i bought a set of '06 tracker rims and want to get them powder coated. the clear coat was eaten off by some sort of rim cleaner by the original owner, NOT ME! does anyone know if you can powder coat them back to original colour and what its called. if anyone can suggest any colours that would look good, my car is burnt orange with a black top.

 

Are you talking about '06 Track/GT wheels? As in F18/R19 Rays? They don't come power coated, they are painted. PC is reported to weaken the forged wheels and cause stress cracks. Do a search. That has been discussed at length here.

 

Do not powdercoat forged rims . . .

 

THey are track wheels, they are going to get damaged!!!

 

You can paint wheels any color. Pink if you want.

 

neon pink too

 

forged parts (like any aluminum part) will overage if overexposed to high heat for a significant length of time, but if you have a powdercoater that is more professional than just some jackass with an oven, they should have no problem doing low-temp powdercoating, and it only takes about 15 minutes regardless. Powdercoating forged parts is talked about at length on metalurgy/industry forums too since this comes up often on automotive forums, with the same response. Oh, and if you ever bend a forged wheel, that's how it's going to be straightened.

Many Scooby guys have their wheels powdercoated and have no problems after hours of track use. Don't go to Joe Schmo and you'll be perfectly fine.

 

i was just going to say , you can paint forged rims if the person is educated enough the process wil just cost more time and more money but you can powder coat forged rims without hindering the forged process that makes them so good. Its just wether or not your guys is going to adhere to the process's and not fck up your wheels by just taking the short cut and weakening your rims.

 

Correct, and there has been much discussion on that as well (including the 2-tone job a member just got done recently). But many say that the blasting process to remove the OEM finish before powdercoating can be just as damaging to forged wheels as the PC process.