does anyone know where there is anyplace around SW michigan or northern indiana that does powder coating?

and around how much they would charge for a set of valve covers and a few accesory brakets?

 

www.lo-ko.com they're in IL but their prices are pretty decent and they do excellent work on show cars. I would recommend them. Their prices are roughly on the website.

Steve

 

i've got a friend that works in a factory that does construction grade lasers and they powercoat in a quite a few colors, i'm getting all my stuff run through the powdercoat line by him...i have to prep it, but other than that it's free...

 

how does that help him? unless we can ship everything to you and you can do it for us?

 

i'd say roughly 75 to do all that.

although, i paid 500 to have all my brackets, hinges, valve covers, alt, plenum, everything you see in my picture ceramic coated.

depends on what color you pick and how much your doing.....usually the more you do the better. the condition of the item matters to since if they are really rusted and what not they will have to sandblast them or clean them in some way.

save yourself some money and clean the parts yourself.

what color are you looking for?

 

$75 isnt a bad price.

what is the difference between powder and ceramic coating....other than the difference in materials
Does one have better durabilty? How much maintanance is required for the both of them?

Will ceramic be more expensive than powder coating?

I was either go with a blue color or the silver/chrome color. Does ceramic coating come in different colors?

sorry for all the questions

 

ceramic coating is more expensive because of it's heat properties....it's mainly used on headers. when the piece is polished and then ceramic coated you can have a high luster piece that is similar to a polished finish without the hassles and almost as nice as chrome with out the price tag.

powdercoating doesn't require any maintenence except the usual cleaning....most of my suspension pieces are powdercoated in black, red, silver. and the only time i ever have to do anything is if i get caught in a rain storm.

durability wise, those parts aren't going to see much of anything that you need to worry about. only time you worry is on suspension pieces or actual moving pieces like hinges, etc.

yes ceramic coating is more expensive, it's a different material.

there are no silver ceramic coating............ceramic coating may look silver over time. there is ceramic coating and there is powder coating and don't ever make the mistake that you can powder coat or ceramic coat anything to look as good as chrome.

ceramic coating is the closest thing............but still very far off.

here's the place i go to... check it out to get ideas. www.qccoatings.com there's a pic of my car on there too!

 

Thanks Jeff for all the help!!!:hail:

I will have to see about my budget, but i think i am gonna go for the ceramic coating. Even if i have to wait a month or two have enough money to have everything done, it will be well worth the wait i think.

 

now see if you would have used your head back when i was asking someone to trade and some gas money no one offered.


you could have had all my 500+ worth of work for under 50 bucks.....

o'well, good luck and let me know if you have any more questions or run into any problems.

 

where exactly at in sw Mi? a friend of mine owns a powdercoater and is attempting to start a small buisness hes in Wyandotte just a lil bit w of detroit. he said hell do them for about 50-65 bucks...

 

About how much does it cost to get some wheels powder coated? I have a set of AR Black Nuggets but one of them has diffrent backspacing. So I got 2 new ones, but they are the chrome nuggets, any ideas on how much to have the centers powdercoated or should I just rattle can(or wait and spray them this summer with my car?) them?

 

Depends on what finish you want on your rims. We charge $290 for a set of four, so your two rims would be cheaper... though doing only the centers adds a bit for prep work since it'd need to be masked off on the outer rim. I'd say $150-ish depending on the gaurantee given, cheaper for a coat and walk job.

Just do coating on the side, only offered a price as comparison, so please, no spam complaints.

 

I live in constantine, its about 40 minutes south of kalamazoo. does the 50-65 include the prep work, because that is already done...I am trying to decide if i want to paint them, or have them coated...it all depends on money, budget is getting kind of thin

 

I live in a really small town just 25 minutes south of Michigan City, 15 minutes east of Valparaiso, IN. There just so happens to be a place here that does powder coating.. They can powder coat anything you want and any color.. They do a really good job and they're not high priced. If anyone's interested I can get the phone # for the place.

 

http://www.wkendall.com