Powdercoating in the SFV or LA area

keysopendoors · 03-19-2008, 03:54 PM

I'm looking for a reputable shop to powdercoat my wheels in the San Fernando Valley or LA area. Anyone know of a shop that does good work for a good price? I've heard of $50 per corner, but I'd rather have a quality job than a cheap price.

I'd rather not do the job myself, I'm just looking for someone local who knows what they're doing. I know Platinum Motorsport will do it, but I'd rather not deal with them, so I'm open to any other suggestions.

Let me know guys...I wanna matte my wheels!

McLuVan · 03-19-2008, 04:57 PM

F1 motorsport?

Kitz · 03-19-2008, 05:02 PM

BMW motorsport can do it for you.. they're located at simi valley..they charged $122.50 per corner for single color.

tek818 · 03-21-2008, 01:27 AM

i am looking for the same thing... was thinking of calling f1, but havent got around to it yet

wj4 · 03-21-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by McLuVan

F1 motorsport?

F1 doesn't powdercoat. They only paint.

keysopendoors · 03-21-2008, 01:34 AM

I'll talk to BMW MotorSport, I had no idea he powdercoated...he's about 10 minutes from me and is doing my fender rolling in a week or two.

matte black here i come

tek818 · 03-21-2008, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by wj4

F1 doesn't powdercoat. They only paint.

thx... saved me a call

hulkmax · 03-21-2008, 05:11 PM

I've used this company before. They are pros...
Andrews Powder Coating, Inc.

Kitz · 03-21-2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hulkmax

I've used this company before. They are pros...
Andrews Powder Coating, Inc.

how much do they charge for each corner?

E92_335 · 03-21-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitz

how much do they charge for each corner?

what do you mean when you say each corner? isnt that just each wheel?

btw I just called them and they charge $640 total for all 4 wheels. it was like 90 to powdercoat each and about 65 to chemically strip them.

Kitz · 03-21-2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by E92_335

what do you mean when you say each corner? isnt that just each wheel?

btw I just called them and they charge $640 total for all 4 wheels. it was like 90 to powdercoat each and about 65 to chemically strip them.

is that for single color or two-tone?

McLuVan · 03-21-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by E92_335

what do you mean when you say each corner? isnt that just each wheel?

btw I just called them and they charge $640 total for all 4 wheels. it was like 90 to powdercoat each and about 65 to chemically strip them.

wj4 · 03-21-2008, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by E92_335

what do you mean when you say each corner? isnt that just each wheel?

btw I just called them and they charge $640 total for all 4 wheels. it was like 90 to powdercoat each and about 65 to chemically strip them.

That is so ridiculous. I wouldn't pay more than $300 to powdercoat all 4 wheels. There's several good places outside of the SFV that do excellent jobs for very good prices.

npb · 03-21-2008, 07:34 PM

i used Embee Performance Inc. $80/wheel included stripping http://www.embeeperformance.com

halfpast3 · 03-21-2008, 09:20 PM

I also used Richy@BMW motorsport. Just put'em on yesterday...lookin to post pics prolly tomorrow.

tek818 · 03-21-2008, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hulkmax

I've used this company before. They are pros...
Andrews Powder Coating, Inc.

how much?!?! what was the turn-around time?

Kitz · 03-21-2008, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by npb

i used Embee Performance Inc. $80/wheel included stripping http://www.embeeperformance.com

how's the quality?any pix?that's pretty far from SFV..

keysopendoors · 03-22-2008, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by halfpast3

I also used Richy@BMW motorsport. Just put'em on yesterday...lookin to post pics prolly tomorrow.

I'd love to see pics...before and after preferably

E92_335 · 03-22-2008, 02:32 AM

how much does richy charge per wheel? so far embee performance is the cheapest correct? at $80/wheel?

powdercoater · 07-29-2008, 05:35 PM

Hi fellow BMW owners,

Please remember when selecting a powder coating service provider, you are paying for much more than just putting powder on wheels.

Almost every day, we hear of one horror story or another. I have decided that I am going to start publishing the stories that come walking through our door...

Yesterday, a woman came into our facility and told us of her experience with a coating facility. She had decided to get her aluminum patio furniture refinished last fall. She went through the entire process, and received her furniture with a nice, brand new finish.

In the winter, her son came home to visit from college. He had a gathering at their home, and when the guests sat in the patio chairs, the chairs crumpled under their weight.

Scott and I knew immediately what had happened. These aluminum chairs were exposed to too high a temperature, either during the curing process, or their ignorant attempt to burn off the existing coating before re-powder coating, which damaged the molecular properties of the metal. Once aluminum is exposed to temperatures exceeding 600F, it softens and weakens, and the results are catastrophic.

Now, this woman's $4000.00 set of Tropitone patio furniture is junk. The powder coating facility absolevd itself of any responsibility, citing the amoutn of time from accepting the furniture to when the damage occured (about 4 months). She had to go through her own homeowners insurance company to be recompensed.

