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Avalaugh
Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 02:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dropped my wheels and sprocket off to the powder coaters yesterday, having them done similar to the BMW M series shadow chrome effect.

Cant bloody wait : )
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Littlebutquick
Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 02:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

all that extra weight lol.pics when done please
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Boogiman1981
Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 01:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

powder coat? or chrome? if pwder coat meh not that much weight if chrome yikes that's gonna be noticeable
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Avalaugh
Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 05:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

powder coat, not that i'm too bothered about extra weight, the bike is plenty fast enough.
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Boogiman1981
Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 09:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

if powder coat then there should be no real difference in weight. maybe a few grams more depending on the coaters experience and the required thickness for the desired effect/color etc. i haven't seen the M series in person so i dunno.
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Anonymous
Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 02:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Be careful with bake temp and time. Wheels are heat treated aluminum, and can be annealed if painter isn't wise.
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Father_of_an_era
Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 03:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So anonymous, would the concern be that by overheating the aluminum rim, the properties of the alloy would actually change causing the rim to harden and become fragile?
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Boogiman1981
Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 07:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

or soft to soft esp at the mounting points
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Nillaice
Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 11:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

annealed=softened

"Annealing is used to induce ductility, soften material, relieve internal stresses, refine the structure by making it homogeneous, and improve cold working properties."
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1324
Posted on Monday, November 22, 2010 - 07:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anony,

Unlikely you can answer this, but I'll ask anyway. What is the wheel alloy? Or, if you don't want to say, can you at least give us some idea of what temperatures we should not exceed, bake times, etc.? I've had this same thought after doing my last set of wheels. It is my understanding the OE wheels used the bake process to cure the factory powdercoat AND provide heat treatment. Is this accurate?
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Avalaugh
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 01:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Picked up the wheels today, slight change of colour as the coaters i was originally using started messing about and asking me where to buy the colour i wanted from ???

So have gone with a gunmetal grey, with hint of blue in the top coat, hard to see in the pics but they look amazing, all done for £100

The picture of the sprocket on my leg gives the best indication of colour/shade, those jeans are a dark denim.










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