powder coat stock rims
Oct 28, 2004, 04:27 PM
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My point was that a company that does nothing but powerder coat rims will powder coat rims correctly. Your local body shop that powder coats anything you throw at them will prob not do a low temp coating. They will prob bake at 600-800deg. This will not be good for our rims. Some guy doing it for like $200 prob isnt going to do a quality job. if he was, he would charge $500 at best. again, just my $0.02. do what you want =]
Oct 28, 2004, 10:56 PM
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Badevo, you are correct, i worked for lear jet and with Aluminum all the time. Half the rims in the world are powdercoated and if there were issues, OEM's would quit it in a heartbeat. Odds are that the rim pictured above was sub-standard to begin with, and at the time of breakage, who is to say it wouldnt have gave up if it wernt coated?? you will never know why. Dont jump on the fear band waggon cause you see a wheel in pieces. Find a "reputable" shop and enjoy. The picture is 5 megapixel and wont fit on here.. Sorry. RRR
Oct 29, 2004, 05:52 AM
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badevo.. if you don't want to belive somebody else's advice, then just ignore it, no need to get personal and be a big dick about it
if you wheels do fail, i doubt that your email is going to hold up in court.. and they didn't offer you any guarantee and i am sure their lawyers will find a way to be a dick about it..
-joe
if you wheels do fail, i doubt that your email is going to hold up in court.. and they didn't offer you any guarantee and i am sure their lawyers will find a way to be a dick about it..
-joe
Oct 29, 2004, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by blk-majik
My point was that a company that does nothing but powerder coat rims will powder coat rims correctly. Your local body shop that powder coats anything you throw at them will prob not do a low temp coating. They will prob bake at 600-800deg. This will not be good for our rims. Some guy doing it for like $200 prob isnt going to do a quality job. if he was, he would charge $500 at best. again, just my $0.02. do what you want =]
That is what I was trying to get across, I guess I did a bad job of it. Sorry guys.
If the company is reputable and know what they are doing, you should be fine. But some places will tell you they know what they are doing when they really don't. They just see the $$$$$.
BADEVO, I'm not some internet "genius", but I do have 4 years experience from a metal fab shop and a Mechanical Engineering degree. So how about we agree to disagree on this issue, fair enough?
Oct 29, 2004, 03:27 PM
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PDX - I wasnt refering to you as the internet genius.
Silly puddy - Your assumption of what I was saying makes me just ignore you. If you think I'm a d*ck becasue I am straight forward thats your issue man. Life is harsh sometimes I'm sorry I didnt express my self like Mickey Mouse.
Silly puddy - Your assumption of what I was saying makes me just ignore you. If you think I'm a d*ck becasue I am straight forward thats your issue man. Life is harsh sometimes I'm sorry I didnt express my self like Mickey Mouse.
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+122762049875602937 PWNED! yea i always wonder if the newbs ever like look at the dates on certain threads before they post...lol but hey i think we have all done it maybe at least once.
but seriously...from 2004? damn....
-Flip
but seriously...from 2004? damn....-Flip
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LOL -- I was going to add my .02 on this until I got to the post about this being 7 years old. Good catch.
Powder coating al wheels is fine though, my VW wheels in my avatar are powder coated Black Chrome, which is a kick **** color. BTW, those wheels are from 1977 and have been holding up fine. That pick of the broken wheel seems more like a defect within the wheel rather than the powder coating process.
Powder coating al wheels is fine though, my VW wheels in my avatar are powder coated Black Chrome, which is a kick **** color. BTW, those wheels are from 1977 and have been holding up fine. That pick of the broken wheel seems more like a defect within the wheel rather than the powder coating process.
