Who powdercoats?

[Heat Seeker WS6]

Can I have black powdercoated wheels stripped down & then repowdercoated to a gunmetal?:confused I can provide an existing gunmetal rim for the color match.
Thanks!
john

[Korndogg]

no luck on the wheels?

[Heat Seeker WS6]

Negative sir, 8 weeks ETA approx for that size in that color :wooo I dont want them just in time for winter storage.:durr

[Korndogg]

geeze man thats crazy.

[turbogarrett]

Go to armour coatings in mequon, talk to Kevin. I had the centers of my volks stripped and powdercoated black, turned out perfect:thumbsup Cost me like 180, it may cost more to strip your wheels because they are already powdercoated:confused

[Heat Seeker WS6]

I wonder then if it'd be cheaper for the refinish to have them shipped polished then?

Thanks for the lead I'll call them!:thumbsup

[turbogarrett]

I wonder then if it'd be cheaper for the refinish to have them shipped polished then?


Yeah I can pretty much gaurantee that! You will save time and money taking them a set of uncoated wheels, they don't strip powdercating in house, at least they didn't when I was there last year.

[Flicktitty]

what about Late Night Customs? he is afterall a sponser on BCM! :)

[88Nightmare]

you could always just ask 1quick who powdercoated his C6 wheels. :D



Anyway, +1 for Late Night Customs. Sponsor of BCM yo

[GRAMPS SS]

Check out their website:

http://www.northstar-mfg.com

[Reverend Cooper]

john pm portponies or if you cant get ahold of him i have his number. he has the hook up on powder coating he has the diff housing from my car now and is getting that done as well as some other items

[Prescott]

If the powdercoat is fine but you just want to change the color, you dont have to have them stripped. just pc right over the old color. I do it all the time.

[SlowStee]

you could always just ask 1quick who powdercoated his C6 wheels. :D



Anyway, +1 for Late Night Customs. Sponsor of BCM yo

werd...He did powdercoating for me as well on a small piece

[SSDude]

These guys were at the WOW show. Haven't used them but planned to for what thats worth.:thumbsup
http://www.classiccoatings.com/

[fly5150]

There is a place in waukesha that i have gone too a lot. Great guy. I forgot teh name again, They are back by the porn store. Brad should remember their name.......

[pickardracing]

Make sure you shop around man, thats all I gotta say.

Some places are ing insane on prices. I was doing some research and theres places that want like a hundo or more to do a set of VC's.

If you find a good place with reasonable prices, let me know, I need a mess of stuff done.

Also, you can buy aircraft stripper at any parts place and strip the existing powdercoat yourself to save you time and cash.

[modmachz]

Mike is the guy in waukesha, it is called hy-tech powdercoating, he is over on ellis street..Mike will do the very best for you at prices people won't beat,You say we'll you get what you pay for, mike will do it to your satisfaction, or he will do it over or you do not pay..

[fly5150]

Thats the Place. Hy-tech is the place to go.
Mike soes awesome work and fast too.

[Heat Seeker WS6]

thanks all!:thumbsup

[pickardracing]

Keep this thread posted with what you find man.

[Heat Seeker WS6]

I'll be receiving the 2 gunmetal rims for the front early this week. Then I had them send me the 17x11's polished- not black powder coated so the initial work to strip before recoating is already done. I should be seeing those later this or early next week.

[Teufelhunden]

How did they turn out?

[Heat Seeker WS6]

I didnt have them coated yet.
But... while waiting for several places to get back to me regarding finishing them I can tell you so far I'm the most impressed with Hy-Tec Coatings in Waukesha.
As you know my front rims already came in finished & cleared and my rears are polished. Mike from there is working w/ the place in FL the wheels came from to find out what paint vendor was used so they can use the same or as close to as possible for a match. But at this point with amount of research they're putting into this BEFORE they even want the rims, they'll prob get my business. When there I saw some examples of thier work and was impressed & they can turn rims around in a few days- which is good for me because I have a tight timeframe to get this done now.