Now, imagine that this was not patio furniture. Let's imagine for a second that this is your car wheels. Are you willing to put your life into the hands of your powder coating facility? A facility that may not know exactly what they are doing and have no track record of satisfied clients? Facilities pop up every day, and on every corner. There are even facilities popping up illegally in neighborhoods with "coaters" using their conventional ovens to coat your parts. Of course they can do it cheap! They do not have the AQMD and EPA certs required by law to be practicing business. They dont have a building to pay rent on for overhead. They do not comply with business laws, or pay the governments to be in business. These are SHADY CHARACTERS, and people that should not be entrusted with your parts, not to mention performance car wheels!

We have had to write letters on more than one occasion for small claims courts on automotive and motorcycle wheels, where a client's parts were damaged when the coating facility they chose attempted to sandblast the existing powder coating off of their parts. All parts with powder coating currently on them MUST be chemically stripped (if aluminum) or burned off (if steel) prior to a re-application of powder coating. If your coating facility is unwilling to do this, and shows careless concern for your parts by cutting corners to coat your part, ask yourself if that is really what you want for your part. This is an outside process, and it costs us $65.00 per wheel to get it done. If you want to same some money, bring us the wheels already chemically stripped. We dont mind; we dont make money on the deal anyway and it saves us a trip to Anaheim.

Investigate your powder coating facility. Take a TOUR of the facility. Are they CLEAN? Are they COMPLIANT? What is their employee turnover like? What are their employee training methods like? Are they constantly training new employees, resulting in inconsistent quality? Does management personnel answer all of your questions thoroughly and to your satisfaction? Is their quality known and recognized, and is it consistent?

When you are looking for "the cheap guy", keep these tips in mind. They may save your life, or at least, your patio furniture!

Sandee Andrews
Andrews Powder Coating Inc.

VapoR · 07-30-2008, 02:46 AM

^^^ that sold me I'll bring my $260 for some matte black.

UncleWede · 07-30-2008, 10:52 AM

Sandee is good people!! (as long as you can get by the whole purple thing

) While it was a little more for me to get my motorcycle wheels done, they came out great. I had all kinds of questions before/during/after and never had an issue with understanding the answers.
Many of you may be starting with relatively new rims. Mine were flaking like crazy, all the chrome was coming off. It took a bit of extra time to get them chemically cleaned, but they came out so smooth.

The guy working my bike was very concerned about CORRECTLY coating the wheels, so that he didn't have to spend time scraping powder out of places that shouldn't have it. Sandee already knew and understood that necessity, and I didn't have an issue. I've observed some rims that looked pretty nice, but I could see powder in the bearing cups. Don't know how much trouble it is to remove powder from the racings, nor if the interaction of the grease and stress would tend to get particulates into the bearings, but I know I didn't want that with my rims.

I haven't posted any pics yet for Sandee because I wanted to have her do some more work on the rest of the bike but I need to get some more moonlighting in before I show up. I'll see if I can snap off some soon. . .

