is there such a place where you can get your wheels power coated white or even chrome?

 

I bet racingtheburg will do it for you cheap!!!!

I'm against powdercoating wheels. The heating process changes the temper of the casting and weakens it.

 

+1 he does good shit from what ive seen.

 

Yeah, I wasn't actually serious about using him.


Procoat.

 

he does do good work

 

ProCoat powdercoated the wheels on the old Slocus. I wouldn't go anywhere else.

 

Any powdercoating shop can do a set of wheels.

Around here, everybody says ProCoat, but I heard they have long turn around times and the quality of their work tends to be lacking from what I have seen. Checking into some smaller places MAY yield better results.

Heating any newer alloy wheel does not effect the wheel. Most of the factory and aftermarket wheels from the last 10 years are powdercoated with atleast a clearcoat. Coating sandcasted wheels and parts can result in undesirable finishes, but most wheels are either billet pieces or injection molded aluminum alloy, the heat involved in powdercoating is not high enough, nor is the wheel heated for a length of time, that would weaken the wheel.

Be careful of shops that are too inexspensive. I have seen pieces that were supposed to be powdercoated, but I could prove that they were only painted. Stay away from Laskers Powder Coating.

And Leonard, let me know if your still looking to get that cage coated, I may be able to help you out.

 

I don't have the cage yet, but it will be coming.

I'm gonna have to disagree that heating a newer alloy wheel doesn't effect it. The heating cycle will affect it in some manner. It's the nature of metals. I understand that most come with some sort of powdercoating, but that doesn't mean that the manufacturer doesn't use a special process (temp, time @temp, cooldown time) when powdercoating to ensure the strength of the final product. I'm not willing to trust the standard powder coater with something like wheels because I'm certain they don't know the metalurgy of the alloy well enough to define a procedure that will not compromise it. There is always the possibility that they may unknowingly make it stronger.

I'm looking at a set of these (http://www.rsracing.com/rscatalog/as...rrw-pro616.asp)for the FFR once it's done. I'm definitely not gonna kill the heat treat by having them powdercoated.

 

My wheels took 2-weeks to strip, prep, and powdercoat. Had the wheels for about three years and the coating looked as good as the day I picked them up.

ProCoat can get fairly backed up on work...obviously there is a reason for that. I'm not trying to sell everyone on that shop, but EVERY single piece of work I have seen them do was flawless. I have had numerous friends come out with beautiful jobs done by ProCoat. In my personal opinion it is worth the wait and cost to get the job done right. Proper powdercoating will last practically forever...a half assed job will not. Just my .02

 

Well powdercoat can be cured at a lower temp but just sits in for longer Id say I would do that just incase the person was worried about the heating process ex: Regular times around about 400f at 10 mins well we could do like 200f for 30 mins and then the metal would be fine even tho if you think about it how hot do your calipers get