Wheel painting vs powder coating

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Ok, like I get the powder coat is tougher. But is wheel painting done by a paint shop tough enough?
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HotRodWagon wrote: Ok, like I get the powder coat is tougher. But is wheel painting done by a paint shop tough enough?


Yes. If it is prepped correctly and shot and baked by a paint shop it is just as good as powdercoating. Not many do it this way as it is expensive. My friend did it with a set of his HRE's as he wanted to keep his lip polished. It holds up perfect.
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Yeah, I'll be doing the same thing Zero descibed. I'll be getting my rims painted due to the polished lip.
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o2designs wrote: Yeah, I'll be doing the same thing Zero descibed. I'll be getting my rims painted due to the polished lip.


what rims are you getting painted? i thought you only had all black rims for chromie.
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very good to know...thanks
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My new 18's only come in Focus bolt pattern in silver. So I need to paint them black.
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well, FWIW, I bought Steves old SVT wheels, sanded them lightly, and shot them with flat black duplicolor wheel paint about a year ago, and they don't have a single chip in the paint anywhere
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