Refurbing .... painted or powdercoating

Post by **Ben** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:15 am

Going to get my wheels done shortly ... is there any real advantage to having them powercoated over just having them painted.

I was going to approach aerocoat for the powder coating, do they actually refurb wheels or just powdercoat?.

Christian and Beccy · Post by **Christian and Beccy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:28 am

A far better finish can be achieved from wet-painting, though depending on the individual wheel, they may decide to apply a powder base-coat on which to apply the top coat in wet-paint.

I have a good friend who is superb at this kind of thing, he does our Rocker Covers and has done several sets of wheels in the past for me. He isn't the cheapest, but if you want to be assured of a fantastic job, he's the man.

Post by **Ben** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:05 am

Would I need to have the wheels stripped down first - i.e. dipped and fixed or can he do the full monty.

Plus is this the same fella who can do my calipers for me ?.

This is the planned look ..

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:46 am

Only thing id say possibly against powder coating is the possibility of wheel failure afterwards.
Now by no means am i saying the wheels will fail, however i have seen a few cases in the USA where guys have had wheels powdercoated and the wheels have developed cracks in them shortly afterwards. One case the wheels failed after just 2 weeks of road use.

This was put down to the fact that the final process of the powdercoat is oven baking. This high temp oven baking was effectively changing the heat treatment that the wheels had already been subjected to from the original manufacturer.

Your call fella but certainly food for thought in my opinion.

Post by **Ben** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:48 am

I heard about the heat - I've already spoken to young Christian and it looks like we are going for the painted finish

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but thanks for the heads up fella.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:52 am

ben, I still require mine re-finished, and am keen to find out how your go with Christians contact, or maybe do as we said before and try and get a discount for 2 sets???

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:54 am

Cant wait to seem em, they will look amazing in bronze on your 32

Post by **Ben** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:00 am

frayz wrote:Cant wait to seem em, they will look amazing in bronze on your 32

Black .... black .. grey .. but not bronze .. that's for the commoners

Blacky, just waiting a price from Christian and now need to find some spare wheels

- you would need to talk to christian, but I wouldn't imagine there would be a 'group' discount on them.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:03 am

Okay, cheers...

PS Bronze is the new Black

I am even thinking of changing my last name, as Black was so last year

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:32 am

'Logan Bronze'.........................sounds like a hair colourant

(ALLEGEDLY)

Bronze is nice but a little passe. I wanted gun metal for mine but didn't want a 12 week wait associated with it. If I ever get the GTR finished mine will be done in a different colour but no point hypothesising on that at the moment.

Powdercoating is fine on wheels as long as the shop concerned know what they are doing, but Frayz is correct, baking them too hot can make them brittle. Schoolboy errors aside I know of many happy punters in this regard. I have seen the work that Christians contact (ooer) has done and the rocker covers looked fine and dandy.

You should get them done in white with grey patches. That way it will look like you have done hard driving :thumb: