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Ryan from Ohio
05-31-2009, 07:31 PM
To people with stock chrome rims.

Is the center cap metal or is it chrome plate plastic?

Im looking to powder coat my rims black. I would have to paint the senter caps black as they are plastic.
Caboose73
05-31-2009, 07:39 PM
I have the polished 16inch aluminum and the center piece is plastic so i think it would be the same for the chrome
CactusWill
05-31-2009, 08:00 PM
plastic
AleroB888
05-31-2009, 08:09 PM
To people with stock chrome rims.

Is the center cap metal or is it chrome plate plastic?

Im looking to powder coat my rims black. I would have to paint the senter caps black as they are plastic.

Plastic, but matching the color is tough, if you paint w/off the shelf color....

http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/Gflash01/001.jpg?t=1243814627
worknprog.99
05-31-2009, 11:19 PM
we came with a chrome option? lol
cherrington17
05-31-2009, 11:54 PM
ryan, self powder, or a shop?

if your getting them done at a shop, how much does powder coating a set of rims cost?
colonel6632
06-01-2009, 02:25 AM
at my shop... about $75 a rim
Nate's Alero
06-01-2009, 08:11 AM
at my shop... about $75 a rim

O.O!!
Gr1m
06-01-2009, 08:12 AM
yea...some guy wanted 75 per caliper i told him to eff himself
Nate's Alero
06-01-2009, 08:14 AM
yea...some guy wanted 75 per caliper i told him to eff himself

fuck powercoating, ill go high temp rattle can, AND the cheap cans even hold up well to heat
Ryan from Ohio
06-01-2009, 10:40 AM
yea...some guy wanted 75 per caliper i told him to eff himself

I know a guy with a powder coat gun and an oven in the garage. So it costs just the powder.

I know another guy that will do them for about $25 a rim.
cherrington17
06-01-2009, 11:33 AM
25 a rim!? i'd be willing to drive for the kinda price. how long does it take?

I was looking to have some rims powder coated, but all the quotes i've got are in the $400 range. and at that cost, i'm better off just buying rims in the color i want.
Ryan from Ohio
06-01-2009, 01:39 PM
The guy is in Dayton Ohio area.

He needs the rims with no tires on them...

If you have an old oven in a garage and an air compressor you can buy the power and gun and do it yourself...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94244

I prefer the Eastwood HotCoat gun better, but the HF thing works to. Just uses more powder/waste.
cherrington17
06-01-2009, 01:43 PM
definitely don't have an oven.... that i could use. (that'd be a huge oven to fit the 18's i might get)

it might pan out though... cuz the tires are shot (apparently)...hmm..... i'll have to think about that one.
aleroguy
06-01-2009, 05:26 PM
we came with a chrome option? lol

Yeah anyways? Don't we just have polished aluminum?
colonel6632
06-02-2009, 04:47 AM
my place burn the old paint off... then sandblasts it... then paints it then clears them (if you want) for $75. but where i am everything is expensive
AleroChick785
06-02-2009, 09:39 AM
ok...wtf is powder coating? it's to change rim color? i have an oven in my garage. is it easy to do?



nevermind...i used the search bar..i understand now
surreal_awakening
06-02-2009, 09:50 AM
I guess to simplify it, think of it as painting, but powdercoating is more durable/longer lasting/etc. Essentially it has to do with spraying a powder onto electrically charged items to make the powder stick, then baking the powder onto the item.
Redog
06-02-2009, 04:34 PM
Yeah anyways? Don't we just have polished aluminum?

Yeah we do.

When people see a shiny rim, it's automaticlly chrome :rolleyes2:

The powdercoating shop should have a paint guy to match plastic pieces to powdercoated ones.

Powdercoating takes a while to complete. plus most shops just have the equipment to do the powdercoating, not take tires off the rims