Wheels Powder coat vs wrap

[BHC Vic]

Suburban wheels look horrible. The clear is peeling and looks pretty bad. It’s been sitting in the garage with a nuked tranny so I hadn’t really thought about it. Just picked it up yesterday and I figured the wife would be happy I dropped the 4500 to fix it but instead I got asked if I could take care of the wheels this week. She’s happy and I’m just kidding but I really do want to get them fixed. She said she wants them black which I’m not sure will look right, but it’s her car so whatever. So what’s better? wrap them or have them powder coated? Second question is where can I have either of these done near Norco. Of course I don’t want to break the bank on something we don’t drive a lot but I don’t want something cheap I’ll have to redo too soon either. This thing will probably drive to the lake house and tow the trailer till I end up getting a new truck one day. Other than that it sits in the garage and my wife drives her Prius. She already complained about filling the gas tank up today and she was using my card

 

[CLdrinker]

Wrap shouldn’t even be in your thought process.

 

[RiverDave]

You don’t want to wrap wheels.. it wouldn’t last a week without looking terrible

 

[ltbaney1]

powder coat should be your only option for this. if your unsure about the color, pick up a can of plasti dip and try it. powder coat is the correct way.

 

[lbhsbz]

I've never used it, but lots of people use plasti-dip on wheels....watch some youtube videos and check out their website....if you don't like the look, you can peel it back off and try something different.

 

[JayBreww]

Plasti Dip Rim Kit: 4 Aerosol Cans Black, 2 Aerosol Cans Glossifier, 1 Cangun https://a.co/d/gE2KxMT

B&B powder coating in Jurupa Valley has done a bunch of stuff for my family. Donnie is also a boater

 

[ka0tyk]

Normally some pretty harsh brake dust removing chemicals are used on wheels. Heat from brakes etc. No way in hell a vinyl wrap would last. Powder coat 100%.

 

[Deckin Around]

Just had my wife’s white suburban wheels powder coated matte black. $450 all in re-mounted and balanced at performance wheel and tire in Costa Mesa.

 

[steamin rice]

I had 2 sets of wheels powder coated in Phoenix a few years ago. It was $500 per set of wheels which included demounting the tires, cleaning up minor curb rash, powder coat, and remounting and balancing the tires. It sounds like costs are similar in socal. The powder coat has held up well.

 

[lf2]

I used A-1 powder coat for some wheels last year came out great and price was the same as all the other places i called. They are on horseless carriage over by the DmV in Norco

 

[BHC Vic]

Sweet. Thanks that’s pretty much what I thought but just to make the wife happy I figured I’d ask. I’ll look into the jurupa shop that’s not far at all.

 

[BHC Vic]

I used A-1 powder coat for some wheels last year came out great and price was the same as all the other places i called. They are on horseless carriage over by the DmV in Norco

Ohhhh thats less than a mile from me. I’m right by the baseball fields on bronco

 

[pwerwagn]

Just a heads up, I plasti dipped some wheels black just to see how they would look. I wasnt sure, but left it on for about 3 months. I ended up not liking the plasti dip at all, or the color (just black)...and it was a royal B to peel off. It all came off in tiny pieces. I ended up having to re-coat the wheels with plasti dip again with a thick coat, to get it all to peel off better. Was a hassle, and not worth it.

 

[Devilman]

If you are just wanting the factory wheels black, there are wheel covers that actually look pretty decent for pretty reasonable. My granddaughter got some to black out the wheels on a black Equinox she bought little while back. Being honest, when she told me about it I gave her a bit of a hard time, lol, but after seeing them, it actually didn't look too bad. I don't recall what she paid, seems like couple hundred bucks maybe? Don't have any pics, but pretty sure this is what they are:

 

[Badchoices03]

Man, you have more patience then I do with my wife when it comes to this kind of stuff....lol

 

[BUDMAN]

There’s a powder coating shop neer the DMV in Norco. It’s practically right next door. I purchased a new set of wheels for the wife’s Tahoe for $950. Might be easier to replace them

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Been looking at doing the same for my hoopty, cost our here is about 200 a wheel for restoration and powder coat.

 

[CLdrinker]

Sweet. Thanks that’s pretty much what I thought but just to make the wife happy I figured I’d ask. I’ll look into the jurupa shop that’s not far at all. View attachment 1257200 View attachment 1257201 View attachment 1257202

Good luck with that.
Better not let her find out how much you paid to fix the transmission if she thinks $600 is to much for powder coat.

 

[lakemadness]

Might be cheaper and easier to buy a set of takes offs from Facebook or Craigs. You might even find aftermarket wheels for cheap.

 

[BHC Vic]

Good luck with that.
Better not let her find out how much you paid to fix the transmission if she thinks $600 is to much for powder coat.

