Looking for a local shop, know for their quality to powder coat my stock enkei's. If anyone has had experience with any of the local shops please let me know.

 

Try Lo-Ko out in Oak Lawn. I had my dp and midpipe ceramic coated by them. The quality was very good and the price reasonable. They also do powder coating, so give them a call.

http://www.lo-ko.com/

 

Talked with Lo-Ko today and I will be droping off my stock Enkei's later this week. For those of you interested, it's $75/per wheel. Thanks mhgsx

 

Dude that is way too much! My dad works in the metal business and he says that is too high. You should be able to get the whole thing done for around $200. Shop around a bit.

 

Keep in mind that I my goal is quality, not necessarily the cheapest price. I have shopped around and not all shops have gained my trust. They were very knowledgable and reasurring. If anyone else has dealt with any other shops in the area, please post and I'll take it from there.

 

Well, I'll vouch for the quality of Lo-Ko's work.

I heard about this place through one of my employers. He owns over $1 mil in race cars. So this is a man who doesn't really skimp on quality.

From the pictures and parts throughout their office, the majority of Lo-Ko's buisness is through motorsports. And considering how small a community the racing community is, you can be that word would get around fast if their quality was something to be desired.

Could you find a place that could powder coat for less? Probably. But that's like saying I could find you some Konig wheels that looks just like your Volks (no offense to Konig owners). You get what you pay for.

I don't work for them. I only have my own experiences for my recommendation of them. If you go there, say hi to the hot strawberry blonde who works the desk. She really knows her car ****, too.

 

She's what sold me... Now, on to color. BBY EVO -- White, Black, Gunmetal, or Bronze.

 

Hot pink

 

Green man...just like Kermit.

 

 

If it's for racing, I would go hot pink. Look at those JDM race cars, they usually have some funky colored wheels.

For the street, go for gold. After a week, w/ the brake dust, you'll get the bronze color anyways

Anthracite will look like the original silver color w/ brake dust. What would be the difference?

White on a blue car= Honda Civic Si.

Black on a blue car looks kinda ghetto.

They do candy colors. Maybe a candied silver? Should look like the Volk Mercury silver option.

 

Go with bronze or gunmetal I have seen blue subaru's with bronze rims and they look good same with gunmetal.

 

Well... It looks as if we've ruled out both white and black.

 

Anyone know of a place that might be able to custom paint the side mirror housings? Most likely it would have to be airbrushed because I want to put a pattern, not a solid color.

 

It's $90 each for BBS rims. Does anyone know of another place. Or is that a fair price.