Aug 2, 2013
mpbruin108 Well, my body shop did it. They really didn't go into it much with me but I think they PC them off the car (obviously) and then put the stickers on and clearcoated to make sure they stayed on. I'm not 100% sure as I left it up to them to figure that out. They did re-bleed and unplug the lines also. They did a great job.�
Aug 6, 2013
modulus Im going to powder coat my grey with grey, but looking for someone with experience in the Bay Area (preferably San Jose). Anyone got any leads or places they've gone that they trust or can recommend?
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Aug 7, 2013
gwagen27 Love the red calipers! What body shop did the work for you...and how many days did it take them? (If you do not mind posting it or PM-ing me, how much did it cost you?) I am also in So Cal and and thinking of powdercoating my calipers as well. Thanks in advance...�
Aug 12, 2013
mpbruin108 The place I did it is LTMW. It is in Duarte off the 605 freeway. When I had the M3 and the Z4, I took my car there and have been going there ever since. Very reasonable pricing and a great bunch of car enthusiasts.�
Aug 16, 2013
yearofthedragon there's a powdercoater in SSF called West Coast Powercoating
West Coast Powder Coating - South San Francisco, CA
i brought parts there way back in the day.�
Aug 25, 2013
modulus Got mine powder coated dark gray, and absolutely love 'em
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Aug 25, 2013
dsm363 Any recommendations for powder coating wheels in the Seattle area? Thanks.�
Aug 25, 2013
gg_got_a_tesla Dave, what's going on? You moving to the Pacific Northwest?!!�
Aug 25, 2013
vfx His avatar still says Texas.�
Aug 25, 2013
dsm363 Moving to Seattle soon. Guess I can't get by on 21" tires all year so may get the new 19" rims and powder coat them or maybe the aero wheels.�
Aug 25, 2013
vfx And Modulus can you post a few more pics and pricing?�
Aug 25, 2013
gg_got_a_tesla Wow! Good luck with the move; I loved every minute of a short and sweet 3-month stint in the Redmond/Seattle area several summers ago.
Now, you'll have to cough up $100 extra every year for driving all-electric! Atleast, you'd be driving on really clean power.�
Aug 26, 2013
modulus sure - will get some snapped today and upload. Cost about$180/wheel�
Aug 26, 2013
Musterion 19" and 21" lugnuts and centercaps the same size?
Could one of you experts tell me:
1) Are the centercaps for 19" and 21" Telsa wheels the same size and interchangeable?
2) Are the lugnuts for 19" and 21" Telsa wheels the same size and interchangeable?
I am asking because I am interested in powdercoating 19" wheels to match the 21" glossy grey color, and substitute in the 21" grey centercaps (which have a silver "T") and grey 21" lugnuts bought as stock parts from Tesla.
Thanks!�
Aug 26, 2013
vfx I'm not paying that for four photographs!�
Aug 26, 2013
modulus . that was the cost of the powdercoating, not the photos....
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Aug 26, 2013
John_DeDe The Fremont service center knows a guy who does the powder coating in house...I'm taking delivery of my pearl white MS on September 12, and I'm hoping to have my wheels done before actual delivery...When I was in a few weeks ago, one of the service people mentioned that if I brought my car in to have the wheels done, they would even give me a loaner!!
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Aug 26, 2013
vfx Cyclones might look good with this treatment.
Modulus must pay to look at this photo.�
Aug 26, 2013
modulus not sure whatever made you think id charge someone for a photo
Cyclones look great - came out shortly after i got mine
Contemplating having the calipers painted silver, though not sure as the guy i had do my wheels doesnt have the TESLA artwork to put back on�
Aug 26, 2013
vfx Ok I'll Paypal you.�
Aug 27, 2013
Wallien Looks like your suspension id set to "very high" in this photo. Is that correct? The wheels look smaller then in your first photo and I think it is due to the suspension setting.�
Aug 27, 2013
dsm363 Quoting a post from another thread but:
Is there any way to verify if they damage your wheels with the powder coating process?�
Aug 27, 2013
highfalutintodd ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......
