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Apu wrote:I'd respray - easier to repair / touch up if you kerb it.

Black_Penguin wrote:I wouldn't recommend powdercoating alloy wheels, the process involves heating the wheels to a point that may make them brittle.
Any decent panel beater would be able to paint wheels or know someone who does.

bootz wrote:Urban myth or fact?

Alan Peltier at HRE Performance Wheels wrote:You have to ensure the time/temp cycle is kept low and short enough otherwise you will affect the heat-treatment of the forgings. You can powdercoat, if you're careful. We do it everyday. We switched all of our standard colors to powdercoat once they developed metallic powdercoats and got the cure temps down to an acceptable level, so these days it is possible if done properly. We find powdercoat to be more robust, but you get more color options with paint so we still have to use paint for color matched wheels unless we've had a custom color developed in volume (Arctic Silver for example).

manga_blue wrote:

bootz wrote:Urban myth or fact?

The truth might be somewhere in the middle, depending on who does the powdercoating. I found this:

Alan Peltier at HRE Performance Wheels wrote:You have to ensure the time/temp cycle is kept low and short enough otherwise you will affect the heat-treatment of the forgings. You can powdercoat, if you're careful. We do it everyday. We switched all of our standard colors to powdercoat once they developed metallic powdercoats and got the cure temps down to an acceptable level, so these days it is possible if done properly. We find powdercoat to be more robust, but you get more color options with paint so we still have to use paint for color matched wheels unless we've had a custom color developed in volume (Arctic Silver for example).

M1474 wrote:Also sandblasted. Then primer and dulux gloss rattle-can black. Took me about six hours.

KevGoat wrote:I had my four "daisy" wheels resprayed. I'd sandblasted them using my mate's compressor and an el cheapo sandblast kit from Supercheap, so all the prep work was mostly done. Took them to a local shop who specializes in motorbike tanks and small paint jobs.

All four wheels in two pak, hardened & lacquered $200.

More than a year on and they still look great, no cracking, peeling or scrapes. Well worth shopping around. I asked a couple of wheel/tyre places if they ever restore wheels & got some references to shops before I found this one.

koolfan wrote:i know this is off topic but i just wondering as i have a NA8 and i would like to change my gear know and i have just find out my gear knob is not by screw but just put in with some glue??