Hey all !

I am planning to get my rims painted (Whatever is the OEM color Satin black/ Gloss Black ?)

20" Tornado Black Rear

Any suggestions on getting them painted or powder coated please.. Not sure of the advantages or disadvantages of both..

I was quoted less for Painting.. $700 all 4 wheels and $900 for powder coating..(Includes taking the tire out, cleaning and balancing etc.)

Any help is appreciated !

Thank you !

 

Keep shopping. Powder coating four wheels plus tire work = $500.

 

$450 here, but I did all the tire legwork. They (Portland Powdercoating) did a great job. Gloss black w/ clearcoat.

 

I"m in the middle of this right now. The dealer quoted $1500 for a color change of the 4 wheels.
I'll going to have them done in dark grey metallic with machined surface and clear coat on top. The quote I got was $150 wheel powder coated. I couldn't believe they could do that amount of work for $150 and it's nasty work. I went to the shop yesterday and they do incredible work. Lot's of M Sport and AMG rims being refinished.

I'm taking them in Monday and will get them back on Wednesday.

 

Thanks for response guys .. I will keep looking.. I was quoted $150 per wheel as well, but I will have strip them down and give them just the wheels ..

I have read somewhere on the forum that powder coating might make the wheel fragile and break.. True ? If thats the case .. I would go the paint route ..

 

I got a quote of $600 to have wheels coated in gloss black with a very light metal flake, then clear over top. The coater(with 20 yr. exp.) said there is no effect to the wheel from the heat. I bring the wheels and pick up...I have seen his work and it is show quality here in S.W. Fla.

 

Seeing the prices you're paying for powedercoating makes me thankful I live smack dab in the middle of Southern California car culture. I had my 20" Gyrodynes powdercoated gloss black for $75/wheel. Finish came out flawless. two F-TYPEs and 3 sets of tires later they still look new.

Regarding heat and powdercoating...any good powdercoater should be able to get the job done at low heat if you ask for it. High heat on some rims have been known to effect the metallurgy and make it weaker. I've always asked for it....just for the peace of mind.

 

What area of SoCal is the shop in? Would you be able to post the shop name?

 

Dealers are overpriced and most useless for 'general work.' Wheels, tires, brakes, alignments.

 

If I want this paint .. what do i tell them ? Satin black or Gloss Black ?

 

Any shop will have samples of all their colors. I may have said it in another thread, but consider a dark gray metallic finish as opposed to gloss black. I think it makes the wheels stand out better. Otherwise they disappear in low light.

 

I would be very cautious with powder coating aluminum wheels. The heating process may alter the structure of the aluminum making it more brittle and prone to failure. A number of years ago, on a Nissan GTR forum there were a number of threads showing powder coated rims with cracked "spokes".
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2017 F-type S
2017 F-Pace S
Previous: 2014 F-Type R, 2010 Nissan GTR.

 

Just request the lower heat treatment. Almost all shops will comply.

As for the pic above it comes down to whether or not you have the black pack. In that case the hood inserts and door trim, etc, are gloss black.

Gloss black wheels are a better match than Satin.

 

I am a new F Type owner and new to forum and wanted to get everyone's input. It has 18 Vela wheels on it now and I wanted to get them powder coated glossy black and before I do that I was also thinking about changing to 19's but wasn't sure if performance would change or the advantages or dis advantage of larger wheels if any?

Thanks,

 

You may notice more precise handling with 19s, or you may not. Depends how much you pay attention to that sort of thing and how aggressively you drive. Only disadvantage of larger wheels is less sidewall to absorb impacts. But there's really no practical disadvantage to speak of from upgrading to 19s. That size used to be standard on the V6 S.

 

Switching from 18 to 19's will decrease the amount of tire sidewall. This will have a visual impact as the wheel will take up more room in the wheel well even though the overall wheel/tire diameter will be the same (less dark space if you don't go with a dark wheel color that is). That being said, less tire sidewall means there is less sidewall to absorb road noise. Some of that can be offset depending on tire selection, but given the exact same tire, there will be more road noise transferred to the chassis. Unless you have a super sensitive back/butt, you likely won't notice too much difference.

 

Exposing aluminum alloys to temperatures above 300 C can cause annealing or softening (depending upon length of time at temperature). Most powder coatings are cured at around 200 C.

 

Portland Powder Coatings explained that heat process to me. They were pros. So far 18 months later the wheels look as good as the day they did them. Powder coating > just paint any day. Any doing Plasti-Dip on a $50-$135k car ... come on ... really? Maybe for a badge, but not a surface that needs to be durable.

 

Regarding the powder coating of the Tornado wheels. Has anyone removed the stainless insert torx screws before having the powder coating done? If not, did the shop just tape over them?

Edit: Found the answer in another post. Ordered the M8 12pt torx socket set.

 

I looked around for months about all options to change my silver wheels to black,

I finally went with Plasti Dip. $40, easy fun project. Don't need to remove wheels. Lasted over 2 yrs so far, still looks great. Will easily remove when selling car, orig silver should still look new then...

Here's pics of both:



Here's a close-up: