Powder coat or Paint?

Mike · 02-09-2012, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by D&G

PDC is the way to go and is cheaper compared to painting. For example, there are shops that charge around $200 to paint per wheel vs $50 to PDC per wheel and is much more durable and will be lighter on you wallet.

yep, I redid two Lotus wheels for a body shop I do work for and who does my body work, and when I charged them 100, they said it was way too low, that it needed to be at least 150 each.

TypeOne · 02-10-2012, 07:20 AM

Interesting... I've had 5 sets of single stage painted wheels on my cars over the last few years and never had any issues with any of them.

As a matter of fact, I had a set of powder coated RPF1's and the faces of them started chipping after the wheel was pulled on an off a few times.

Single staging is more durable than base + clear, not to mention it allows you to have an unlimited array of colors opposed to the premixed colors of powder.

The body shop that did my wheels does them for $250, and they custom mixed my color.

Maybe I've just had bad experiences with PC wheels... but personally... I would single stage paint them.

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02-10-2012, 07:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
TypeOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 2,682 Drives: BSM 370 Rep Power: 1851	Interesting... I've had 5 sets of single stage painted wheels on my cars over the last few years and never had any issues with any of them. As a matter of fact, I had a set of powder coated RPF1's and the faces of them started chipping after the wheel was pulled on an off a few times. Single staging is more durable than base + clear, not to mention it allows you to have an unlimited array of colors opposed to the premixed colors of powder. The body shop that did my wheels does them for $250, and they custom mixed my color. Maybe I've just had bad experiences with PC wheels... but personally... I would single stage paint them.