Powder Coating Wheels?

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I didn't love any of the wheels available for the Turbo, so I just went with the stock ones and am considering powder-coating them on arrival.

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1. The dealership said they have a vendor who can do it at $250/wheel, it's probably a premium, but less headaches since they'll do it before I get the car and have some accountability for it. How much of a premium am I paying though?

2. What happens with the porsche center cap? Can it be powder coated too (not the porsche crest, but the remaining area of the center cap).

Attached is a quick photoshop of my idea.

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I didn't love any of the wheels available for the Turbo, so I just went with the stock ones and am considering powder-coating them on arrival.

2 questions:

1. The dealership said they have a vendor who can do it at $250/wheel, it's probably a premium, but less headaches since they'll do it before I get the car and have some accountability for it. How much of a premium am I paying though?

2. What happens with the porsche center cap? Can it be powder coated too (not the porsche crest, but the remaining area of the center cap).

Attached is a quick photoshop of my idea.

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Leaving the circle of bright silver is a nice touch and a similar effect like the gloss black wheels on our 2012 Cayman S Black Edition.
 
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Leaving the circle of bright silver is a nice touch and a similar effect like the gloss black wheels on our 2012 Cayman S Black Edition.
Yeah, I got the idea from my Panamera wheels that I really liked.

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I recently paid $800 to powder coat 4 wheels, mount & balance tires and install them. I did not have any masking or reveal as you are suggesting and I used the oem center cap with a silver ring. I'll find a pic for a close up. $1000 doesn't seem so bad if you have them leave the machined edge. They talked me away from matte black and I went with a semigloss which has so far been easy to maintain.
 


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Looks good! They were able to just paint over the stock silver center cap? You didn't want to do full gloss?
Thanks. Thats the stock cap which has a silver rim that integrates with the spokes on the turbo wheel. I wonder if you can find an aftermarket cap that's black?
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