handoverfi

iTrader: (7)

well i just got me a gs300 black cherry pearl and id like to get some g35 19s. i want to get the spokes done in gold and leave the lips silver.

i heard horror stories of powdercoating method where it will weaken the alloy and the wheel will break off on the car! i dont want that to happen.

is there anyways other alternative to getting the wheels gold without spray painting or powdercoating???

chrispy

iTrader: (21)

Purple and gold. You must be a Lakers fan. They should be fine to be powder coated. I've seen a few sets of powdercoated G35 19's for sale before. They're forged so they're pretty strong.

handoverfi

iTrader: (7)

i found a set for 500 but you know im trying to offer a bit lower lol but one of the rims are stripped b/c he wanted to polish them. i want to pick them up and get this gold done

also does anyone know a good powder coating shop in houston that does a good job for a decent price? well without the horror story of the wheels breaking lol?

jspecdan

i dunno what powder coating method would even cause a wheel to break...it's not going to cause your wheels to weaken and break.

handoverfi

iTrader: (7)

taken from http://my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=353258

GS FONZy

iTrader: (6)

WOW, I have never heard of that happening. I have most of my bike wheels powder coated, but I doubt the paint was baked off. I would not bake a wheels, I would sand blast. I think that's what they did to my bike wheels.

toeb

yes fosho dont let them bake the finish off. have them sand blasted then powder coated my man does any car wheel in black, silver, and white $160 for a set of 4. the other colors run abut $180 to $200 for a set of 4. i would look arround for a good shop there out there. good luck with your mod.

jspecdan

wow. that's some craziness...yeah wheels aren't supposed to bake off the coating. that'll cause the wheels to become brittle at 500C. sandblasting is the proper way to remove the coating...

wow that is just amazing though.

sleeper408

iTrader: (6)

Or you can have your wheels just painted by a wheel shop instead of powder coated.

VNN326

iTrader: (21)

oh man that 350z just made me rethink about powercoating. lol are the 350z rims forged by any chance?

AYEmike

affirmative, only the OEM ones by rays engineering.

teamavr

they had to be baked if there gloosssssy they maybe bake to much

SoCalSC4

Temperature control is critical when powder coating aluminum wheels
(or anything aluminum for that matter). Higher than 400 degrees F for
longer than 30 minutes will significantly affect the temper of the aluminum.

500 degrees is WAY too much temperature.

Another issue is stripping the wheel. Don't allow anyone to "hot strip" the
old paint off of the wheels- the high temperature of this chemical stripping
process also affect the temper of the aluminum. The Kinesis centers that
broke several years ago (they were all over the 'net, and falsely identified
as HREs) were a victim of hot stripping once the truth came out.

I would not powder coat cast wheels because they can have porosity
issues and the strength is not as predictable - less margin for error.
The OE G35 19s are forged, if I recall correctly and would PROBABLY
be okay if the stripping and powder coating process is done correctly.

Besides all of that... am I the only one that thinks going to all of this
trouble to customize a stock set of wheels from a different brand of car
(with a weak fitment no less) is silly?

The 2GS forum has been overrun by "stretchers..."

handoverfi

iTrader: (7)

^^^^^well i wanted something that was OEM and still looked good at the same time. And i thought of these wheels. and i know peoples were running these wheels so i thought i would go this route. I really want the gold with the black cherry . But if anything if i do get the wheels and i like it the way it is i wont go through all that trouble

V8_Aristo

Can you even do that? The wheel is not multi-piece, can you even mask the lip and powdercoat the centers? And what's wrong with painting the wheels?