Powder Coating Wheels

1993yj

1993yj

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Picked up a new (used) car today. The previous owner had scraped up the wheels a bit. I would like to get some black wheels anyways, so I am wondering if getting the stock wheels powder coated black would make the scratches not/less noticeable, and if so, anyone know of a shop around SL that I could get it done at? I don't have the capability to unmount the tires from the rims myself, so I would prefer a shop where I could drive the car to and have them do everything. Otherwise I guess I would have to put the car on jack stands, take the tires/wheels to a tire shop to be unmounted, take the wheels to get powder coated, pick up the wheels, take them back to the tire shop to be remounted.

Thoughts?
 

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If you're going to get them coated, talk to Harper. He might still have that hookup I used on my wheels on the Jeep. AWESOME price and great quality.
 
1993yj I guess I would have to put the car on jack stands said:
I'm guessing that's going to be your only option. When they powder-coat metal, they put it in a big oven and bake the coating on. there may be other coatings that don't require baking, but powder coating does.
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my neighbor had some stock FZJ wheels powdercoated, and for some reason the wheels were off-gassing and made it tough for the powder to stick to it in some places. I think they just cooked the wheels a few times to allow them to finish off-gassing, then they tried coating them. I can double-check what he did, because it worked that last time.
 
Looking at the wheels closer, they are fairly chewed up. I think that I might be better off just running them as they are until I need new tires and then getting new black wheels. I dont think that the powder coating would cover the scratches.
 
You could actually sand those gouges down pretty good. If you want a temporary/cheap fix, I painted my alloy trailer wheels with that grill paint and it came out really good.
 
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