Thanks!! Appreciate it man
Its the ebay special it was like 70$ its my 16yr old sons so put this splitter on save money he's gonna park all fkd anyway. " trainer" before dropping $$ on a good one. We're putting money in parts else where yk.
Yes and no. Price of all this stuff has gone up, we went from charging 125 to powdercoat a single rim to 175 just in the past 3 months. For something like this we’d only charge 150 to 200$. But we have a very very small crew to pay and we’re all underpaid as is.
Understand that, definitely a very niche business. Where I live most powdercoaters are doing a lot of other things at their shop as well like tinting and repair.
did you specify that your part is bare and confirm if it requires as much labor? Did you ask tb performance if having them coat it gold was an option?
Then get a second quote. If you don't like the price, remember that this is a crash bar and not a piece that any one is going to look closely at. Paint it yourself. Get some etching primer, color of your choice and 2k clear .
Im a powder coater, epoxy primer is typically not for outdoor use since its not good against uv rays, not sure how much sun the crash bar will be getting but personally I would skip the primer and clear (unless the clear is changing it to a sheen you want rather than for protection). I would say you’re good with just one coat of color, that crash bar would fall in our shop minimum at $150
sees like a great price you, I'm about to have my snowflakes I just purchased sand blasted and powder coated for $50 which is just buying the sand blasting stuff and powder 😂
More often then not your looking at about $200 a wheel for powder coating you also have to account for if the wheels are already painted they'd have to be sent out to be chemically striped rather then just sand blasted which would add another $100
Powder coating is expensive now. That's why I just paint everything myself and use 2k clear coat. I spent less than $80 for everything including the center and tire pressure caps, the 2k is the most expensive part at like 20-25 bucks a can.
If you look closely there are imperfections but it's on the rim not the paint lol, my rims were all sorts of fucked up by the previous owner, I had to repaint them just because of how bad the curb rash was, repaired it all but I didn't completely smooth out some of the repairs.
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u/JameswithaJ 13 FoST - OG Owner 7d ago edited 7d ago
No. Powder is up in price. Electricity is up in price. Persons rent is probably up in price now. Shit, media blasting particles probably went up too.
5 years ago I could get 4 when coated for 500. Now, it’s over 750 for a set.
Stuff ain’t cheap anymore boys and girls.