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Steel Wheels - paint or coat?

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 05 12:31 am
by Anonymous
Following on from Mo's suspension query.......

Do those in the know (Neil?) know what the choices are like for the range of colours available in powder coating?

We've got some steel wheels on the way that we'll be looking at gettin painted or powder coated but will want to match the original red of the Polara, for which I have a PPG/Ditzler number.
I would imagine this would be no prob with paint but can powder coating be matched to a code?

I was thinking of powder so it would be more resilient to the occassional on/off of the dog-dishes, oh & the neanderthal grease-monkeys who will no doubt be fitting the tyres.

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 05 8:29 pm
by Anonymous
yes powder can be matched to vitually any colour, but it will be cost prohibitive for a one off job like yours. There will be a minimum buy required, usually of 25kg powder which will coat hundreds of wheels.
However, it is worth talking to your coater, cos you never know he may be able to get something already matched and close enough for you.

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 05 8:51 pm
by Holly
I wonder if it would be possible to use a painting oven to bake on powdercoat ... so you could do a whole car ...

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 05 9:05 pm
by Pete
Rob,

I had the wheels powder coated on the Daytona, no problem!

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 05 9:46 pm
by Anonymous
Thanks Pete
Was that an exact match to the body colour or just 'near enough'.
Who did it?

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 05 10:11 pm
by Pete
Ted Evans did it in the States for me (he of "Warpig" fame).

I am sure you could get it done over here; however it has bee no more resilient to scratching than good old 2 pack...

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 05 12:43 am
by Anonymous
Guess I'll look a bit nearer to home then!
Theres a place about a mile from home that I've used thru work before but that was quite a few years ago and they just did black for us then. Worth enquiring tho.

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 05 8:18 am
by Anonymous
James said;
I wonder if it would be possible to use a painting oven to bake on powdercoat ... so you could do a whole car ...
BMW are already doing it on 5series. Need a special powder though to get the appearance.