Cost of getting wheels painted?

hi everyone!
Thinking about getting wheels painted black. Just wondering if anyone has had this done or knows how much it costs?

Cheers

powder coated is normally about £40 per wheel But if you want them painted do them yourself its easy aslong as you can take the discs off..good luck

[andrewsmith]

Powercoat them

As muddydude say's it around £40 per wheel if you do all the strip on them.
I know my local dealers both deal with a powercoater who collects and delivers to there workshops

Black powder coated wheels, swing arm, forks and frame with either deep red or gun metal grey tank and bodywork looks excellent. If only I could afford to. (This is for a Curvy by the way)

I did mine myself but with polished rims..was easy for my first time..go on give it a try..self satisfaction m8...I just did my fork seals for the first time and pretty chuffed

[rictus01]

although powdercoat is a more durable finish to start with; I've found on wheels it tends to get stone chipped, once this happens (if you're not quick to catch it/a small dab of clear nail varnish seals it again) water gets under it and ruins a far larger area, normal paint doesn't suffer the same way so touchups can be left longer and are far easier, as others have said, you don't need to do a perfect job when painting them, you don't even need to remove the tyre, just release the pressure and mask up under the rim then re-inflate once done.

Cheers Mark.

[Viney]

Agree with Rictus. I had my wheels powdercoated several years ago. The rear one chipped and to be honest i didnt catch it, not the rear is stripping itself quite happily. Oh, and never paint them anything other than black.

I probably would still have them redone as it lasted about 4 years, which for me is about 30k

[maviczap]

I agree with Mark's double posting

Once powder coat get's chipped, then it'll start to flake off. It'll stay soft underneath so a clumsy tyre fitter could easily ruin your fresh powdercoat when re-fitting your tyres.

Also you'll have to remove the wheel bearings before you get the wheels powdercoated, whereas if you paint them, you can just mask the bearings off

thanks everyone for all your answers. My Uncle is a painter for historic sports cars and used to work for BAR f1 team in paint shop so i asked him for ball park fiqure. He said, if i take him just the wheels with everything off But not tyre, he charge £80 but for £120 i can just drop the bike at his.