POWDER COATED RIMS

[Nick]

with your wheels, I'd polish the flat spokes and outer rim rather than powder coat

Maybe I'll do that this summer. We basically just brushed them to clean them and it gave them a brushed aluminum effect. I think polishing them would turn out nicer though.

[htchevyii]

I had the steel wheels on my '72 powder coated thru my local Les Schwab and they did a crummy job. The seam is full of the steel shot that they used to blast them with and you could see thru the coating, (silver with a clear coat). I rejected three of the five and they recoated them. When they came back, I still thought they looked "orange peely", but accepted them. Five months later they were rusting and I sent them back again. This time they look alot better, but the seam is still full of steel shot and starting to rust. I painted the wheels on the '82 with base-clear and they look much better, I feel like I wasted my money. Make sure you pick a good shop to powder coat yours!

[baltobernie]

I thought they were aluminum and used wheel acid on them....not very good for paint.

Denise, did you go all the way down to the magnesium, or just to the "green" anodizing that Cromodora applied to the fresh casting?

Either way, CD-3's respond well to two-stage urethane over epoxy primer. My buddy used Mercedes "Argent" color, then clear. He and I have powder-coated many items on our cars, but he said that powder is too thick for the CD-3 details. The time-consuming part is all the hand-sanding around the nooks and crannies, with care not to round-off the edges.

One thing's for sure ...
you'll never allow some Darryl to mount tires on these rims while you remain in the waiting room I can just imagine him reaching for a clip-on wheel weight when Denise clocks him with a jack handle

[mdrburchette]

One thing's for sure ...
you'll never allow some Darryl to mount tires on these rims while you remain in the waiting room I can just imagine him reaching for a clip-on wheel weight when Denise clocks him with a jack handle

They wouldn't even see it coming, poor fellas. They always break the rules and let me stay with my car in the shop. Little do they know how dangerous that can be.