Very pretty! I may have to do this after all!
Can you provide any additional info so that beautiful effect could be replicated?�
Aug 27, 2013
jerry33 The only way I can think of is to put some telltales on the part of the wheel that doesn't get powder coated. These are basically stickers that turn a different colour when specific temperatures are reached.�
Aug 27, 2013
modulus yep - i have the AAS, so change it to high when I go over any driveways that have dipps.
Works like a charm and super happy i decided to get that�
Aug 27, 2013
Wallien Can you please do one more picture in full sunlight from the side with suspension on "normal" for my final decision making? Would be really great! Please?�
Aug 29, 2013
BenSchaffer powdercoating is a nice cost effective way to get some uniqueness without having to buy a new set of wheels. I have some connections in So Cal if anyone wants to get it done here.�
Aug 30, 2013
modulus
sorry for the delay - will try and snap a photo today�
Aug 30, 2013
mpbruin108 I'm just wondering if there is any interest in anyone in Southern California area who wants to trade plus cash (or buy outright) my powdercoated Satin black 19" wheels. I'll even include the black Tesla caps with red lettering. The reason why i didn't post in the for sale part yet is because it isn't quite for sale yet since my new rims are getting measured and fabricated right now and it takes 6-8 weeks to get to me. Just throwing this out there.
I think the powdercoating is the way to go if you want that subtle change while keeping a stock look. I get more than enough attention for the new look. Here is a picture of them:
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Aug 31, 2013
wormhole looks incredible�
Aug 31, 2013
alluu Do you mind PMing me the contact info of the guy at the Fremont service center. I'm interested in getting my wheels done as well.�
Sep 11, 2013
alluu Anyone get their wheels done in house yet? Trying to find out who I should talk to at the Fremont service center.�
Sep 12, 2013
Musterion What are your new wheels??�
Sep 14, 2013
modulus powder coated dark grey (matte) and then added a gloss center hub with silver T logo
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Sep 23, 2013
mpbruin108 I can't say right now. When they are done and on my car, I will post pictures. I can't wait.�
Oct 1, 2013
studiojon Did you sell these yet? If not, let me know how to contact you.�
Oct 14, 2013
mpbruin108 didnt sell them yet. what do you propose? pm me�
Feb 25, 2014
CDT Who did the powder coating? I live in the Bay Area and want to get this done.�
Feb 28, 2014
blc1017 I had my 19" wheels powder coated through Joe Torbati at Orinda Auto Detail. Joe called Tesla to get the exact color match as the grey 21" wheels, and also ordered black lug nut covers and grey center caps for me through Tesla. Looks amazing, especially after adding Roger's red decals on the center caps.
This after trying to get on the schedule for the in-house guy at the Fremont SC for over 6 months. They had also promised me a loaner, but like I said, after several months of back and forth trying to even get the guy's availability, I gave up after Joe offered. I'm glad I did...the wheels turned out perfect (as with anything Joe does).�
Apr 25, 2014
kevincwelch My anthracite great OEMs were just mounted.
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Aug 13, 2014
gmo43 How much and where did you get them done? Im in Chicago and looking to do this. Do you know if it harm the tires or anything else?�
Aug 14, 2014
PhilMul Has anyone with a Pearl White P85 tried powder coating their 19" wheels in Pearl White? I ask because I am thinking about doing this. I once saw a green snakeskin Viper roadster with green snakeskin powder coated wheels and it was simply awesome!�
Aug 15, 2014
kevincwelch I had them done at Wheel Tech in Skokie, which is just north of the Tesla service center. I'm very pleased. No damage to the tires and they were balanced perfectly by them. I mounted them myself and recently took them off when I cleaned the tires, wheels and coated the rims with Gtechniq C1. They don't coat the inner aspect of the spokes, but I suppose that's OK. Unless there is some functional risk, I'm not going to get uptight about it.
Cost was $150 per wheel and I paid extra to have the valve stems and Center caps painted. I think it was around $700 total.
