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Originally Posted by ndinh
$800 is not unreasonable considering they're doing everything from start to finish. I've had wheels painted and it was $500 ($100/wheel + $100 gloss) but that was me doing all the initial work and driving on some stock wheels. I brought them the wheels only. You figure $500 paint + $150 removal and mount/balance (non road force) + $150 storage of car on jacks for 3 days.
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To me that is still a lot. For that much I'd rather buy a cheap set of stock wheels and tires (can be found for less than $400 w/tires - look on craigslist, offerup, letgo, etc) and just keep my car for those days they are painting my wheels. While their price may not be completely unreasonable, there are ways to make it much more palatable to you. There are many tire shops that will mount/balance tires for less than $100. Removing the tires, and THEN remounting/balancing I can see costing $150, but not for just the mounting/balancing. Then again, I never take the first quote I get, and always shop around.