Pvd Coating Wheels

Below is a side by side picture of 2 fuel off road wheels.

Pvd coating wheels.

Here are a few reasons on why pvd wheels are a great option instead of chrome. If you re paying a powder coating company to coat your wheels for you you can plan on paying around 250 to 520 for a base coat for rim sizes ranging from 13 to 26. Once our wheels come out of the pvd chamber they have a powder coated clear coat as the final layer to ensure the most durable wheel coating available. Picking out custom wheels may seem like an overwhelming decision especially if you don t really know what you re doing.

Wheel creations offers high quality pvd chrome coating services and one of the most established chrome wheel exchange programs in california and beyond. In appearance pvd or physical vapor deposition is a high shine powder coat that looks very similar to chrome but has many more advantages. Pvd wheels are 80 lighter than chrome plated wheels which leads to increased fuel economy. Why pvd chrome is the best choice for your wheels pvd chrome is better for all weather types.

Pvd helps decrease rotation mass. A pvd coated wheel virtually eliminates these problems. Midwest pvd is a american pvd coating applicator using environmentally friendly physical vapor deposition to coat auto and truck wheels with a bright and black chrome finish using the patented the permastar process. First off in case you weren t aware pvd stands for physical vapor deposition in appearance it s a high shine powder coating that offers the same appearance as chrome.

Chrome plating can pit peel or corrode when faced with road salts often used do de ice roads in the winter months. Pvd chrome wheels have a powder coated primer before the chrome and a powder coated acrylic. The top wheel is a pvd finish the bottom wheel is chrome dipped. To give yourself a confidence boost weigh the benefits of chrome and pvd wheels.

The pvd coating process we use on our wheels durachrome is a chrome and nickel chrome metal coating which allows us to have extreme durability and corrosion resistance. Pvd chrome vs chrome plating. Pvd chrome wheels have different levels of finishes some levels are an exact match to chrome dipped wheels while other levels have a slightly darker tint to them but still have the same great chrome shine. The pvd process is an environmentally friendly method of producing a bright wheel finish that is more durable than traditional chrome plating.

The cost of powder coating wheels depends on the size and depth of the rims and whether you pay someone else to coat your rims or do the work yourself. We guarantee the coating for 3 full years. Can weigh 2 3 pounds lighter than chrome wheels.