry its winter here, and my car is apart for upgrades. And I dont have tires in yet for this set.

 

Im in Philly, but I live outside the general city in the suburbs.
There arent many tuner shops around.

If I get a prof. Paint job what am I looking at price-wise VS a Powder coat?
Im concerned about my wheels/paint chipping.
Also, I should have questioned earlier.. I need the curb rash fixed too, what about that?

 

I know there is a damn good wheel shop down in Neshaminy. Im not exactly sure where it is tho.

 

Ah, I lived in Philly for a few months after I quit my job in NJ, I helped a friend from college fix-up his new house before I came back to MI. Check out TurboTrix in Edison, NJ - its about 45-60mins north.

I had mine painted for $150 (I sanded them and did the prep. work (cleaned) them before I gave them to a buddies shop to paint). I had some slight curbrash and marks from the weighting - I was able to sand it off (I mainly just messed up the factory paint). How bad is the rash?

PC, best I could find pricewise for the low-temp method was $70 a tire (media blasting, cleaning, PC, clear coated). So that would have been $280 for 4.

 

Discount Tires does them for about $120 a wheel I believe. They come back as new. I tried to do mine, but they were too beat up. You can shoot them a call.

 

SmikeEvo nice rims i was thinking of doing mine black with a little crome flaking. now i have an idea of the look thanks.
to the ?at hand i believe the best way is jus ask around. we obviously dont have ALOT of experience with this but if u jus get out there and aask u will get ur answer