Changing Tire Color?
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You want the WHEELS or RIMS a different color, matte black? Yes, it can be done. The favorite way is powder coating, you can spray them, but its not as durable and difficult to give the same shine and look.
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congratulations on that one...
Powdercoating is the way to go as its more resilient, which is good for stuff that sees a lot of road grime coming at it. Its more expensive than paint, but will hold up much, much longer. There's tons of places that do it. You can even rig up a powdercoating station in your garage if you want.
My suggestion would be to google 'powdercoating near _____' and call around to get quotes.
Powdercoating is the way to go as its more resilient, which is good for stuff that sees a lot of road grime coming at it. Its more expensive than paint, but will hold up much, much longer. There's tons of places that do it. You can even rig up a powdercoating station in your garage if you want.
My suggestion would be to google 'powdercoating near _____' and call around to get quotes.
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Uh.....{bull****}{bull****} Unless someone thinks the metal is going to be weakened when the powder coat is cured...
Here's how powdercoating works:
1) Clean said metal object (media blasting works well here)
2) Use a special powdercoating gun to coat object with powder. There are different types of powder, but most common powders are thermoplastic polymers. The reason why you need a special gun is because it will electrostatically charge the powder particles which makes them 'stick' to the metal you are coating
3) Bake it. Usually ~350 degrees depending on what powder is used.
Ok, so explain to me how that will weaken your wheels? If they are worried about heat treatment of the metal, that will not make them weaker, in fact it will make it stronger (to a point). Heat treatment changes the properties of the metal, raising ultimate strength (the point at which it breaks), but the trade off is that failure is more catastrophic (instead of bending, it will snap).
Sorry for the long post, but its kind of my thing to try and eliminate all the bull**** that floats around these forums due to people who don't know what they're talking about.
Here's how powdercoating works:
1) Clean said metal object (media blasting works well here)
2) Use a special powdercoating gun to coat object with powder. There are different types of powder, but most common powders are thermoplastic polymers. The reason why you need a special gun is because it will electrostatically charge the powder particles which makes them 'stick' to the metal you are coating
3) Bake it. Usually ~350 degrees depending on what powder is used.
Ok, so explain to me how that will weaken your wheels? If they are worried about heat treatment of the metal, that will not make them weaker, in fact it will make it stronger (to a point). Heat treatment changes the properties of the metal, raising ultimate strength (the point at which it breaks), but the trade off is that failure is more catastrophic (instead of bending, it will snap).
Sorry for the long post, but its kind of my thing to try and eliminate all the bull**** that floats around these forums due to people who don't know what they're talking about.