I will likely bring my Rial Luganos to them for powder coating. Can't decide if I like the gunmetal or the anthracite grey more.�
Aug 15, 2014
strengthcoach4 
Just got mine done�
Aug 15, 2014
kevincwelch Very nice�
Aug 16, 2014
PhilMul Is your car white or pearl white?�
Aug 17, 2014
gmo43 Thanks for the info! I would say gunmetal!
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Sep 1, 2014
highedu Any good shops in the east bay? Anybody use RJ's in pleasanton for powder coating and/or caliper painting?�
Oct 19, 2014
videoguy I'm planning on either powder coating or painting my 21" wheels satin black. Does anyone recommend one or the other, and a shop to do this in Los Angeles? I've gotten one quote from A&E for $1,500 for powder and $1,200 for paint, and another from Tag Motorsports for around $500 -so a lot of variation. Everything I've found online says it should be more like $50- $150/wheel...�
Oct 20, 2014
kevincwelch I would go with powder coating. Generally speaking, it's more durable and offers more protection over paint. On the other hand, you might have more options in terms of color if you paint.
$150 per wheel is a reasonable price. A&E is gouging you if they are charging $1500. Might as well get new wheels for a bit more at that price.
I was able to dismount my wheels and deliver, so whomever you choose may change you extra for taking off your wheels. I got my wheels done at Wheel Tech in Chicago. They did a great job and mounted the tires and balanced the wheels for me. I put the wheels on back at my house. Balance is perfect as far as I can tell.�
Oct 20, 2014
videoguy Thanks Kevincwelch, it sounds like as long as it's a good powder coat facility it's the better option. The only thing with paint I'm hearing is that it's easy to touch up. I knew that price was way off, unfortunately it's proven more difficult to find more places out here than I thought. Thanks again for the feedback!�
Oct 20, 2014
morbot When building my options with the PS in the store he was super helpful when I mentioned I liked the look of the 21" grey turbines. Rather than upsell me on a more expensive part, he talked me down to the 19" cyclone and recommended I get them powder coated in the aftermarket. He pointed out that with all the rain here, which creates a lot of potholes, and the 21" wheels just wouldn't hold up very long.
But now I have to decide on what color to go with
My Product Specialist recommended Seattle Wheel Service but I haven't done too much independent research yet. Their only negative review on Yelp is one person who was unhappy with the bill, but not the quality of work. As I get closer to my delivery, I'll look into it some more, but my PS was pretty hardcore into cars and customization so I feel comfortable taking his recommendation.�
Oct 21, 2014
logan LOL, $1,500 to powder coat wheels is an absolute rip off.�
Oct 21, 2014
highedu Got mine done a few weeks back in eggshell black�
Oct 21, 2014
morbot For those who went dark but got the Tesla T in the middle in silver/chrome... was that anything special or difficult for the shop to do? I'm sure every request comes with a cost, not worried about that, I assume any decent shop will have the capability to do it.
Definitely want to request that when I get my hands on my car in December... maybe I'll show them a picture and just tell them "like this please"�
Oct 23, 2014
strengthcoach4 You can get them at your local service center. They are the caps for the charcoal 21's.�
Oct 23, 2014
dsm363 I am just using the stock grey caps. They are slightly darker than the powder coat I was able to get but looks ok.�
Oct 26, 2014
dsm363 Has anyone ever had issues mounting tires after powder coating? I had some cyclones powder coated and they did the entire rim including the inside rim part where the tire mounts. Now they are unable to get the tires to slide into place.�
Oct 26, 2014
Mr X
Is that anthracite? And can you post a couple more pics please :love:�
Oct 26, 2014
kevincwelch Here's some pictures of anthracite.
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Oct 27, 2014
dsm363 Both Tesla and a local tire center tried to mount the Nokian R2s to the Tesla cyclone rims I had power coated and were unable to get them to seat properly. After putting two of them next to a space heater, Tesla says two of them popped into place. I called the powder coating place and they say they've never had problems before. They just did a single coat in the inner portion of the rim and no clear coat there. Any ideas on what could be wrong? Thanks.�
Oct 27, 2014
Lloyd Here's my color, about the same as the dark 21's. $100 per wheel, no problem seating the tires.
