powder coat on OE wheels?

[Scarsman]

Originally Posted by guruerror

Sweet! I like the look without the caps!

I don't know much about powder coating...so I'll ask some dumb questions:

1. Would this work on the chrome rims?
2. How does it hold up to abuse?
3. Any problems with it scraping off during tire mounting?

Thanks in advance.

1.
No; you would need to have them blasted or stripped somehow.

2.
It is pretty tough, but it can and will chip if it gets hit by rocks and such. Very resistant to scratching, not so much to impact.

3.
Not if you have a tire guy with half a brain. As long as they are using lube and nylon guards on the tire bars they will be fine.

[scottminor]

If you pickup some painted wheels, when they are stripped the surface will be very rough. This is due to the media blasting used to strip them. The powder will melt into the pourus surface and cause it to almost bond to the wheel. That is what my guy told me. He is a relative of a friend so I trust him. He has coated many wheels with good results.

http://www.millerpowdercoating.com/

[Scarsman]

Originally Posted by scottminor

If you pickup some painted wheels, when they are stripped the surface will be very rough. This is due to the media blasting used to strip them. The powder will melt into the pourus surface and cause it to almost bond to the wheel. That is what my guy told me. He is a relative of a friend so I trust him. He has coated many wheels with good results.

http://www.millerpowdercoating.com/

Yep, it really bonds well. The powder is sprayed on and then it is baked in an oven, which opens up the pores of the metal even more. The powder melts right in and smooths over in the heat. That is why it takes extra work to blast it all off.

[guruerror]

Okay...here's a question. My Line-X guy wanted to know if I wanted my rims Line-X'ed...what do you guys think about that?

My initial thoughts were:

1. Might be hard to get the balancing weights on the rim.
2. Might impact the balance in general due to the thickness of the coating.
3. Might look pretty BAD ASS (especially without the caps like Scott's)

Just a thought...half my truck's coated in Line-X...why stop now?!

[ROUSHDEMON]

Originally Posted by guruerror

half my truck's coated in Line-X...why stop now?!

Sh*t man, you should just spray the whole truck with Line-x...tare some jumgles up with no scratchies, HA!!!!!!

[guruerror]

Yeah...told the dude soon I'll be in a Line-X cacoon.

Nothing wrong with that...at least I'll be scratch free (like you said). There's enough 'battle scars' on the truck already to justify a Line-X paint job. Maybe I SHOULD just spray the whole truck and be done with it! LOL!

[seventwozero]

Just dropped the wheels off at a local sandblaster There was a bunch of corrosion on the back sides from poor care in the MN winters, plus all the crap around the bead of the tire so instead of hot tanking them I'm paying $20/wheel to get them cleaned up. I'll take a pic or two when I get them back, before I take em off to the coaters!

Also, tires ordered from Tim, should be here a week from Thursday!

[scottminor]

Please post a picture when you have them mounted!