Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
05-31-2010 | 07:59 AM
#11
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Re: Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
Not promising, sent an email with a quote request on the night of the first response with a clear and concise plan on the work I wanted to have done (even had paint numbers and reference pictures as i didn't have the wheels at the time) and have yet to receive anything back. Have since given up on the Gotti sale (seller was very rude, impatient, and really didn't seem all that set on selling them in the first place). Now looking at some OZ Vega nearby but have the same type issue, mainly need the lips polished and would prefer to do it before the tires arrive. Before anyone asks, the reason that I don't simply go in for a face to face consultation is that I do not live in Salem but it is the closest city with this type of facility and a degree of experience that I feel can be trusted with limited production, limited distribution, and borderline antique wheels (the Vega were cast in 1986, which is 5 years older than me, and really freakin old for wheels still in mint condition).
Did you call? Email is great to save time on giving specifics, but is NEVER the best way to conduct business. Face to face or over the telephone is the only way I do, I will email AFTER establishing a contact and verifying that is the best way to communicate. Quite a few places around here have a website and email, but it is rarely checked because of many reasons, most of them being spammers or idiots that waste their time. Most shop owners feel that if someone calls, they are somewhat serious about doing business, but if they email only they are most likely going to be wasting time.
Just the ramblings of an asshole.
05-31-2010 | 12:16 PM
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Re: Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
Did you call? Email is great to save time on giving specifics, but is NEVER the best way to conduct business. Face to face or over the telephone is the only way I do, I will email AFTER establishing a contact and verifying that is the best way to communicate. Quite a few places around here have a website and email, but it is rarely checked because of many reasons, most of them being spammers or idiots that waste their time. Most shop owners feel that if someone calls, they are somewhat serious about doing business, but if they email only they are most likely going to be wasting time.
Just the ramblings of an asshole.
Just the ramblings of an asshole.
06-08-2010 | 07:55 PM
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Re: Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
Who did Kerri's(sp?) Hers were chipping before even touching the car. There are several sets of wheels coated by B&B as well as various other bits that were coated in the area up there. One of which was repairing poor work from another coater in the Roanoke area
I vote for B&B Specialty Coatings in Henry,VA
I vote for B&B Specialty Coatings in Henry,VA
06-11-2010 | 06:21 AM
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Nada
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Re: Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
The faces turned out really good.
He hasn't taken any real pictures yet but the quality seems to be there. Seemed like there may have been some runs around the outer edge of the face but once they were torqued down into the lip it was nothing you could see anyway. They have a massive color chart too so color matching should be possible.
He hasn't taken any real pictures yet but the quality seems to be there. Seemed like there may have been some runs around the outer edge of the face but once they were torqued down into the lip it was nothing you could see anyway. They have a massive color chart too so color matching should be possible.
06-11-2010 | 08:47 AM
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SHAKESHAKESHAKESHAKE
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Re: Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
The faces turned out really good.
He hasn't taken any real pictures yet but the quality seems to be there. Seemed like there may have been some runs around the outer edge of the face but once they were torqued down into the lip it was nothing you could see anyway. They have a massive color chart too so color matching should be possible.
He hasn't taken any real pictures yet but the quality seems to be there. Seemed like there may have been some runs around the outer edge of the face but once they were torqued down into the lip it was nothing you could see anyway. They have a massive color chart too so color matching should be possible.
06-18-2010 | 01:11 PM
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From: Roanoke VA
Re: Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
Bumpage, I'm trying to get my STi bbs's cleaned and coated since I found a bit of damage on the inner lip of my daily wheels causing it to leak
It took me a wile to notice since the car was on jack stands for so long.
It took me a wile to notice since the car was on jack stands for so long.
06-18-2010 | 03:04 PM
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SAY IT WITCHA CHEST!
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Re: Looking for the best powdercoating place in Salem/Roanoke/Lexington area
call me before you go anywhere Chason...i have a powder coating hookup now.
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