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02-22-2011, 05:43 PM
philipfreire

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by hit26k

Did he raise the price? I paid $200 for mine with no clear coat in the same gloss black.

No, 250 is the price with an additional clear coat. You got the same powder coat black as I did and it has a high gloss mixed in the powder.

For 250, Its a great deal. :)
02-22-2011, 05:44 PM
philipfreire

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by loosecannon

So I was venting my frustration on Facebook about an expensive quote I got from a powdercoater to powdercoat my newly acquired rims. Then Hitesh told me about Metal Coaters. I emailed Taj and he replied with a quote of what I wanted done, and it was less than half the cost of the other quote. So I dropped off my rims the next day. We went through a couple pamphlets before we found the colour I wanted. We agreed on the price and the colour and how it was done and I left for work. Two days later, Taj emails me, saying the rims were done. I picked them up and I was amazed at how they turned out...

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6095/photo3pl.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1181/photo1ivf.jpg

I definitely can't wait till spring now...

Good Color choice. Glad you enjoy his work. He's not perfect but for that price, you can afford to change up your rims every few years for the cost that some places charge just for one.

Plus they do hold up - regardless of what some might say...
02-22-2011, 06:00 PM
hit26k

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by Phillie86

No, 250 is the price with an additional clear coat. You got the same powder coat black as I did and it has a high gloss mixed in the powder.

For 250, Its a great deal. :)

Ah, ok that makes sense. So far the rims are holding up nicely. :thumbsup
02-22-2011, 06:42 PM
philipfreire

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by hit26k

Ah, ok that makes sense. So far the rims are holding up nicely. :thumbsup

Nice! I don't drive in the winter so I can't judge that..
02-22-2011, 11:27 PM
hit26k

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by Phillie86

Nice! I don't drive in the winter so I can't judge that..

Other than the one chip that I caused, they're still mint. No damage from salt/winter weather conditions. Not bad for $200.
02-23-2011, 02:45 AM
loosecannon

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

He quoted me $250 for the bronze without clear coating. It was an additional $80 to clear coat them, which is not bad at all!
02-23-2011, 01:15 PM
philipfreire

Quote:

Originally Posted by loosecannon

He quoted me $250 for the bronze without clear coating. It was an additional $80 to clear coat them, which is not bad at all!

This throws me off. Unless it's a special color u shouldn't be paying more than what I and the others pay. Unless there's some extra work to be done or something we don't know about I can't justify this. Let your opinion be heard and tell him why u should pay more when others didn't.
02-23-2011, 11:50 PM
loosecannon

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by Phillie86

This throws me off. Unless it's a special color u shouldn't be paying more than what I and the others pay. Unless there's some extra work to be done or something we don't know about I can't justify this. Let your opinion be heard and tell him why u should pay more when others didn't.

Wait. So you paid $250 WITH clearcoating?
02-24-2011, 07:14 PM
philipfreire

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by loosecannon

Wait. So you paid $250 WITH clearcoating?

I paid $200.00 but my black paint already had a high gloss mixed in, so a clear coat was not necessary... He told me if you want clear, its $50.00 more, so total would be $250.00
02-24-2011, 07:31 PM
bman13

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

Assumption of not all colours created equal? Still great work and price :thumbsup.
02-25-2011, 02:44 AM
loosecannon

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by Phillie86

I paid $200.00 but my black paint already had a high gloss mixed in, so a clear coat was not necessary... He told me if you want clear, its $50.00 more, so total would be $250.00

Well, black was one of my options and he also quoted me at $200. I guess it's the colour? I'm not going to bother asking though, lol.
03-14-2011, 08:34 PM
dave2010GT

Hi all so I just got my rims back from metal coaters and WOW!!! what can I say for the price and what these rims looked like before Taj is a genius.

Here are the before and afters please let me know what you think.

http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a581-10cb.jpg
http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a595-ed17.jpg
http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5a8-005c.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5b7-46aa.jpg

http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5c7-d0ba.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5d5-a046.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5e8-c67e.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5f6-7e3f.jpg
03-14-2011, 08:45 PM
mazdathree3

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

^ :hawt Once again Taj does a beautiful job! Makes me miss my RX8's I traded :(
03-14-2011, 08:49 PM
Jeff-TheBiz

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

hmm......

what to do, what to do...
03-14-2011, 08:51 PM
aris

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

I think they looked better silver
03-14-2011, 08:52 PM
dave2010GT

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

unfortunately the condition of the silver finish was no good and gloss black just seemed sssoooo sexy!!!!!!
03-14-2011, 09:07 PM
stevenma188

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

I dropped off my new rims at MetalCoaters last Thursday. I will post a review when I get them back.
03-14-2011, 10:11 PM
bman13

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by dave2010GT

unfortunately the condition of the silver finish was no good and gloss black just seemed sssoooo sexy!!!!!!

Couldn't agree more.
03-14-2011, 10:31 PM
SonicBoy

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by Jeff-TheBiz

hmm......

what to do, what to do...

You know you want to!

Get them done for the upcoming season Jeff.
03-14-2011, 11:01 PM
Jackal

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by dave2010GT

Hi all so I just got my rims back from metal coaters and WOW!!! what can I say for the price and what these rims looked like before Taj is a genius.

Here are the before and afters please let me know what you think.

http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a581-10cb.jpg
http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a595-ed17.jpg
http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5a8-005c.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5b7-46aa.jpg

http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5c7-d0ba.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5d5-a046.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5e8-c67e.jpg http://184.72.239.143/mu/63f2d321-a5f6-7e3f.jpg

Sweet black glossy rims!! And cut your toe nails. Lol.
03-14-2011, 11:08 PM
dave2010GT

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

LOL that's the first thing I did after I took the pic I was just to lazy to take another.

The other thing I meant to comment on was the "total finish" of these rims.

All of the small areas even behind the spokes were done fantastically. I can't comment enough about how good these are.
03-14-2011, 11:45 PM
hit26k

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

They look really good! Clear coated too?
03-15-2011, 12:01 AM
laksman91

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by aris

I think they looked better silver

+1
03-15-2011, 12:07 AM
Broxn

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

Rims will look sweet Dave..Congrats!
03-15-2011, 12:16 AM
dave2010GT

Re: Metal Coaters (Powdercoating Rims)

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Originally Posted by hit26k

They look really good! Clear coated too?

No not clear coated he said the gloss black didn't need a clear coat.

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