Hi there,

Anyone know where can I powder coat my Rims?
How bout the price?
I've heard and ask around but most of the shops just use the normal spray paints..
I'm sure these paints will deteriorate very fast and it will become damn ugly
I've read somewhere that powder coating can last very long and will not deteriorate easily like paints..

Though, I really like the Civic 2.0 17inch stock rims..But I dislike the dim gray color of it..Makes the car looks damn lifeless
So I thought I could change it to white or something better..

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

This post has been edited by awyongcarl: Mar 11 2008, 10:40 PM

chrome u mean?

Nope..
Well by white I mean I want to turns my rims into this color
It's the same rims but it's in white

Yeap, it's exactly same rims on the Civic Type-R EP3

Try going to paint shop, They will help you alot, as i know, powder coating is is a type of dry coating, which is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension form. The coating is typically applied electrostatically and is then cured under heat to allow it to flow and form a "skin." The powder may be a thermoplastic or a thermoset polymer. It is usually used to create a hard finish that is tougher than conventional paint.

That is very informative!
Thank you for your very thorough explanation.
By the way, can you tell me the the price for 4 rims roughly?
Need to calculate my budget

Actually I asked some tyre shops that sell rims, they only can use the normal spray paints which I don't want

Lol, dont go tyre shop, try go car paint shop. I didnt powder coat my rims yer, so i dont know how much it would cost.

Btw i got those information on wikipedia

just to let u know, powder coating is quite expensive..info: just to powder coat cylinder head cover cost RM300-400...n just wanna ask why u wanna powder coat ur rims? powder coat normally people do to cover parts from heat..but for rims i dont think powder coat will give nice color or any advantage..

what is that??
is there any photo ??

hey...my dad company is doing all this powder coating thing...1 think i can tell u is tht powder coating is damm expensive...but the finishing is worthy coz powder coating(not all) on your rim can make ur rim become scratch proof...coz i try bfore using a knife n scratch it but there is no any scratch at all....

Mind asking your dad what it would cost to powder coat a set of 15" x 7" rims? I've been looking high and low for the service, but to know avail. The ones I actually got in touch with only do it in bulk

I think I opened a similar thread before

Ur dad company producing powder coating thing or paint shop wor......hehhe

i only know power coating is dman expensive

there is few powder coating, I used epoxy power coating for laboratory stuff. But bare in mind, there are few type, normal one esp white will turn into yellow if put under the sun for long time. I think there is some type specially for out door one. You must check with them 1st.
The powder is not too expensive, but the workmanship will be expensive since you only be spraying 4 rims. They need to set up, clean up the sprayer, remove the previous colour, put in your powder....etc. AFAIK, the powder only sell in bulk only.

U can try contacting Acecoat

ACE-COAT (M) SDN BHD
Address : Lot 12760 & 12761, Solok Teluk Batu 1,
Taman AMJ Ind. Park Sec. 36,
40460 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Telephone : (603) 5161 3093
Fax : (603) 5161 2913
Email : acecoat@streamyx.com

they do powder coating.

I'm in charge in powdercoating in one of the manufacturing company in Selangor.

Usually, we do powdercoat in large volume for wiremesh, steel, aluminium. Since it is only 4 pcs of rims, expect a minimum of RM1200.00.

Also, I do know whether alloy rim is suitable or not to powdercoat, as the oven temperature is about 220 Celcius.

how about a finish like authentic made in japan Volk Racing TE37 or CE28N? anybody can do in Malaysia? i notice all the fakes, the colour is a far cry from the real thing.

As long as there is a sample of the colour, the powder suppliers (Dupont, Jotun, Akzo Nobel,Orica) may able to mix, but not 100% of course.

hmm..I enquired before, not that xpensive as everyone thinks..was quoted RM200+ for em..all 4 for 17 inches

Serious?
Where?

my dad company is doing spraying powder coating for big equipment like aeroplane head...aeroplane equipment...machinery equipment too...if small small thing like rim im not so sure...but i can ask n c wut is the price....

can't get 100% matching. Even with the same colour code, the colour got slight difference in every batch.

RM200 for 4? That's too cheap to be true. Spray maybe yes....

O_O
Rm1200 for minimum...
Might as well as just get a new set of rims

yeah 1.2k for a set is rather expensive

I was looking to powder coat my rims but realise that there are no one or no shops that does it in Malaysia.

Painted my rims with Heap Soon Segambut. Amazing job! No scratch or colour fade after 8 months now.

They sandblast your old paint, repaint and heat it in the oven. 4 x 18inch for 430 bucks.

Very good workmanship. My rims are BBS and trust them fully to do the repaint.

This post has been edited by nonexno: Mar 12 2008, 07:12 PM

Hmm really?
How much for the 17inch then?
Can you tell me the exact location? I'm living in Kepong though.

Rm200 is quite impossible if using high quality industrial type outdoor grade powder.
Minimum 20kg of powder per box is about RM300.00. Then need to go through pretreament, labour, gas & water charges about RM300.00 for 2 hours estimated spraying time. Profit is 50% of the total cost. So, about 1.2K, unless you know insiders.

after consult my dad...he say RM1.2k is consider standard price...like wut tOp_man said..1 bag of powder (Jotun) will cost around 200plus...4 pcs or sport rim need around 1 n half bag...then there is alot of work to do before coating...need to remove the original paint out first...then sandblast it...there is a lot of process in between so RM1.2k is consider ok...

Probably same price.

Behind BMW Segambut.

200 for 4pcs? i think you got quoted for respraying. i suggest you do what nonexno did. repainting in oven. since they sandblast the old paint out, it will look brand new after the process. 430 pretty is cheap for 4pcs 18".

nonexno, any pics of the repainted wheels? hmm, BBS 18"? i suppose you're driving a bimmer?

Can't afford no powerful bimmer man. Don't go for 200 bucks paint job. The paint will start to peel after awhile.

any shop in PJ with the same service?

Hello, spray on chrome to imitate real hard chrome will be available in Malaysia soon. We will soon be able spray chrome effect on any paintable surface.

wonder its abit of of topic.
next time spoiler it ...

for wheels i doubt anything less than rm800-1.2K

some used wheels may/might need rebalace/perparing the dented surface (unless its pefect circular)

for lesser, they might not preprep the wheels & then u might end up with a difficult wheel/tyre to balance later.

also i'm not sure of how much more weight the powder coat might add to each wheel if the outer surface is not completely removed which is why i suspect its why not many shops are willing to do it. (work to prep, treat, powder coat), its probably far easier to spray. i know most shops does this, but at least they prep the wheels

This post has been edited by koolspyda: Jan 3 2011, 05:32 PM

i ask before powder coating on wheels
on 15inch rim 200 buck per piece for the colour ultimate chrome

https://www.facebook.com/LarisEpoxy/

you can try this out

I think they have changed their FB page to https://www.facebook.com/powdercoat.metalworks

Btw guys, powder coating on rims will add weight one..

I read one article saying it add about 400 grams of weight onto a 8 kg rim, after coat will be 8.4kg.

so 4 rims will add about 1.6kg already. think carefully.

No issue for lol

Just to fetch 1 guy I add around 80kg

1.6kg just a small figure

But it takes a lot if u towards performance or track activity

...

I have a feeling that it is different when you tight up a 20kg weight on each rims and fetching a 80kg guy onboard.