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Nov 5, 2014
strengthcoach4 This is the same color as the gray OEM 21" wheels. I used the shop that my local Service Center uses.�
Nov 5, 2014
commasign Anyone know the paint code used on the factory 21" turbines? Tesla calls it "Sonic Carbon" but that doesn't help if trying to get a wheel powdercoated by a 3rd party.�
Nov 5, 2014
dsm363 Apparently powder costing doesn't go by the same paint codes so knowing the exact code might not help. If you already have the 21" grey wheels can drive to the powder coating place and they have samples to hold up next to the wheel. I did that and got really close to factory look on the Cyclones.
Turns out the problem with my wheels was the powder coating of the inside of the rim. Tire wouldn't slide into place so they had to sand it off. Works fine now.�
Nov 6, 2014
iKhalid I recently bought a used set of 21" rims and took them to a powder coating shop. Initially, I just wanted to have them done with the same stock silver colour due to a curb rash but then the guy showed me a colour that I wish I didn't see. It's a chrome-like powder coating that falls between silver and chrome. I'm attaching a pic of the sample he showed me.
Did anyone go with this colour before? I really want to see a rim with that colour to be able to decide.
I'm not a big fan of dark rims and I like the contrast between the silver wheels and the dolphin grey.
I believe a clear coat will be applied to the rims, which might have not been applied to the sample in the pic.�
Dec 26, 2014
commasign Got my P85D last week and my detailer just finished up with it today (wrap, tint, etc.,). He also powdercoated the 19" silver cyclones to look like the 21" gray turbines and I have to say it did the trick. Another Tesla owner was at the shop too and thought they really were 21" turbines!
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Dec 26, 2014
alohates1a
Beaut-eous car Comassign- nice meeting you at Appearance Solutions today and glad to have had the opportunity to see your new ride in person! The powder coat finish of those 19" cyclones looked stellar in contrast with your pearl white. I had Mike install the Xpel on my full front end and full bumper but seeing yours inspires me to bring it back in for him to do a full wrap as yours!�
Dec 31, 2014
commasign Per an earlier thread about the rare OEM gray cyclones, I was able to email support and have them update my avatar on the touchscreen, dash, and mobile app to show 19" gray cyclones. Not sure if that's an option for 19" base wheels though.
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Dec 31, 2014
gg_got_a_tesla Very cool, @commasign! Tesla did sell 19" gray cyclones briefly in Europe so, they have all the graphics ready. Not so for the base 19" that never had a gray equivalent.�
Dec 31, 2014
commasign Given JB Straubel's recent comments about the 19" cyclones being 2% more efficient than the 19" base wheels, Tesla should really consider selling the gray cyclones again.�
Dec 31, 2014
morbot Very cool, I'd like to do that when I get my wheels powdercoated. Sent you a PM for a bit more info on who exactly you contact�
Jan 16, 2015
morbot Taking my car in Monday to get the wheels powder coated... estimate is 10 days! Picking up some of the wheel caps from Tesla tomorrow so the wheel shop can match the color.
Not sure if that's normal or if they just can only do one wheel at a time... but it's going to be a sad two weeks driving my old ICE while they're working on the wheels.�
Jan 16, 2015
strengthcoach4 That seems very long. Mine was done overnight by the shop that SC uses.�
Jan 16, 2015
darthy001 Say what? Grey cyclones?
I would buy those in a heartbeat for the winterwheels...�
Jan 16, 2015
dsm363 They don't think there is enough demand. I had to have them powder coated on my own.�
Jan 16, 2015
darthy001 Hmm... Strange here it Norway it seems like almost all grey cars have the grey 21"s for the summerwheels. So clearly a demand for grey wheels. Opted for the silver 21"s for summer wheels for that exact reason.
