Ceramic coating wheels...worth it?

[JiggaWang]

Just put on new black 20inch wheels on my car and love the look but after just a few days of washing them, they always look brown

I’ve been quoted $400-500 to ceramic coat all 4 wheels and calipers. For those who have coated their wheels, is it as easy as just spraying the wheels with a spray nozzle to get the brake dust and dirt off?

[guess2098]

Buy one of my ceramic coating do it yourself

[Poiseuille]

I recommend ceramic coat on the wheels, way easier to keep them clean. $400-$500 seems a bit crazy though, I paid $250 for 763m wheels. I could see where more complex wheels like 666 or LM could cost more, but $500? You need to shop that around. I don't have an opinion on DIY because I've not done that myself, you should probably compare the cost of the materials plus your time to what a pro would charge you and decide from that.

[Zermatt]

I had my 518 wheels ceramic coated for $200. Its only been 6months but thus far, its been totally worth it. I can definitely notice the difference when pressure washing the wheels.

[bringbacklsb]

My detailer does the whole car for $800 (returning customer price, first time customer is $1,200), including the interior and wheels. So $500 sounds very high for just the wheels.

[Speedwell-Industries]

Originally Posted by guess2098

Buy one of my ceramic coating do it yourself

+1 to doing it yourself!

[golfinz]

Do it yourself. Check out Gyeon Rim. Was easy to apply and much cheaper than paying someone else to do it. I was quoted between $2-300 to do the wheels. Gyeon Rim was $49 shipped.

[Arcades]

Coating the rims is worth it as it does make cleaning the wheels much easier. Especially how annoying BMW's brake dust are.

You would still need to use some iron remover from time to time to completely clean it up, or unmount your rims and rinse + microfiber towel (brake dust residue is annoying af) but without any sort of wheel coating. All of that process is much more difficult.

[avex8]

I got my car full clear bra and ceramic pro. i have the 437 wheel and after driving it for a week its already very dirty and dusty so not sure if it's worth it. Maybe it makes it easy to clean?

[Bruce_SC]

Depending on the coating used, some can cost you $500 or maybe a little less. Think about it this way. You hire a professional detailer to lift your vehicle. Safely remove your wheels, fully clean and decontaminate your wheels, coat them with a professional product, most times doing more than one application to each wheel, then curing those wheels, then safely putting them back on and torquing the wheels to factory spec.

Now ask yourself whether you want the cheap guy doing this? Or ask yourself if you want to spend a day or more doing the same.

Bruce

[allinon72]

It's worth it if you DIY. Keeps things cleaner, but the brake dust still needs agitation to remove. I was hoping I could just spray the rims off weekly but no dice.

[Eric S]

hose rinse, nothing will give you that.

Pressure washer rinse, 95% of the wheel grime will come loose/off. Then a blow dry and a MF towel and QD will take care of the rest.


500 for a NON wheel coating on the wheels is HIGH. You need a High temp coating for the wheels as body coatings are not best suited for hot brake dust particles.

Modesta BC06 is 2500 degree heat rejection, nothing is going to bond to the wheels long term. Its the easiest coating to maintain. We have tried a lot of them on personal cars and on client cars, we have first hand knowledge. There is a reason its the most expensive, but then again, expensive is all relative and subjective.


We have had some really dirty wheels that were coated in BC06. Sprayed with sonax wheel cleaner, let sit for 10 min, pressure washed and they rinsed 95% clean, only minor agitation needed. these particular BMW 666 wheels were not washed for 3 months

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by Bruce_SC

Depending on the coating used, some can cost you $500 or maybe a little less. Think about it this way. You hire a professional detailer to lift your vehicle. Safely remove your wheels, fully clean and decontaminate your wheels, coat them with a professional product, most times doing more than one application to each wheel, then curing those wheels, then safely putting them back on and torquing the wheels to factory spec.

Now ask yourself whether you want the cheap guy doing this? Or ask yourself if you want to spend a day or more doing the same.

Bruce

Good point: when I quoted the price above of $250 I probably should have added that I brought him the wheels in the back of my truck, although he did install them on the car when he was done.

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by golfinz

Do it yourself. Check out Gyeon Rim. Was easy to apply and much cheaper than paying someone else to do it. I was quoted between $2-300 to do the wheels. Gyeon Rim was $49 shipped.

Thanks for posting that. So the kit was easily enough to do all four wheels, or was it a stretch? I assume you did the whole wheel, inside and out? How do you like the results?

[HRE_Wheels]

Yes I recommend it, 100%. Doesn't take very much time to get it done either, the process is very straightforward and easy.

https://www.esotericcarcare.com/gyeon-q2-rim/

[golfinz]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

Thanks for posting that. So the kit was easily enough to do all four wheels, or was it a stretch? I assume you did the whole wheel, inside and out? How do you like the results?

I put two coats on all four wheels (face and inside the barrel) and have just about a half bottle left. I haven't driven on them yet because I just had my tires mounted, but every review I read was very positive. It was worth $50 to me to try it out and see if I like the quartz coating vs spending $2-300 to find out I didn't.

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by golfinz

I put two coats on all four wheels (face and inside the barrel) and have just about a half bottle left. I haven't driven on them yet because I just had my tires mounted, but every review I read was very positive. It was worth $50 to me to try it out and see if I like the quartz coating vs spending $2-300 to find out I didn't.

Thanks for that response, very helpful, looks like I'll be going that way for the other set of rims.

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by HRE_Wheels

[SIZE="3"]Yes I recommend it, 100%. Doesn't take very much time to get it done either, the process is very straightforward and easy.

https://www.esotericcarcare.com/gyeon-q2-rim/
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Great video, I'm sold, thanks for posting that.

[GregM4]

I paid $50 per Rim to get Gyeon Rim applied when I got coating on my car. I have 666 wheels on the M4 and it is money well invested. The time it saves on cleaning wheels is amazing. Brake Dust just washes off with high pressure water. Go for it.

[louielouie]

I've been thinking about getting my 437Ms coated but my friend spoke to a Lexus salesman about coating, as he's in the market for an RX, and was told it makes repairs incredibly difficult. I realize a salesman's opinion doesn't hold much weight so figured I'd check with the forums.

Has anyone had experience with repairing damage/curb rash on wheels or paint that have been coated? Is this something to be concerned about?

[gatorfast]

Originally Posted by louielouie

I've been thinking about getting my 437Ms coated but my friend spoke to a Lexus salesman about coating, as he's in the market for an RX, and was told it makes repairs incredibly difficult. I realize a salesman's opinion doesn't hold much weight so figured I'd check with the forums.

Has anyone had experience with repairing damage/curb rash on wheels or paint that have been coated? Is this something to be concerned about?

Uh, obviously if you curb a wheel it will remove the coating (along with paint). This shouldn't affect the repair although you would need to re-coat the affected area. Probably best to just be careful and not curb the wheel in the first place

[Eric S]

he is referring to the respray part.

The blend out MIGHT be affected (the area past the actual ground away spot).

HOWVER, that is not a concern you should have because who is to say you even curb the wheels? If you are prone to curbing them, you would still have a MUCH easier time cleaning the wheel inners and spokes. The easiest part to clean is the face of the wheel (the part that hits the curb albeit).


Get them coated