03-19-2008, 03:54 PM	#1
keysopendoors Captain 41 Rep 671 Posts Drives: E91 M Sport Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lex KY iTrader: (2)	Powdercoating in the SFV or LA area I'm looking for a reputable shop to powdercoat my wheels in the San Fernando Valley or LA area. Anyone know of a shop that does good work for a good price? I've heard of $50 per corner, but I'd rather have a quality job than a cheap price. I'd rather not do the job myself, I'm just looking for someone local who knows what they're doing. I know Platinum Motorsport will do it, but I'd rather not deal with them, so I'm open to any other suggestions. Let me know guys...I wanna matte my wheels! __________________ 2011 328iT M-Sport - 6MT
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tek818 Lieutenant Colonel 136 Rep 1,954 Posts Drives: 2020 X3M Competition Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (2) Garage List 2018 M3 ZCP [9.50]	i am looking for the same thing... was thinking of calling f1, but havent got around to it yet __________________ 2020 F97 X3M Competition (current) - 2018 F80 M3 Competition - 2015 F82 M4 - 2012 E82 135i - 2010 E92 335i - 2007 E92 335i
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keysopendoors Captain 41 Rep 671 Posts Drives: E91 M Sport Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lex KY iTrader: (2)	I'll talk to BMW MotorSport, I had no idea he powdercoated...he's about 10 minutes from me and is doing my fender rolling in a week or two. matte black here i come __________________ 2011 328iT M-Sport - 6MT
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hulkmax Fear knocked, Hope opened, but no one was there... 4 Rep 56 Posts Drives: AW 2008 335i E90 6MT w/SSK Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SFV & OC iTrader: (0)	I've used this company before. They are pros... Andrews Powder Coating, Inc.
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npb First Lieutenant 13 Rep 309 Posts Drives: 08 BS 335i Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: socal iTrader: (0)	i used Embee Performance Inc. $80/wheel included stripping http://www.embeeperformance.com __________________ back to black
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halfpast3 Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 232 Posts Drives: MY16 535i Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 335i [0.00]	I also used Richy@BMW motorsport. Just put'em on yesterday...lookin to post pics prolly tomorrow.
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E92_335 Colonel 156 Rep 2,863 Posts Drives: G20 330i Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: CA iTrader: (7)	how much does richy charge per wheel? so far embee performance is the cheapest correct? at $80/wheel? __________________
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powdercoater New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: 2001 BMW 330ci Titanium Silver Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chatsworth, California iTrader: (0)	Hi fellow BMW owners, Please remember when selecting a powder coating service provider, you are paying for much more than just putting powder on wheels. Almost every day, we hear of one horror story or another. I have decided that I am going to start publishing the stories that come walking through our door... Yesterday, a woman came into our facility and told us of her experience with a coating facility. She had decided to get her aluminum patio furniture refinished last fall. She went through the entire process, and received her furniture with a nice, brand new finish. In the winter, her son came home to visit from college. He had a gathering at their home, and when the guests sat in the patio chairs, the chairs crumpled under their weight. Scott and I knew immediately what had happened. These aluminum chairs were exposed to too high a temperature, either during the curing process, or their ignorant attempt to burn off the existing coating before re-powder coating, which damaged the molecular properties of the metal. Once aluminum is exposed to temperatures exceeding 600F, it softens and weakens, and the results are catastrophic. Now, this woman's $4000.00 set of Tropitone patio furniture is junk. The powder coating facility absolevd itself of any responsibility, citing the amoutn of time from accepting the furniture to when the damage occured (about 4 months). She had to go through her own homeowners insurance company to be recompensed. Now, imagine that this was not patio furniture. Let's imagine for a second that this is your car wheels. Are you willing to put your life into the hands of your powder coating facility? A facility that may not know exactly what they are doing and have no track record of satisfied clients? Facilities pop up every day, and on every corner. There are even facilities popping up illegally in neighborhoods with "coaters" using their conventional ovens to coat your parts. Of course they can do it cheap! They do not have the AQMD and EPA certs required by law to be practicing business. They dont have a building to pay rent on for overhead. They do not comply with business laws, or pay the governments to be in business. These are SHADY CHARACTERS, and people that should not be entrusted with your parts, not to mention performance car wheels! We have had to write letters on more than one occasion for small claims courts on automotive and motorcycle wheels, where a client's parts were damaged when the coating facility they chose attempted to sandblast the existing powder coating off of their parts. All parts with powder coating currently on them MUST be chemically stripped (if aluminum) or burned off (if steel) prior to a re-application of powder coating. If your coating facility is unwilling to do this, and shows careless concern for your parts by cutting corners to coat your part, ask yourself if that is really what you want for your part. This is an outside process, and it costs us $65.00 per wheel to get it done. If you want to same some money, bring us the wheels already chemically stripped. We dont mind; we dont make money on the deal anyway and it saves us a trip to Anaheim. Investigate your powder coating facility. Take a TOUR of the facility. Are they CLEAN? Are they COMPLIANT? What is their employee turnover like? What are their employee training methods like? Are they constantly training new employees, resulting in inconsistent quality? Does management personnel answer all of your questions thoroughly and to your satisfaction? Is their quality known and recognized, and is it consistent? When you are looking for "the cheap guy", keep these tips in mind. They may save your life, or at least, your patio furniture! Sandee Andrews Andrews Powder Coating Inc.
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VapoR First Lieutenant 20 Rep 345 Posts Drives: 335i coupé Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (3)	^^^ that sold me I'll bring my $260 for some matte black. __________________
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UncleWede Long Time Admirer, First Time Owner 18031 Rep 9,378 Posts Drives: G01 X3 M40i Dark Graphite Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oxnard, CA iTrader: (0)	Sandee is good people!! (as long as you can get by the whole purple thing ) While it was a little more for me to get my motorcycle wheels done, they came out great. I had all kinds of questions before/during/after and never had an issue with understanding the answers. Many of you may be starting with relatively new rims. Mine were flaking like crazy, all the chrome was coming off. It took a bit of extra time to get them chemically cleaned, but they came out so smooth. The guy working my bike was very concerned about CORRECTLY coating the wheels, so that he didn't have to spend time scraping powder out of places that shouldn't have it. Sandee already knew and understood that necessity, and I didn't have an issue. I've observed some rims that looked pretty nice, but I could see powder in the bearing cups. Don't know how much trouble it is to remove powder from the racings, nor if the interaction of the grease and stress would tend to get particulates into the bearings, but I know I didn't want that with my rims. I haven't posted any pics yet for Sandee because I wanted to have her do some more work on the rest of the bike but I need to get some more moonlighting in before I show up. I'll see if I can snap off some soon. . .
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