3 Piece Rims, What Is The Best Way To Color Them?

[CEF11E]

I am just about to have my car repainted and am going a color change. so my wheels will be painted to suit the car.

They are 3 piece an inner and outer and a centre. they are held together with about 60 bolts per wheel and i just had a tyre refitted and they are siliconed together as a seal. I would prefer to hve them powdercoated but am not sure if the silicone will be ok to be coated. what sort of tempratures in powdercoating baked on at?

[Al]

Powder coat is baked on at about 200-250C

If you are coating the center and lip then leaving them whole will be ok; just remove the tyres, valves, and weights.

If you just want the centers coated then you'll need to split the rims and remove the center.

[funkymonkey]

depends on the 3 piece, if its a sandwiched 3 piece (most non racing wheels) which are outer half, then centre, then inner half then you'll have to bust em apart... racing 3 pieces (VS-XX, Miester, some BBS etc) are centre, then the two halves with the centre bolted to the outside of the rim, these you can get away with not having to split the rims, just unbolt the centre.

either way best to get it done at a mag wheel repair shop (not a tyre shop) as they'll be able to torque the bolts up precisely and so on.

[CEF11E]

the rims are 9 and 10"

they are bee-R and are not sandwich fit. so i should be able to take the center out without having to split the rim.

hmmm guess i have to decide wither to leave the lip polished or coated. here i go hunting for some pics of wheels

[nizmonut]

regardless of powder coat or paint who ever you get to do it is going to sand the polished surface so the new paint/powdercoat will bond to the rim properly.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

you'll regret this by bolt 30

[CEF11E]

taking em apart is no prob I have air tools and FWRRT FWRRRRT! and they will be apart.

[CEF11E]

THESE HAVE MADE MY DICISION FOR ME... mine will be all black with black dish and gold bolts. the car is being resprayed millenium jade.

wooo hoo!

[Al]

NICE!!!

[funkymonkey]

taking em apart is no prob I have air tools and FWRRT FWRRRRT! and they will be apart.

from memory wheel center bolts have to be hand torqued.