you have to take the centers out. i got my center sand blaster then powder coated, still waiting to get them back from wheel shop to fit them up with new bolts n nuts and a polish. will post pics when i get them back
try washing them with degreaser an high pressure washer!! then scratch up the mesh with red scotch brite so that the paint will stick better. make shore to prime them up first as panit doesnt stick to metal. 2 pac paint would be the best option. but if u want them to last try powder coating them..
you have to take the centers out. i got my center sand blaster then powder coated, still waiting to get them back from wheel shop to fit them up with new bolts n nuts and a polish. will post pics when i get them back
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If you want them clean (and even to remove paint) buy a few cans of oven cleaner. Its not as nasty as paint stripper for the aluminum (paint stripper can pit the alloy) but will do a right job on the paint. Plus its easier to get into the mesh to clean in there.
Just spray it on, wait half an hour or so and then high pressure hose it off.
got these back from the sandblaster,he didnt powder coat them,was gunna work out expensive so just gunna paint them!so just give them a good wash,dry,spray can of primer,then paint,do i need to laquer?
I did what you just said without laquer. Seemed to work fine..
i wouldnt get in the habit of powder coating wheels, kinda wrecks any heat treating the rims already had.
also powdercoating is very over rated.
i would mask off outers, get them bead blasted and paint yourself using an etch primer prior to final coat.
if you have trouble finding someone to do it they are under abrasion in the yellow pages.
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I've recently had mine dipped (at Minus Paint SA), then primered with 2 coats, and then followed with 2 coats of wheel paint.
Probably put another coat on though, or until I run out of paint.
All done with the centres out.
New nuts, bolts and washers on re-assembly. (Cost $58ish)
got any proof of this?
not having a go, just curious.
i used to work at a powerder coating place, we did wheels all the time. amungst plenty of other things.
this is an interesting read
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what applies to an oem wheel is different from what applies to a aftermarket rim.
my volks are powdercoated and I kinda regret it. They are a good colour and stuff but I seriously doubt powdercoating ability in australia, they all use cheap shit and the processes
are always pretty far off.
Your place might have done wheels together and kept temps low, i dont know.
But say your getting a generic colour and they chuck them in a batched group with other things the same colour they arnt going to give a fark.
Also most wheels that are going to be powder coated such as mine are over 20 years old.
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how so? alloy is alloy.
especially the wheels talked about in that thread, they are talking about porshe wheels from what i gather, which are prolly gonna be the same, if not "better" than the SSR/volks we are playing with.
the issue has go to do with the phases of the alloy that are present/created with heat changes.
i did all this stuff back a few years ago at uni, dont remember much unfortunately. and what we did was mostly steal/iron related.
the place i worked at was pretty dodgy, but there isnt much to powerder coating. spray on the powder electrostatically, then just heat it up. but the heating part is the crucial part for alloy. i would have to study the phase diagrams again....gives me bad memories of exams this stuff!
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