Best Wheel & Rim Repair in Victoria, BC

The timing depends on the season and powder coating option you choose, and may vary from 24 hour to 3 weeks. Most of the rims are ready in 3-5 business days.

If your rims have TPMS (tire pressure sensors) we have to remove them in order to get the rims powder coated. If the rims are more than 2 years old and have aluminum valve stems with sensors, they might become rusted and corroded. It may not be possible to remove the sensors without breaking them. In this case the sensor has to be changed. Alternatively, you can remove the sensors yourself prior to bringing the rims to us. If the sensors have rubber valve stems, it is much easier to remove them, but we highly recommend that you change the rubber valve stems after the rims are done. In our shop it costs $20 for a set of 4 sensor valves to be changed on the loose rims.

This depends on the type of center caps and some other factors. For instance, we do not restore chrome center caps. Some caps do not need to be refinished at all. Some customers prefer to buy new center caps or just new stickers for the center caps (we sell caps and stickers for certain models). It will cost you $75 to have a set of 4 center caps refinished in our shop. We might use powder coating or regular paint depending on the material of the caps.

If the rims have rivets (rivets look like decorative bolts usually on the edge of the after-market rim, metal or plastic), it will be an extra $100 because of the work involved. We will remove the rivets and reinstall them when the rims are done. Depending on the quality and age of the rims, rivets might break down during removal, then you have to buy new rivets to replace the old ones (we do not sell them). OR, you also can do the removal and reinstallation of the rivets by yourself. The plastic rivets must be removed prior to powder coating and there is a possibility of damage during removal. Optionally, the metal rivets can be powder coated together with the rims (so they will be the same color as the rims) without removal - we will not charge you extra for that.

Powder coating done correctly, using low temperature for curing, will not impact the structure of good quality OEM or after-market rims. Cheap low quality after-market rims may not be accepted for powder coating at all.