That sucks that you have had such a bad experience. I bought my replica type 87's from AFS off of Ebay and could not be happier with them. (just as a point of reference on replica rims)

If you are thinking going to go through the expense of powder coating the rims you might as well buy some OEM type 87's and powder coat those? You could either try to return the replicas or sell them on Ebay.