View Poll Results: What color do I powder coat my BBS wheels?

Silver (Wurth silver)

8.51%

Diamond Black (black chrome)

31.91%

White (not champ white...real white)

25.53%

Bronze (matte bronze like volks)

34.04%

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What color should I paint/powder coat my BBS wheels?

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May 12, 2012, 08:19 AM

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From what I understand you have to coat them at a low temperature. I'll probably paint them since I want to get the color right.

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May 12, 2012, 09:29 AM

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isn't powdercoating the bbs detrimental to it's structural integrity?? anyways, i say bronze, looks wicked in that pic above.

I've never heard of that... and I work with wheel designers. Most powdercoatings arn't that high of temps to even come close to changing the material structure of a forging.

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May 12, 2012, 02:05 PM

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Gold all the way!!

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May 12, 2012, 02:14 PM

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I voted for white, b/c thats what I wanted to do my wheels and didnt and white looks good on black too! But my second choice was Diamond Black!

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May 12, 2012, 07:20 PM

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Out of that i will say silver. But i like gunmetal or some kind like enkei SBC finished.

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May 12, 2012, 11:06 PM

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I've never heard of that... and I work with wheel designers. Most powdercoatings arn't that high of temps to even come close to changing the material structure of a forging.

You can age the wheels at 400 deg F, which as I understand, reduces their expected fatigue lifespan

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