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[Classic1275cc]

do refurbishes paint, powder coat or re anodize them?

 

 

[Tahiti Joe]

Depends on what you ask them to do bud?

[Classic1275cc]

i see, that pretty much answeres it,

[ANON]

unless they are forged they won't be anodised

[Tahiti Joe]

i see, that pretty much answeres it,

 

That was easy!

 

Seriously though, any good refurbishers will be able to do any of the above, most popular seems to be a powder coat with a clear coat applied for gloss. Diamond cutting is also popular however requires a lot of maintenance to be kept looking good! 

[Mini 360]

 

i see, that pretty much answeres it,

 

That was easy!

 

Seriously though, any good refurbishers will be able to do any of the above, most popular seems to be a powder coat with a clear coat applied for gloss. Diamond cutting is also popular however requires a lot of maintenance to be kept looking good! 

 

Powdercoat is glossy.....no need for clear coat. 

[Classic1275cc]

i guess powder coating is probs the best value for money? i pretty good with a spray gun and good ol wet and dry but powder coating would be allot more durable

[Mini 360]

i guess powder coating is probs the best value for money? i pretty good with a spray gun and good ol wet and dry but powder coating would be allot more durable

You say that but once powdercoat chips, water can easily get underneath it and it then peels/flakes off in big pieces.  But for wheels, unless you hit them off the pavement, you will be fine :)

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

I would always opt for paint over powder coating on wheels. It feels nicer to me, nicer to polish and just feels a bit more 'real'. But yeah, any good refurbers will do exactly what you request. There is no set way or method to refurbish wheels.

[ANON]

for a full 'refurb' if you paint wheels it doesn't matter how fantastic a painter you are it's a pain in the backside to do one side without getting overspray onto the other and that's when things start to get a bit messy!! the more complicated the shape of any spokes etc the harder it becomes. 

 

i don't like powder coat on chassis/suspension arts etc as theses take a lot of stick and can easily get chipped leading to corrosion thus leading to water getting sucked under the coating. on wheels and other bits as long as you have a decent key on the surface, there is no left over previous coatings, it's primed well and you use a decent powder coaters then you shouldn't have a problem.

[leaky]

I have had lots of my alloys powder coated but at the same time I have painted lots as well. At least with paint it you do curb them then its easy to just re paint the damaged bit but with powder coat ones it gone and the water gets under neither all you can really do it shot blast and powder coat it again.

 

Same as the post above. All the suspension bits under my car I have just painted in stone chip paint. As a nice finish and its more hardwearing.

[Classic1275cc]

hmmmm, well the wheels are for my gf's mini and sheees well a bit more likely to catch a kerb :L as with me curbs are lava, lava is hot and to be avoided!, I’ll have a go at spraying them, ill be sure to post a pic in the paint section when ever they get done, she likely to want baby blue or something

[cradley-heathen]

i have sprayed quite a few sets of wheels, and if you are good at painting you wont have any trouble with overspray etc, paint the inside of the wheel first, then the back, then the front last.

 

im going to do my spare set of alloys for the metro in a month or so and get them on for the summer this year, if you do them a metallic colour, like silver as most alloys are, then 2k clear top coat they should last quite well, 2k laquer is quite tuff really, certainly compared to celulose