Powder coating stock rims

paint, not sure it looks cheap, but it was cheap to do....

 

Heres mine, LOVE them!!!!

 

Mine are powder-coated. Check my build below.

 

My fronts are currently "brake dust" gray. Thinking of just clear coating them to lock it in. Then rotate for a similar coating for the rears.

Seriously though, I dig the factory rims in either black or gray.

 

whats the process of power coating rims.. i mean i know what they do (strip paint sand blast and power coat basically) which all takes an average of 3 days right?? but do you take the tires with the rims to the shop?? do you just leave the truck there? sorry iam a noob at the whole power coating but iam deff thinking of doing it

 

Depends on the shop. Some require that you bring in just the wheels

 

When I did mine I purchased a set off craigslist for 250, sent those of to the coater, swapped my tires when I got them back then sold the unpowder coated set for 300$ . plenty of guys getting rid of the stock trd's to go aftermarket

 

that is an awesome rack! i wanna do something like that after seeing this

 

I think I might do a powder coat or spray with some kind of bronze. I have a metallic graphite grey and dont really want to do Black on Grey. Anyone got any suggestions to either spray or powder coat? And how much did you pay for your powder coat?

 

has anyone plasti dipped their rims? im thinking of doing it.

 

I plasti dipped mine and ran them for 2 months. I got tired of the look and ended up painting them anthracite/gray

Plasti dipped



Painted

 

howd you get the toyota emblem to stay white? did you mask it off?

 

Nah, just scratch the face of the emblem with your fingernail to get the plasti dip to tear and then slowly peel. The plasti dip will tear at the base of the emblem.

 

Those look good.

What percent gloss is that? I just got a set of the same wheels and I am looking to get a 30% gloss powdercoat.

 

oh ok cool thanks. im thinking of doing this tomorrow

 

Didnt like the looks of the stock moto metal 951's so i painted em.

 

I am getting mine powder coated soon. Did Y'all just paint the center pieces or can those be powder coated as well?

 

they must be painted you can't powder coat them

 

I"m looking to do this to my 2012 OR rims.. anyone know if there is a factory clear coat on them? Also all of the quotes I have gotten were on average $80/rim but then one guy said he could do all 4 for $100.. too good to be true right? These wheels are off the truck and don't have tires..so no labor in that department..