[Heat Seeker WS6]

Mike M.
Hy-Tec Coatings
1415 Ellis St
Wauk, 53186
262-549-4855

[fly5150]

+1 for Hy-tec.

you will be impressed with the quality

[FANAT1C]

Hy-Tec did my valve covers and air cleaner on my '70. Black crinkle finish. Turned out great!
You wont have any problems if you do go with them John.:thumbsup

[pickardracing]

$$$ ????

[FANAT1C]

$$$ ????


Who are you asking? For what?

[Heat Seeker WS6]

Dont know how much yet since we dont have the exact color yet. They'll also have to mask off for the polished outer lip which is extra labor. I'll let ya know once I have a #. I think thier typical rim is like $50/ea

[TURTLE]

if we're asking about pricing, how much were the valve covers in the wrinkle? i've got a spare that i'd like coated, to try and clean up the engine bay a little...

[wikked]

So... you think there's hope for my rims?
Only the polished lip is pitted/ruined, the spokes are mint.
The spokes can be removed as they are 2-piece.

(worst one- yes it's "clean")
http://www.wikked.com/talon2/rimrot.jpg

Used to look like:
http://wikked.com/talon2/newfeet.jpg

[FANAT1C]

if we're asking about pricing, how much were the valve covers in the wrinkle? i've got a spare that i'd like coated, to try and clean up the engine bay a little...


I think it was $50 for both covers and the top and bottom of the air cleaner.

[pickardracing]

So... you think there's hope for my rims?
Only the polished lip is pitted/ruined, the spokes are mint.
The spokes can be removed as they are 2-piece.

(worst one- yes it's "clean")
http://www.wikked.com/talon2/rimrot.jpg

Used to look like:
http://wikked.com/talon2/newfeet.jpg

You dont need a powdercoater, you need stripper and a polish job.

[Heat Seeker WS6]

I dropped them off this afternoon w/ Mike.
I made a judgement call to have them use one of thier inhouse colors thats just tiny bit darker that the color of the fronts because (go figure:rolleyes: ) the place I got the wheels from isn't letting us find out who coated the wheels. We planned on using the same vendor & exact color. Those pricks are only telling us that they get coated overseas.
They just have to mask off the outer part of the lip so it stays shiny before coating & they'll be done early next week.

[FANAT1C]

Great turn-a-round time! Remember to post pics of those bad boys!

[Heat Seeker WS6]

Todays' s update...

I pulled the wheels from Hy-Tec yesterday after talking to Mike (owner)several times over the last few days. They were unable to securly mask off the outer lip so the the powdercoat wouldnt run and also found that their closest match wouldnt be close enough. So we mutually agreed to not have them do the work.
By no means am i going to slam them. Mike tried several times to get it to his satisfaction & was not happy. I'm glad he was honest w/ me and didnt screw me around.
We (Wayne, Sean & I) then took them up to Northstar Coating to have them look at the wheels and they came to the same conclusion that Hy-Tec did. So we got a tour of the place instead. :thumbsup Steve the owner was great

Then we called Crystal Auto Body and told them what was going on and they took them in. They are going to liquid paint them- not powdercoat and since they've done this style wheel before so they're not worried at all about them not looking pefect. Theyre going for a perfect color match & going to seal them up real good, so I'll get the longevity Im looking for. :banana Will be ready next week.

[Flicktitty]

Good stuff there John, what "gunmetal" color did you decide with?

[88Nightmare]

just ask 1quickgtp who does powdercoating :D

[Heat Seeker WS6]

Good stuff there John, what "gunmetal" color did you decide with?

I have no way to find out what the exact color is called, much less find any info on the paint manufacturer so they're going to do the paint match in the shop w/ one of the finished wheels I left behind. These guys are gooooood- same ones that fixed my ........

[Flicktitty]

I have no way to find out what the exact color is called, much less find any info on the paint manufacturer so they're going to do the paint match in the shop w/ one of the finished wheels I left behind. These guys are gooooood- same ones that fixed my ........

ah, i didn't know if you had some pictures of the color on a differant car or something. oh well i'll see it soon enough! :) :headbang

[Heat Seeker WS6]

ah, i didn't know if you had some pictures of the color on a differant car or something. oh well i'll see it soon enough! :) :headbang


Oh yes....yes.... you will:thumbsup