I have looked for a long time for some new wheels. Have looked at mags, spokes and some high $ ****. I have always liked the look of a spoke wheel with outer and inner ring powder coated black. I have found some already done
ebay- stainless spokes $600 redone all new
rev tec wheel -$800 to $900

So I called a mechanic and to respoke (Buchanan stainless straight spokes), powder coat out the door is $500 to $600.

Is this a decent price?

 

As you know wheels are really expensive. I think that is a fair price considering the cost of a new wheel. but if you can find a better deal on a new wheel by all means go for it.

 

lacing is the most labor intensive part of that job, that is likely where the bulk of the quote came from. I took my wheels apart myself, took a lot of pictures during disassembly, had the hubs, spokes and rims powdercoated and re-laced them myself, then I took them to a dirtbike shop to have them trued and tires mounted. I put dynabeads in them so no balancing at the shop, I'm in the wheels probably less than $300.

 

the 500 to 600 price includes take off, sand blast, spokes, powder coat, reassemble, new bearings, truing, and tire re mount.

The spokes are close to $130 a set.

 

sounds like a fair price. All the chrome has to be stripped before anything is sandblasted, were you quoted a price for that also?

 

Id get a few more quotes, 5-600 for all that is a lot of money when you can get custom rims from hdwheels or black bikes for 2-400 more

 

Thats sandblasting included

 

Sandblasting is not stripping. All the chrome parts have to be chemically dipped to remove all the chrome so that the steel underneath can be sandblasted. Typically the sandblaster/powdercoater will not do the chemical dip. Maybe contact Joe Knapp, he is a member on here and runs his own powdercoating business, I've seen him give out really resonable prices for stuff like this, he will also do all the work your other shop quoted. He is highly regarded on here and does really nice work from what I've seen.