hacker-pschorr

Are we talking initial powercoating by the wheel maker or aftermarket? There is a difference - at least that is the issue being discussed.

Tom928

Rob,

I was able to get enough from the Autopia care car site sometime ago before they ran out of inventory.
As a replacement I was told to get Audi silver from the dealer as it is a match for most german cars including Porsche. Someone else mentioned paintscratch.com; however, I have not even looked to see if they have it.

I think I will try to beat the weather and paint tonight. If so I will post pics.

Tom928

Rob,

Here is a replacement for Wurth called "Einszett Silver Wheel Paint"

http://classic-motoring.stores.yahoo...usilasppa.html

Might give it a try.

Rob Edwards

Tom-

Thanks for the tip- I will try it out!

chaadster

Yeah, but I was talking refinished/aftermarket. Seems like it has been a hot wheel treatment--in the Paris Hilton sense-- for a long time. I remember some of the VW guys I used to associate with back in the early-to-mid '90s doing it to customize their wheels.

I don't submit this as proof of durability of any kind, but it does make me wonder why I've not heard of any problems.

mdarney

Tom, do you have a picture of your 928 with the wheels in your avatar, I am looking at a set for an 1985 S? -Mark

mdarney

Correction to previous post that was to Rob

Nicole

We have a new product that protects the outer rim on the 17" Cup wheels. It can also cover existing scratches, or be used on dark powdercoated/painted rims to give the outer rim some contrast:

http://www.marketworks.com/StoreFron...78036&c=783487

anonymousagain

FWIW - Family PowderCoating for almost 20yrs and never seen it happen, nor found a case where a PC'd wheel cracked due to the baking process. I'm not a metallurgist so I won't claim knowledge across all alloy/metal/refinement, but 450deg is not enough to modify the molecular structure of the wheel. Even sustaining for 20+min doesn't get near any concerns for "weakening" the wheel.

Have personally powdered many wheels and nearly everything on motorcycles , both street and MX with no issue. Has to be another piece to the puzzle missing, because the assumed correlation to the PC process heating cycle is unsubstantiated - just too many huge players that have been Coating all varieties of alloys for many many years to have "missed" it.

Coat 'em Tom !!

chaadster

Nicole,
I can't tell from the pics, does the material cover just the lip face that's perpendicular to the ground, or does it wrap around to cover the inner lip that's parallel to the ground?

anonymousagain

chaad - looks like just the lip face perpendicular to ground, like a "U" shaped finishing welt turned on edge and presses around the entire circumference. Quite ingenious actually. It'd be interesting to see what a really close up pic looks like or in-person to see how much it stands out from the wheel.

Nicole

It only covers the part of the lip that's perpendicular. Basically, it's the area that gets the curb rash...

In theory, I can get thiese in all kinds of colors, not just silver. We could make them in chrome, white, blue, green, red, yellow or black as well.

Nice thing is that if you damage one of these curb guards, you can just replace it, rather than having to take the wheel off your car, remove the tire, send the wheel in for refinishing, re-mount the tire, and put the wheel back on. It can be a big time and money saver!

Charley B

Nicole, if anyone at SITP has them, please point them out to me.

thanx

Gary Knox

I have an acquaintance who does wheel refurbishing (truing, straightening, welding, etc.) and powder coating (BIG walk in oven) in Wilmington, DE. When I talked with him about powder coating vs painting, his primary comment related to "shine". His experience is you can never get as much "shine" to the wheel with powdercoating as you can with the new base coat & clear coat paints.

Gary Knox
West Chester, PA
West Chester, PA

Kevin in Atlanta

Just hung up with a recommended refurbisher in Atl.

They paint the wheels and then powdercoat the clear.

Anybody heard of this?