Powdercoating here is a bit on the expensive side, but considering getting my standard 19" winter wheels done as they are a bit boring. Considering them in some sort of black variant though.�
Jan 16, 2015
commasign I think they're intentionally not offering 19" gray cyclones to avoid cannibalizing sales of the much more expensive and profitable 21" gray turbines.�
Jan 17, 2015
dsm363 That was my thought as well. They could easily prove them between silver Cyclones and the 21" rims. I mentioned this to someone at Tesla and they said they didn't want to add any more variables to the production line that necessary. I still think there is demand for them. It's not like the people in colder climates are demanding the 21" grey rims for winter use. They'll want 19" rims and if Tesla doesn't offer them in grey then they'll go aftermarket.�
Feb 3, 2015
morbot Just got the my 19" cyclone's done to color match the gray 21" turbines and used Tesla's stock gray wheel caps.
Sorry for low quality phone pic but it's the best daylight shot I could get so far in lovely Seattle February weather
There was still some white gunk/grease on the wheels & tires when I snapped this photo, but I wiped it down a bit afterwards.
I'll try to get some nicer shots when I have the PPF & tint done in about 2 weeks.�
Feb 3, 2015
NorCalSJ morbot, looks great, are you going to change to black lugs nuts??�
Feb 3, 2015
morbot I bought some black lug nut covers (they apparently just clip on) from Tesla when I bought the center caps.
After getting the wheels powder coated the shop recommended I get the lug nuts torqued 2-3 times in 25 mile increments. So I'm going to put the black caps on tomorrow after I'm done with that.�
Feb 6, 2015
mdevp Those 19 cyclones look great. Has anyone powdercoated 21" turbines or have pics? I never liked the silver but felt the grey were a little too dark...�
Feb 7, 2015
artsci I had my 21s re-powdercoated because of very annoying road rash. Has them done in a different, darker silver (I happen to like silver) But I don't have photos because they won't go back on the car until the weather warms up. I had my 19" Rial Luganos done in the same color but I'm away from home for a week and the car is under wraps until I return. Will post some photos in a week.�
Feb 8, 2015
mdevp Great! I too like a darker silver, can't wait to see the pics.�
Feb 10, 2015
artsci The color is called Sparkle Silver and it's slightly darker than the silver Tesla 21" wheels but not dramatically so. The PC has s tiny silver sparkles in the color for a nice but understated effect. I now have the Rial 19"s in that color on the car and I'll take and post some photos when I get home next Sunday.�
Feb 10, 2015
iKhalid I just wanted to share some pics of my 21" rims that I bought used and had them powder coated. I got them today and sorry for the dirty car, the weather has been terrible in the past few days. The rims had curb rash but they were totally gone and look brand new now. I liked the original silver so I had them coated with a similar color. The clear coat is more durable and shinier than what they normally use for car wheels. As you can see, they look a bit darker when they are not under direct sunlight, but I think they look OK under the sun.
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Feb 10, 2015
sickfox very nice. it looks like the OEM.�
Mar 11, 2015
NorCalSJ I also powder coated my 19" Cyclone's and would like to email Tesla support to update my avatar on the touchscreen, dash, and mobile app. Can someone provide me with Tesla support's email address??�
Mar 11, 2015
commasign [email�protected]�
Jul 31, 2015
cab Has anyone had their rims (any version, but the more spokes the more obvious) done in shadow chrome (sort of like the name sounds). This was the factory color on my old M5 and I loved it! Hard to see in all these pics, but you might get the idea in a few:
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Jul 11, 2016
AxelF Just had my Slipstreams powder coated satin black and thought I'd share the results. 168 Motoring in Torrance did the work and the wheels are flawless!�
1/1/2015
guest Hi Strengthcoach4,
can you please tell me where did you get this done and what's the cost?
Thank you,�
1/1/2015
guest
Hi Strengthcoach4,
can you please tell me where did you get this done and if possible the cost?
Thank you�
1/1/2015
guest There is, but I think some shadow chrome differs from others. This guy said his was BBS Shadow Chrome, is this the same color as your BMW's? Is it b/c of the lighting that they look so different?
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1/1/2015
guest
Not sure who he used. I used Wheel Specialists in Tempe 480-222-7207, Dave Sleater.
$1000 for any color/finish and they have loaner wheels, which for me was huge.�
1/1/2015
guest
Waao Great Job!!Look fantastic!�
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