20" Off-Road Wheels Powdercoated Gloss Black - Installed Pic

[RiviaNV]

Just got my wheels back from shop. Went gloss black on the factory off-road 20’s. Snail Motorsports in North Las Vegas did an amazing job!

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[madgrey]

Those look great! I did the same for a Corvette I owned about 8 years ago, they held up really well. Prep was painful though, I probably should have just let the powder coat company take care of it.

BTW: Welcome to the forum.

 

[gemmisa]

gloss black x Glacier White looks

 

[jollyroger]

Looks cool, but would have been neat if they found a way to keep the little yellow Rivian logo though

 

[rkalbiar]

Can we get full body pics? Nice

 

[shrink]

Looks great!

I’m guessing the yellow accent emblem can’t survive a powder coat?

 

[ORFynder]

Looks great!

I’m guessing the yellow accent emblem can’t survive a powder coat?

Correct, when they powder coat, they strip the wheel to the bare metal, then apply the powder coat and bake it on

 

[mini2nut]

I have read that the powder coating process weakens the wheel because of the oven heat.

 

[ORFynder]

I have read that the powder coating process weakens the wheel because of the oven heat.

I have powder coated my R1T wheels and have driven over 4K on them and don't see any issues with my 20"AT.

 

[Goose]

I have read that the powder coating process weakens the wheel because of the oven heat.

Where did you hear that? A lot of wheels, aftermarket or original equipment, are powder coated from the factory.

 

[mini2nut]

This is exactly why wheel makers like Enkei say that powder coating voids their warranty.

 

[kizamybute']

I wish Rivian would have offered this style wheel in black. Unfortunately, don't like the only 20" wheel they do offer in black. Other than these and the 21's, they offered every other one in black. I understand not updating the base model 21" wheel, but why wouldn't they offer this style in black? Would save the customers the hassle of having to go powdercoat them themselves.

They do look great. Not a fan of any of Rivian's wheel choices, but in black, they certainly look 1,000 times better.

 

[camaroz1985]

Just got my wheels back from shop. Went gloss black on the factory off-road 20’s. Snail Motorsports in North Las Vegas did an amazing job!

These do look great. Now just need to get those center caps painted to match.

Looks great!

I’m guessing the yellow accent emblem can’t survive a powder coat?

Looks like a sticker, or painted on. Could easily be replicated in vinyl on a powder coated wheel.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

Where did you hear that? A lot of wheels, aftermarket or original equipment, are powder coated from the factory.

I've heard this for [literally] decades. The issue is the "bake" temp, the oven can be a much higher temp than is necessary for powder coating and the excessive temps can (according to SMEs), __potentially__ reduce the strength of aluminum.


That said, I've run multiple track events with PC'ed wheels and I'm still here

 

[Killer95Stang]

Your wheels look great... ! A local powder coating shop will powder coat my 21's when I get my R1S for $380 for the set, in any color I want as long as it is "Black". I just had a bunch of parts sand blasted and powder coated by them for my Falcon suspension project and they all came out great.

I used to design and build heat treating furnaces/ equipment for the aerospace aluminum parts industries. I'll take my chances.

This guy below obviously powder caoted his wheels

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