powder coat vs paint

[tom tom]

Hi all has anyone powder coated there wheels? my wheels are starting to look a bit scaby and want them ether painting or powder coating but not sure if powder coat is flexi enough is too brittle? i suppose you get more choise of colour with paint need advise fast what have you guys done?

[reallyfree]

Knowing I what know about powdercoating (my employer does a lot of it) it is very resilient and offers excellent protection to the elements. The down side is that metallics always tend to be a little 'flatter' than wetspray.
If you ever watch Wheeler Dealers on Sky, they seem to show something different every time. From simple DIY jobs to mobile guys who clamp the tyre back, do a bit of prep and wetspray. They did an acid etch and powdercoat job on some BMW wheels recently and they looked the biz.

I have paid as little as £30 pound a wheel for wetspray and that included a prep of beadblasting. Some guy at work got his done for £70 and they looked great but are now peeling! My guess is they werent prep'd properly.

[tom tom]

Hi thanks for the reply iv'e found a place in leeds that will remove my wheels and tyres shot plast them, wet paint them then some sort of clear powder coat on top then refit and balance the tyres for £290 inc vat so i don't think that's too bad will let everyone know how it goes