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Posing this for a friend with a yellow S2000:
"Maybe you can advise: I sent the wheels off for powder coat. They said they had no way to remove the rest of the paint from them (some of it was peeling). They claimed the sand blaster would damage the wheels.
This weekend I tried chemical paint remover, without very much success. Do you have any knowledge about sand blasting wheels?
Or do you have any suggestions on how to strip alloy wheels?"
Any thoughts? Has anyone use that plasti-dip stuff?
You can media blast them. I would definitely NOT have my wheels powdercoated by a business that doesn't know how to strip paint. Run away quickly.
You might look into soda blasting also, I think it may be even gentler that media blasting.
But I with OZMDD with his comments about the shops knowledge.
The shop scratched one of my wheels. This place matched it back to OEM, www.wheelrepairsolutions.com. I dropped it off and saw the facility, very impressive. They have several high end cars on site and were doing wheel color changes for dealerships too.
From their site:
Most wheels are completely restored in just under 45 minutes by our mobile repair experts. In the event a wheel has extensive damage then it will be taken to our 50,000 sq. ft. shop facility with remanufacturing capabilities.
The remanufacturing process is necessary when a wheel has suffered cracks, leaks or requires a specialized finish.
During this remanufacturing process the original coating is removed to enable optimal repairs.
After the damage wheel is repaired, the wheel goes through an extensive process of surface preparation and primed with powder coat, color match and powder coated with clear for a durable protective finish. Each layer of coating is cured through our computer controlled specialized oven to ensure the most durable finish.
In the event a wheel is damaged beyond repair we will source an OEM (original equipment manufacture) or aftermarket wheel at a significant discount!
How long ago did you have your repair done? I've had several wheels touched up by various mobile refinishers over the years with varying success. Most looked great at first, but I've had issues with paint peel on a couple. I'm sure it's like any other paint job, it's all in the prep. Could have just been an employee issue as much as material quality indicator. Wish I could find that card from the last one though so I could warn people off. The paint peeled within 60 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
Another +1 about avoiding the place that didn't know how to strip the wheel. It could be they don't want the labor of stripping, but if that was so they'd be better off saying that than making up BS.
Probably 2 years ago. Wheel still looks good.
We powder coat wheels, we don't get any come backs. I thought it was paint, but i checked with our supplier and they told me its powder coat. it takes 2 business days
I don’t want to get into the powder coating wheels debate, but the OEM S2000 wheels seem to really dislike power coating with several reports of wheels breaking after power coating, at some point it’s not just a coincident. Check out the posts about broken wheels on the S2000 forum.
If I was going to do powder coating I would go to a wheel shop that understands the need for a low temp powder coating vs. a guy with an over and some power coating.