What's the smart way to get wheels powder coated?

"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal) 03/17/2016 at 13:51 • Filed to: None

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I’ve never had wheels (or anything else) powder coated before. My wheels are shot. The coating from the factory has peeled in places, and there’s no shining them up to look anything better than tired. Functionally they’re great, and they aren’t all curb rashed. They’re just close to 20 years old. For better or worse, I need new tires too. Problem is, how can I get four rims sand blasted and powder coated without four more rims holding up the car?

I’m considering heading to a tire shop and explaining this and seeing if I can buy tires on steel loaner rims while getting the real rims coated and then pay for the labor of remounting the tires a second time.

It’s not the worst plan and I suspect it’s my only option, but more than once, especially with cars, I’ve learned that there is a shortcut that makes a ton of sense that you might not know about. If there was a way to do this without going back and forth a couple times, it’d save a minor headache.

Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Meatcoma > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 13:55

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craigslist for some cheap steelies.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 13:55

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brick your car

take wheels to get powder coated

return with coated rims

unbrick car

Slant6 > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 14:02

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Do you have friends?

Tripper > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 14:02

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Are there no places that take appointments? I’ve not had wheels painted, but the place that I have used for wheel repair does it. People usually drop off and pick up just like any other service.

Captain of the Enterprise > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 14:03

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You could leave it on jack stands

Future next gen S2000 owner > Tripper 03/17/2016 at 14:06

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Somewhere, some place does this.

crowmolly > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 14:08

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1) Get cheap wheels and tires off Craigslist

2) Get old tires dismounted off of current rims

3) Get them blasted and powder coated

4) Get new tires mounted on coated rims (be sure to tell them to put the mother fucking wheel weights on the inside)

5) Remount and enjoy

Edit- Oh, what wheels are they? Might be tough to PC

Rico > Slant6 03/17/2016 at 14:18

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Lol

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > crowmolly 03/17/2016 at 14:29

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That’s what I had more or less in mind. I just don’t want to end up with a set of shit wheels, but I bet the tire place will happily take them. I have no place to store them.

They’re these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-528i-5…

Think they’re coatable? If not I guess I’ll get aftermarket and just dump the orignials and save a lot of headache, but the car is bone stock and I’d like to keep it that way if possible.

crowmolly > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 14:30

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Well, let me put it this way. What is your budget, from old wheels off to new ones on?

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > crowmolly 03/17/2016 at 14:31

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Budget is no problem. Storing four tired tired on junk rims is the problem.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > Rico 03/17/2016 at 14:31

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*cries*

crowmolly > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/17/2016 at 14:32

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I was thinking about cost to coat your originals. Probably $75-100 per wheel.

As for the junk tires and wheels, see if you can just pay to have the tire place dispose of them.