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[Wagonbacker9]

i would absolutely love to do this! but the nearest place i checked quoted me $500 +tax, which is more than i paid for the wheels and tires. you know a cheaper place?

if you get them preped up yourself, and shop around, I'll bet you could get it knocked down to half that. couple days of your life and a nylon filament abrasive wheel kit and you'd be good to go. (sand blaster would be better, but I'm being cheap here)

 

[gr?]

powdercoating should only cost about $200-250/set from a good shop.

 

[red95_240sx]

Quickie from my new camera.

 

[Laser Blue]

powdercoating should only cost about $200-250/set from a good shop.

+1..
The shop I use in Portland gets $50 each if you pick a color they stock. Thats if you bring the wheels in already prepped. If they do the sand / bead blasting too, they charge an extra $25 per wheel. So, $300 complete.

 

[not yellow]

+1..
The shop I use in Portland gets $50 each if you pick a color they stock. Thats if you bring the wheels in already prepped. If they do the sand / bead blasting too, they charge an extra $25 per wheel. So, $300 complete.

hmmm... i guess i just need to shop around more. i suppose i got a little turned off after that high quote from the first place i went.

 

[RADAR THIS]

OK to let everyone on PC'ing and price point...with PC the more you pay, the more mills you get...so cheaper PC is a thinner coating...probably around 4 mil, which is not that thick, when you apply it, it will lay thicker than dried, so don't let them fool you on that either...and with any HYPER colors its a 3 step PC sandwich process...WHICH is not cheap...

 

[RADAR THIS]

+1..
The shop I use in Portland gets $50 each if you pick a color they stock. Thats if you bring the wheels in already prepped. If they do the sand / bead blasting too, they charge an extra $25 per wheel. So, $300 complete.

you can also take it to les schwabs...they now do that as well...same price $75 for basic colors...no trick colors...i just know this because they are my clients...

 

[Laser Blue]

The shop I use won't or can't do Hyper anything... They say that has to be done in a paint booth because the second coat is transparent and the third is clear. I know cuz I asked them about re-doing two of my RH's. They directed me to a shop that does high-end restoration work on wheels from upscale cars; Corvettes, Bimmers, and such. They will do Hyper Silver or Hyper Black for about $225-$250 per wheel if you wait til they are doing a bunch of them at once. The raw paint materials come only in greater quantity and cost over $1,000 per batch, and they evidently don't keep well. So they wait til they have a "group order" and do them all at once.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

K, powdercoating talk elsewhere... pics here.

 

[not yellow]

mkay, here's one...

 

[RADAR THIS]

oldie, obviously...

 

[dandan2]

pics after a detail and wax! new seats and harness bar(bar is getting painted silver). evo wing awaiting installation!

 

[sleet_22]

 

[altspace]

Eeek, creepy cemetery pic.

Old pic, but I love it.

 

[sleet_22]

haha..... umm thank you?

 

[JDM-P5]

those are pretty good actually!

 

[TheDirtyGoatee]

ITsYellow: That tree looks fake.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

ITsYellow: That tree looks fake.

Yeah the whole picture looks like its a miniature, doesn't it?

 

[TheDirtyGoatee]

Yeah the whole picture looks like its a miniature, doesn't it?

+1. Can we call up Hotwheels or some model car company and request a little f*cking respect on the MSP's (or any Mazda that's NOT rotary)?

 

[BadBandar]

Went to the sf autoshow yesterday.

^^Pic of a fellow Mocc member.