Paint vs. Powdercoat

I was trying to get a quote yesterday on paint matching my endcaps. My guy told me I should paint them, other than powdercoat. He said paint would be spot on and the powdercoat has a chance to not be correct....

can anyone verify?

or explain the difference between the two?

 

Well, I believe the paint is more likely to match but not nearly as durable as PC. I don't know much about PC but, depending on the color you want, they should be able to get pretty close.

 

I mean, I know a lot of people get them powdercoated, and they seem to look pretty spot on to me. but I guess I don't really understand the difference

 

The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension form. The coating is typically applied electrostatically and is then cured under heat to allow it to flow and form a "skin".

 

so its thinner and chips easy and PC is a little more durable? that's what I'm getting outta that haha

 

powder coat won't match the level of gloss of clear coat but it is more durable

 

I pc'ed mine matte black and think they look pretty friggin awesome.

 

Picking my bumper ends up today from powder coat shop.. I’m 100% sure that paint is gonna be spot on, as opposed to powder coat. I know powder coat is going to be a lot more durable.. plus I’m sure it’s going to be cheaper. The white is almost the same for mine. Doesn’t really bother me. Nobody will notice unless you tell them and make the look..

I don’t think the matching grill/hood bulge stuff sent from Toyota really match.. they look diff to me but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

If you paint them and need to touch one up you can but if you powder coated them that's it can't touch up unless it's sandblasted and completely redone.

 

I touched up my powdercoated front passenger end. While it doesn't look totally unbelievably awesome, it looks fine and unnoticeable unless you mention it.

 

Well just got them back.. gonna slap me on

 

Just curious, if you don't mind me asking, about how much did that run ya? Been thinking about doing the same

 

I called about 5 shops here in Vegas. Going rate looks like $80-150. I paid $100

 

I PC'd mine and I can tell a slight difference. Not sure if due to powder coat vs paint of if wrong white was picked. Unless you're looking for it you won't notice, but I did because I see my truck daily.

 

Dang! I wanna see em on! Who’d you go through?

 

This shop on sunset and Gibson. I told them if they turned out good, I’d send them some business .. I’m gonna put them on now and post pics on build page.. bbs

 

that's my problem.. im very picky and a slight difference would drive me insane. even if its just a slight difference, I would tear my hair out

 

My truck is black. So the matte contrast looks good because it picks up the matte plastic middle bumper, more door handles, matte wheels and matte badges. White may be a different story.

 

It’s ok to be picky
BUT
not very picky......

 

If you have a white truck, and you look hard enough, you'll probably see a difference between painted plastic and painted sheet metal, white is a mf'er to match, far far less forgiving than any other color. I'd be willing to bet, even with 040 Toyota paint, you'd see a difference in whites if you look hard enough.

 

I tried powder coat on the front ends MGM and it ended up not matching. Got them painted over the powder. Costly mistake.

 

what is the price difference in paint an powder?? substantial or about the same

 

I went with PC and regret it. The color on the swatch was perfect but the outcome...not so much. I have MGM and my caps are a bluish gray.

Very costly, I need to have mine painted but don't want to spend the money again with Christmas around the corner.

 

yeah, I cant do that... and id feel like an ass if I called them out for their work in their own shop. that would drive me crazy

 

Trust me I did call them out but I "chose the color". Still doesn't sit well with me but unfortunately lesson learned

 

You can see the difference in this picture. Huge difference

 

Well I spent $240 on powder coat then another $350 to paint them. So all in $590.

It sucks the powder coat shops cant put your color in a computer and come out with the right color powder. I had to pick also and it was a lot closer than @WatTundra truck but I couldn't deal with it.

 

Yeah sorry to hear that.. honestly has me thinking that I don't even wanna chance it.. I'm not an angry person by any means and I'm super calm, but I would explode.. I'm very peculiar about what I spend money on, and I wouldn't have that

 

Yeah I hate it, I'll have to spend another 350 to fix it. Not exited about it but it will get done next year