Painting Landing Gear and Wheels

[Twin_Flyer]

Just wondering if anyone has a SWAG on the cost involved in this job before I start calling shops? My OCD tries to take over every time I look at the flaking paint...

 

[James331]

Isn't this something you could just do with the disassemble and re assembly help of your friendly local AP?

I'd probably look into a good tuff paint like por15

 

[FastEddieB]

I was charged $300 to paint the three wheels on my Sky Arrow at a local body shop.

 

[AggieMike88]

I wonder if powder coating would be a better alternative than paint.

 

[Norman]

Just wondering if anyone has a SWAG on the cost involved in this job before I start calling shops? My OCD tries to take over every time I look at the flaking paint...

It might help if you told us what airplane. Painting the gear on a retract is going to cost more than fixed gear.

 

[Twin_Flyer]

It might help if you told us what airplane. Painting the gear on a retract is going to cost more than fixed gear.

<--- Look It's the retract to your left...

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

Hmmmm....

 

[FastEddieB]

At $300, it was a bit more than I expected. But they're magnesium, and were a bit corroded. I had not even asked for an estimate, since the shop had done good work for me before at a fair price. They said a lot of the labor went into cleaning and surface prep.

Pleased with the result (the mains were white and the nosewheel unpainted before):

 

[swingwing]

I wonder if powder coating would be a better alternative than paint.

Powder coating masks cracks. Not good for gears or wheels

 

[PaulMillner]

At $300, it was a bit more than I expected. But they're magnesium, and were a bit corroded. I had not even asked for an estimate, since the shop had done good work for me before at a fair price. They said a lot of the labor went into cleaning and surface prep.

Pleased with the result (the mains were white and the nosewheel unpainted before):

Looks sharp! And you have one hell of an eye if you can read the tire pressure gage to a point eight!!

Paul

 

[FastEddieB]

Looks sharp! And you have one hell of an eye if you can read the tire pressure gage to a point eight!!

I agree measuring tire pressures to the tenth of a psi is silly.

I usually round up and add a tiny bit when checking, so that over the course of a month the pressure probably averages out about right.

 

[Stewartb]

My Cessna's spring gear was powder coated over 20 years ago. My plane operates on gravel and parks outside. The gear still looks great.

 

[Timbeck2]

I bead blasted mine and painted them with rattle can "wheel paint" bought from O'Reilly Auto Parts.

Look out children on school yards and bus loads of nuns!

 

[Pilawt]

If you're gonna trick it out, don't forget the white sidewalls!

 

[Timbeck2]

Nifty hubcaps as well Jeff!

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

$300 sounds ok to me. There are a few hours there.
Schnazzy color choice.

 

[frfly172]

Looking good,well worth the money.

 

[Paintyourplane.com]

Even if you paid yourself $20 an hour by the time you bought the materials to clean, bead blast, Rinse, Prime, Paint, Clean up and reassemble you probably would have more than $300 in parts and labor realistically.