Anyone have a link for powdering coating? I cant find anything on here with detailed instructions to powder coat wheels.

 

iam interested in this as well. bumpp

 

? I am confused on the question here. You want to DIY?

 

Yes he is considering doing it himself. I will check some local sites. Rick

 

I've seen powder coating guns on Craigslist but for $150 for all 4 (local), I'd prefer to take it to someone that would do it for me.

 

I see a couple issues here. First you need to buy the powdercoat sprayer, then you need to buy the powder itself, then you have to impart a negative charge on the wheels after you sand, prep and clean them, and the positive charge on the gun, then you have to find an oven large enough to bake them in...not saying you couldn't do all this on your own.

But unless you're interested in opening your own powder coating business, or doing some serious volume, I think it would be way cheaper and less work to pay someone who already does powder coating to do it for you. Just my 2c.

 

^The dude has spoken!

 

I have the spray gun and actually waiting to buy the powder depending on what color I want.

 

There are powder coating DIY kits that can be had for $150 or so. There was a guy on S2KI that went on a powder coating bonanza with it and the stuff came out nice as hell.

If you know the prep work, all you really need is a dedicated oven to bake em in.

You DO NOT want to be using them in your every day oven.

 

Forged rims like the BBS's have to be baked at a certain temperature so that they will not crack...Powder Coating is really not that expensive...I got my rims done for $50 a piece...When it comes to wheels, I would rather leave it up to someone that does it everyday...I wouldn't mind picking up a piece of crap oven off craigslist and learning how to do smaller items, like random brackets, maybe valve covers, etc...thats about it...Good luck...

 

^Are you trying to tell me that a turkey thermometer in one of the lugnut holes won't work?

 

Go buy the new Import tuner it has a little DIY in the back plus CBRDs Evo review is in there too

 

Oh is it? I have the new one! lol

 

That might work actually...give it a try...let us know how it turns out...