What About Powder Coating For Wheels?

Powder coating has definitely seen its heyday, with most luxury car owners consciously choosing other options. There’s a simple reason for this, and it happens to be the same reason why professional rally drivers refuse to powder coat their wheels.

The process of powder coating a wheel can actually affect the integrity and strength of the wheel, making it weaker and structurally unsound. During the powder coating process, the time and levels of heat can mess with the heat treating and aging of cast or forged aluminum wheels. The result can be unpredictable fissures, hairline cracks and internal weak points in the metal that could buckle when you least expect it. Yikes! Who would’ve thought a little bit of powder blasting could have such an impact on metal?! 

If you’re still tempted to get your wheels powder coated, consider this: the next time you’re careening around a bend on a mountain road, do you really want to be uncertain whether your wheels are going to sheer off beneath you? Didn’t think so. That’s the risk you take with powder coating, and the risk is real. 

In our opinion the risk simply isn’t worth it. Salt City Wheels only offer the very best products and services to our clients, and the potential safety hazards of powder coating are just not worth it.

So what can you do to personalize your wheels? Is there a safer, beautiful option?

Yes, there is. It’s super-reliable, proven, and most importantly, safe: wheel paint. Painting may not sound as glamorous as powder coating, but if you’re a car owner in the know, you’ll have way more respect for someone who paints rather than powder coats their wheels. 

Wheel paint offers virtually endless color and finish possibilities, from elegant satin black to matte gold to high gloss red - almost any color and finish you can imagine! 

Painting is also a strong surface treatment, so it will never weaken the physical integrity of your wheels. In fact, wheel paint, when applied by a professional using industry paint products, creates a physical barrier that actually protects your wheels from road dust, salt and water corrosion. It actually makes your wheels more resilient.

Just ask those same professional rally drivers - they almost universally opt for wheel paint to create the wheels of their dreams. 

If you’re ready to create the wheel finish of your dreams, give the wheel experts at Salt City Wheels a call today at 801 425 3044.

We guarantee you’ll love your new wheels, and better yet, you’ll know you’re driving on a safe foundation that will live up to the glorious roads of Utah’s amazing mountain ranges.