Nanoparticles reinforced metal matrix composite coatings have great application potential in mechanical parts surface strengthening due to their excellent mechanical properties. This paper reports a phenomenon that the grain orientation gradually evolves to (220) with the deposition current density increasing when preparing nanoparticles reinforced nickel-based composite coatings by jet electrodeposition (JED). During the preparation of Ni-SiC composite coatings, the deposition current density increases from 180 A/dm2 to 220 A/dm2, and TC(220) gradually increases from 41.4% to 97.7% correspondingly. With the increase of TC(220), the self-corrosion potential increases from -0.575 V to -0.477 V, the corrosion current density decreases from 9.52 μA·cm2 to 2.76 μA·cm2, the diameter of corrosion pits that after 10 days of immersion in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution decreases from 278~944 nm to 153~260 nm, and the adhesion of the coating is increased from 24.9 N to 61.6 N. Compared with conventional electrodeposition (CED), the Ni-SiC composite coating prepared by JED has the advantages of smooth surface morphology, corrosion resistance and strong adhesion, which is more obvious with the increase of TC (220).