powder coating wheels?

[oldschoolsdime92]

I want to powder coat the spokes on my wheels red,or just the rim red and leave the spokes gun metal and I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to do that, and what it might cost? Heres pics of the wheels..

[Steve Butters]

call wheelmedic and ask for mike

[Zach]

I vote no, but here's a photochop to help you decide:

Edited August 2, 2010 by Zach

[hollywood3586]

I'm getting mine done by a shop here in akron.. $50 a wheel here. I say do it. It's worth it for a nice change on your ride.

[oldschoolsdime92]

thanks for the chop, perhaps, its not as cool as i thought in my head LOL, could you do me one with the wheels black?

[20thGix]

www.afipowder.com in Piqua

Performace Powder Coating in Russia but they might just do commercial/industrial work.

[Zach]

[schmuckingham]

call wheelmedic and ask for mike

Mike is no longer there, as for Bryce.

P&P performance powdercoating in Columbus can help you. PandPperformance@gmail.com is their email, is Erik or Leigh

[Anden]

Black sucks as a color to keep clean.

Here are some nice ones though.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/choates/2429794723/in/set-72157603306074545/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/choates/2429797093/in/set-72157603306074545/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/choates/2430639318/in/set-72157603306074545/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/choates/2430672396/in/set-72157603306074545/

[oldschoolsdime92]

I really like that black and gun metal. My CBR wheels were black, and yes they were hard to keep clean!

[oldschoolsdime92]

thank you zach! Ive got one last one to ask you to do, could you do one like the last link anden posted?

[Steve Butters]

i like the one with the rim painted red

[Zach]

The stripe doesn't really show up at that distance, but you get the idea.

[oldschoolsdime92]

thanks man! i owe you one! or three!

[oldschoolsdime92]

i really like the two tone!

[Steve Butters]

you should trade me bikes

my wheels are already black!

[xtremef4i]

PM Warpspeed. he does PC as a hobby and charges very little $. I think he is located in Brookville or Eaton

[oldschoolsdime92]

i sent him a text the other day, just kinda waiting to hear back. =) good lookin out bro.

[xtremef4i]

What about a gun metal color? Maybe it wouldnt show the brake dust as bad. gun metal color looks good on lots of stuff

[dustinsn3485]

www.afipowder.com in Piqua

Performace Powder Coating in Russia but they might just do commercial/industrial work.

I'll second this, they did my wheels.

And I'll rep Garrett, he can do good work.

[xtremef4i]

I had AFI do some ceramic coating on my midpipe. the finish is prety "orange peely". Could have been done better IMO but they did it for a good price. turn around was 2 weeks when they originally said 1

[DWatkins]

We own a powder coating business in Springfield. If you want the whole wheel in one color it's 75 after blasting costs. We stock 80 colors. We can show you many wheels we've done for other people and see if it's what you want. 1 year satisfaction warranty on everything we do. If you're not happy, we'll do it again in the same color at no charge. Our phone number is 937-322-1661 and we do NO production or commercial work, just bikes and cars.

[oldschoolsdime92]

interesting. What would you charge to do a two tone, such as has been done in the photoshops?

[DWatkins]

Well, it's not all that hard, except for the masking on a two tone cast wheel. There are hours of masking involved. What we can do is do it in the first color and partially bake it, let you mask it with the high temp tape and do the second color. For us it would be two times through the oven so about $80 per wheel if you bought the high temp masking tape and masked them yourself. We charge $65 per hour for masking, how ever long that would take. We're pretty darned persnickety, so I'm guessing about 60 to 90 minutes per wheel. As you see, that can add up quickly. so many people take them home and mask while watching TV or whatever and bring them back for completion. If you wanted, we could then clear coat them so the line wouldn't be able to be felt and the colors would be deeper. That's about $40 per wheel extra. We do a lot of show work, so we're used to weird requests.