did you guys have to take the tire off the wheel to be professionally powder coated?

 

Simple answer yes... It's a baking process and if the tire was in there it would likely melt or have some sort of severe warping issue. I've had mine done for a couple weeks now and it really adds a mean stance to it. I'm going to be adding a red lip soon just need to get up the nerve to do it. Here's some pics to help you out. and if you have any other questions just pm me. PS: Just got the spacers and lugs put on it 2 weeks ago...




And 2 with the lugs and sacer...

 

here is mine

 

How come you didn't paint the center caps?

 

+1 i never even noticed it before

 

I think it makes it look cheap it you paint the center cap. Your eyes need a focal point. Unless you were going to tape off the chrome nissan hamburger this is the best way.

Yes I did these myself.

 

I agree. I didn't have enough time to mess around with the center caps when I did mine so I just left them off.



I'll eventually mask off the chrome part and paint them.

 

Damnnn, those powdercoated wheels flow really good with your car. Very niceee

 

i did mine the first week i bought the car. they came out great, only thing is i curbed one and i have to repaint it.

 

Easy to fix, at least. Any pics?

 

what size spacers are you guys using on these?

 

I'm now torn about painting of PC'ing my track wheels now. PC'ing seems to look great but after that thread where the guy's wheels cracked all the way through...that scared me

 

I've got mine done with no problems! There's not even a hand full of people that have run into that problem. Painting is gonna chip and wear causing you to respray it every couple months. I would suggest PC to anyone. G/L lemme know how it turns out.

 

25mm(r) 20mm(f) should do the trick. Make sure they're hubcentric.

 

does anyone have '06 stock with spacers?? i wanna buy some spacers but i don't know how it's gonna look like..

thnx

 

I'll put in my two sense, PCing looks awesome, but I'm one of the unlucky ones who's PC is falling off , the tire machine must of found a nic or something and each of my wheels is ruined, pulled the powdercoat off on the edges, so now I'm back to the drawing bored, I think I'm gonna restrip the wheel, polish the lip and do something with the centers, I dunno.

 

where did you get your powdercoating done?

 

Thats true, i painted mine myself and they didn't ever chip at all. As long as you take your time and know what your doing there's no reason for the paintjob to not last. I could wash/scrub/mount them the way i would any other rim and the paint never chipped. I did 5 coats of satin black, and 2 coats of flat clear. I've since traded someone for track rims so i no longer have them, but i'm gonna paint my track rims the same way....btw your rims look sweet, do the red lip!

My car with my old rims

 

i've been planning to powdercoat my 06 track wheels. but after hearing that powdercoating, well the process, weakens the wheel and they either tend to crack or actually break. any insight on this. my wheels are for sale by the way. but still having second thoughts on selling them. so far ive only seen one guy who had his wheels powder coated and and actually broke. not sure how long it took for it to break but still, that would suck if it happens to my wheels. currently have time attacks. my 06 wheels are just sitting in the garage until i decide of what to do with them.

 

we have talked about this a number of times.

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.<!-- / message --><!-- / message -->