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Did you hire out the powder coating or do it yourself? I've heard it's cheaper to buy new wheels than powder coat a set. This true?

Around here places are getting $50-$60 a wheel to sandblast and powdercoat a wheel. I am still not convinced powder coating is that much better than paint. A co-worker had the wheels on his 72 Nova powdercoated and they were starting to rust through when he sold it just 5 years later. He never drove the car but two, maybe three times a year. You can rattle can a wheel for $10 bucks a wheel, with good wheel paint. If the tire installer chips your paint, you can touch it up yourself. But if the tire installer chips your powdercoat, have fun fighting with them to get them to pay for the re-coat. Those are my .02

edit: I know it is coming so I will say this, it is entirely possible he had bad prep work and/or lazy worker do his wheels, etc. I am not saying everything powdercoated is bad. Some guys swear by it, and that's great. I just haven't seen overwhelmingly great proof that powdercoating is 1000x better than paint, as a lot of people seem to like to claim.
 
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@ramz - Wheels and truck look nice! Up here in MI that would be a cancer riddled truck with duct tape holding it together!
 

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started shoppin for parts

Free taco.... tomorrow
 

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whew if we had emissions id die...
but anyway ive replaced all the lights with leds (well everything but park/sidemarkers for now) gettin hids for christmas along with various interior exterior parts. new window seals... thank god. and puttin in a new exhaust today!! ill have a new truck after christmas. ill post pics soon
 

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I was quoted 25$ a wheel to get them powdercoated for my truck.
 

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I was quoted 25$ a wheel to get them powdercoated for my truck.

Is that with them doing all the prep work? If it is I think that is a great price. I have found a couple places at that price, but they don't do prep before the coating. That's the customer's job.
 

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I WAS going to go put in the new alternator today.. but along the way my radiator blew up in my daily... So now that will take the place of any truck work I was hoping to accomplish this weekend..
 

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I WAS going to go put in the new alternator today.. but along the way my radiator blew up in my daily... So now that will take the place of any truck work I was hoping to accomplish this weekend..

Thats sucks.
 

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Whent out to roll her over this morning and all she did was click, so i had dad give me a ride to school. Got home and hooked up cables to our 91k20 and to my truck, while also having mine on the charger. She fired right up. So then i took it out back and had a lil fun in our pasture. Then i brought her back around and parked her, then pulled off the ground wire on the alt bracket, took an angle grinder and cleaned it up,bolted it back down. Then i saw that the skrew in post on the battery was loose(****). So i tightened that back up, and now she starts perfect.
 

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I WAS going to go put in the new alternator today.. but along the way my radiator blew up in my daily... So now that will take the place of any truck work I was hoping to accomplish this weekend..

:console:
 

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Thats sucks.

Yeah... Its been a pretty lame day. But hey, it's not the end of the world.. :insane:

Whent out to roll her over this morning and all she did was click, so i had dad give me a ride to school. Got home and hooked up cables to our 91k20 and to my truck, while also having mine on the charger. She fired right up. So then i took it out back and had a lil fun in our pasture. Then i brought her back around and parked her, then pulled off the ground wire on the alt bracket, took an angle grinder and cleaned it up,bolted it back down. Then i saw that the skrew in post on the battery was loose(****). So i tightened that back up, and now she starts perfect.
Sweet! Good to hear you got it all worked out. Very nice.
 

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Sweet! Good to hear you got it all worked out. Very nice.

Thanks, But i didnt get to drive her to school and have fun in the parking lot lol.
 

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Made a 140A alternater fit into a 120A bracket...

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Made a 140A alternater fit into a 120A bracket...

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Where can that bracket be found? Caprice cop car or something?
 

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