It’s because it’s for her. 400 on my sons baseball bat, no problem. New enclosure for the geese, spend it. She didn’t want me to fix the transmission but it makes no sense to have it sitting in the garage broken and I need it to launch the boat and tow the trailer. The transmission took place of our anniversary trip to Mexico. Shitty we missed it for our anniversary but I’m going to try to pull off the trip in November. We had a really good time last year, like second honeymoon type deal for our 10 year.

 

[Deckin Around]

 

[BHC Vic]

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Looks good on white. Ours is silver I’m kind of nervous. I think she thinks she’s paying for the rims too which is probably part of her thinking but I had set aside 5k for the transmission and I have money in my umpire envelope so she won’t have to pay.

 

[BHC Vic]

Also I want to have air bags installed. Best place near corona?

 

[rrrr]

Just had my wife’s white suburban wheels powder coated matte black. $450 all in re-mounted and balanced at performance wheel and tire in Costa Mesa.

Intriguing.

That's a good price for the amount of work involved.

 

[pronstar]

Just a heads up, I plasti dipped some wheels black just to see how they would look. I wasnt sure, but left it on for about 3 months. I ended up not liking the plasti dip at all, or the color (just black)...and it was a royal B to peel off. It all came off in tiny pieces. I ended up having to re-coat the wheels with plasti dip again with a thick coat, to get it all to peel off better. Was a hassle, and not worth it.

yeah high-heat and multiple heat-cycles make the plasti-dip brittle and a PITA to remove

 

[dspracing]

Hold on did your wife call you bro?

 

[BHC Vic]

Hold on did your wife call you bro?

Yea, I call her bro too. Her name in my phone is cougar. My wife and I are best friends and we joke around with each other like best friends. It just works for our marriage. It’s actually the best it’s ever been. It took a haircut call out but my wife and I have had a really good thing going on the last few years and I hope it never changes.

 

[Deckin Around]

Looks good on white. Ours is silver I’m kind of nervous. I think she thinks she’s paying for the rims too which is probably part of her thinking but I had set aside 5k for the transmission and I have money in my umpire envelope so she won’t have to pay.
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It will look good in silver. I want to wrap or paint the last pillar between the windows black like the pics below. I saw it done on another suburban it looked really good imo. My wife doesn’t care, I’m still waiting for her to find out I installed a train horn with the viair compressor and tank I used to bypass the factory “self adjusting” air ride

 

[BUDMAN]

Also I want to have air bags installed. Best place near corona?

LTW in riverside installed air bags on my Silverado and just lowered the wife’s Tahoe. Josh & Mike are the owners and run a great shop

 

[wzuber]

Intriguing.

That's a good price for the amount of work involved.

True, IF..... done correctly. Time will tell that tale.

 

[Albert]

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Plasti Dip Rim Kit: 4 Aerosol Cans Black, 2 Aerosol Cans Glossifier, 1 Cangun https://a.co/d/gE2KxMT

B&B powder coating in Jurupa Valley has done a bunch of stuff for my family. Donnie is also a boater

Another for Don he does amazing work and isn’t for from you.

 

[TrollerDave]

Looks good on white. Ours is silver I’m kind of nervous. I think she thinks she’s paying for the rims too which is probably part of her thinking but I had set aside 5k for the transmission and I have money in my umpire envelope so she won’t have to pay.
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I have the same rims on my Silverado and have the clear peeling. I checked with Jason’s wheel repair over here in Chino and he quoted I think about $500 for the black PC. This was last year. I just wasn’t on board with the black. I asked about stripping them and coating with clear but he didn’t recommend that. He said the best option was PC.
His shop is off Central and G street. Cool dude. Even offered to put spare wheels on my truck because it was going to take a couple of days.

https://jasonswheelrepair.com/

 

[wzuber]

Www.younggun1.com
Sam here @ Young Gun 1 in Rancho Cucamonga does top quality powder and ceramic coating work on wheels, headers you name.it. He does all of Dougs headers ceramic coating as well as a couple others. He always has several sets of custom wheels in their being coating as well. Good guys and great work & prices.

 

[SBMech]

Go to Tire Rack's website Vic, you can see what new rims look like on your vehicle before you spend the money.

Easy way to let her pick or give you the thumbs up to do it.

 

[Backlash]

Maybe I'm just old, but the original finish on those wheels looks great. Years ago, I had black powder coated wheels on my Dodge truck, and they looked fine on THAT truck at that time. I have to be honest though, black wheels seem to be a little played out, but that's just me. When I did mine, I paid $50 each wheel. I'd just pay to pull the tires, drop a wheel or two off at the powdercoater, wait a week, then pick them up and slap the tires back on. The shop was in Mentone and the work looked really good. I don't know what the prices are like these days though.

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