Powder coating

Tdj8508

Tdj8508

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Hi all, I am wanting to powder coat my 1199 base wheels gold but I am having trouble picking out the shade of gold from a swatch online. Has anyone else painted their wheels gold and can offer any advice?
 
If you go to PrismaticPowders.com you can select samples they will mail to you on small strips of mini blinds.. works great! If your shop doesn't have an account with NIC you can still buy directly from Prismatic in the quantity your shop needs as well
 
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outhouse said:
I would never powder coat rims, weakens them from the heat used to bake on the paint.
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For what it's worth, the baking process is only around 200 degrees. I have my 07 1098 wheels powder coated for just under 10 yrs and never had any issues.
 
There is a low heat powder coat process that's very durable. You'll have to research it in your area.
I chose that process because the paint distributor recommended it. In addition, I understand the traditional powder coat process can cause problems...I'm not the expert tho.
 
RRnold said:
For what it's worth, the baking process is only around 200 degrees. I have my 07 1098 wheels powder coated for just under 10 yrs and never had any issues.
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Add me to the list too. Had this done on my old bike with no issues at all over the 3 years and im doing it again to my 1199. There are probably millions of people that have or are using PC'd rims on their bikes with no issues.
 
outhouse said:
I would never powder coat rims, weakens them from the heat used to bake on the paint.
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Complete false info right there. Most powdercoating isn't done at high enough temps to weaken aluminum wheels. Nothing to worry about. And if a shop does bake them at a super high temp, then find a new shop that knows what they're doing.
 
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double0 said:
Complete false info right there.
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BS.

Ive been around longer and been through these threads before in high performance cars to. There is plenty of negative feedback and its more then myth.

Just looked into this for my Zo6 and no way in hell would I powder coat them or the last thing my Panigale.

Do I have to post all the negative effects many people have posted after doing this?

Most companies no longer warranty a rim afterwards because of said possible negative effects.

From this forum

I just received a response from the Caps Bright Hot Powder Coat company you recommended. After they are chemically stripped of powder coating/paint, they heat the wheel to 400 degrees F to bake on the powder coating. In addition, all bearings, seals, weights, and sensors must be removed. He also mentioned there is little choice as far as gold colors are concerned. I am leaning towards painting the wheels to be safe. Does anyone know of a good wheel refinishing company where I can have the aforementioned catalyzed urethane paintwork done? Is the OEM finish on the Tricolore/S wheels paint as I suspect? Thanks in advance for any and all help.
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CONCLUSION and I agree with this post here below, caution should be used, its fkn stupid to have rims powder coated blindly when your life depends on the structures integrity.
IMO, it completely depends on the shop doing the work.
Like going to restaurants, there's no way, imo, that any one can form an opinion on whether one dish is better than another, it all depends on the cook.

Where I'm located, I've had friends and people locally on forums who've had their wheels powder-coated, and had them crack afterwards, and others who've had no problems. And I've also known people who've had their wheel painted, only to have all the paint crack off completely shortly after, and others who've had no problems.
If the powder-coater knows what they're doing; their's no harm in powder-coating.

There's a powder-coater locally who's powder-coated over 100 sets of BBS LM's with no problems. Most of their work seeing track time as well.

It's easiest to cut the middle man and hit up powder-coating/painting facilities yourself. But I would suggest visiting some tuning shops in your area and talk to them about what they've had experience in. Powder-coating/painting wheels is pretty common, and most tuning shops will have a lot of experience with some wheel shop employing one method or the other and be able to recommend you something tried and true.

So I wouldn't just write off powder-coating. If done right, powder-coating is more durable than painting. But of course, if done wrong, there could be problems.

Side note, at least where I'm located, powder-coating is usually a lot less than painting. And hence, there are people who base the fact that powder-coating is cheaper to say that painting > powder-coating.
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Again....if you take wheels to a random non specialist powdercoater who doesn't know .... then yes, I'd be concerned too. My parts (including wheels) were powdercoated by a specialty shop who coats wheels for cars and motorcycles specifically. In the 35 years they've been doing so, they claim to have never had any metal fatigue due to powdercoating because they don't heat wheels anywhere near 400 degrees.

Research, ask specific questions and do your homework before committing to a shop to coat your wheels. I've had car wheels coated on 3 separate cars and now my Panigale. All aluminum wheels and no issues at all. Low temp coating is key.
 
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Just buy some 1098r Wheels

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tadashi said:
Spacers required on the front
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Ah ok cool thanks! Now I gotta find a set of gold one. The 1098s one fits just the same too right? Just need spacer for the front?


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