can anyone tell me what coating rays puts on their rims? is it painted or powdercoated? and if its powder coated, what type of coating is it? please dont say its an acrylic coating...

 

related question, is the coating on stock wheels paint or powder?

 

Silver paint with clear coat. Don't know about Rays.

 

The stock touring wheels chip way too easy to be anything but wetcoat and clear.

Because my ***-hat dealer killed my rims, I am going to have them stripped and powder coated White. Should be very striking.

I had a MINI that was green with White wheels and I have loved that look ever since.

Back to your question on the RAYS...
Chances are- most mass produced aluminum alloy wheels are wet coated w/ clear. The reason for this is time, paint costs and quality issues. Wet paints are easier to apply and cost less to buy. Heating an aluminum wheel to 300-400 degrees to cure powder often causes out-gassing problems resulting in pin holes.
The correct powder coating system for aluminum wheels is a low temp cure process that takes longer to cure and uses specialized powders.

So to answer your question, I have no idea what on the RAYS wheels.


You can check it... go to a dealership, take out your key and drag it on a wheel... oops! just a kiddin.

 

at a discounted price of 500$ a rim and list of over 600 they better not be cheapin out on me.

 

oh and for the rays I was meaning aftermarket TE37s, not the track rims.

 

I think the board vernacular is:

When you refer to Ray's, you mean the wheels that come stock on Track models.

TE37's are marketed under the Volk brand, i.e.: Volk TE37. Volk is but one division of Ray's Engineering.