Stock Chrom rims question

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.

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

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Originally Posted by Ryan from Ohio

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....

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

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Originally Posted by colonel6632

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

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Originally Posted by Gr1m

yea...some guy wanted 75 per caliper i told him to eff himself

eff 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

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Originally Posted by Gr1m

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/cta...emnumber=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

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Originally Posted by worknprog.99

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

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Originally Posted by aleroguy

Yeah anyways? Don't we just have polished aluminum?

Yeah we do.

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

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