Outer Limits 4x4 Board

how does $15 a rim sound and $20 a rim for blasting?

have gunmetal/charcoal grey coloured rims on at pres and tried a set of 35's on white rims on the weekend, they are ugly, so am going to get my new 16x8" whites done.

mate, at that price it sound pretty good, a mate of mine can get them done through his mate for $10 per rim, and ill be gettin my 15x8's done when i can afford to buy them and get em done, as for sandblasting, it seems to be a reasonable price,
it all sounds right to me,

Shawn

i think its pretty good, willing to pay that much to not have to look at butt fugly white rims, was just curious on prices

mate, its time for you to blow a bit of that hard earnd cash, if it wasnt for the time, id be asking you why your still here and not dropping them off to get done a bit quicker.

Shawn

i had mine blasted for $15 but those prices are still pretty good. charcoal powdercoat would look sexy as!

I worked as a powder coater for a few years and we used to charge $25 per rim including sand blasting at one place i worked for and the other place wanted $100 per rim
The first place was a small shop with 4 guys working there but the second place was huge with about 30guys working there and was recognised as being the best electro-plating company in Aus.

just curious..........can you powder coat over old powdercoat or paint

i paid $60 for sandblasting of 4 x 15 x 10 alloys, and $80 to powdercoat them all, being alloy they had to be heated twice, to remove air in the metal. you can powdercoat over anything, as long as it can stand 200 degrees c, but it might not stick, just like paint, the rougher the surface, the better the sticking power.

Crush is partially right. Yes you can coat over paint but you cant do it in the way that powder coating is generally applied. You first need to Pre-heat the object to be coated so the powder will stick. As in normal circumstances the powder uses an electric charge to make it stick.
Pre-heating rims is a common practice and its more to get the oil and brake dust residue out of them rather than the air.
And to compensate for something that has paint allready applied you just heat at a lower temp for a longer period.
I have also coated timber.
I have even seen complete cars powdercoated.

Thats great info guys, I'm after a decent powdercoater in Melb to powder coat some custom bars.

Question is is powdercoating suitable for bars, especially if the bar is flexing? I've heard that the powdercoat may "crack" if it's put under flex? How have you guys gone who have had your wheels done has the powdercoat held up to the bush?

christian i know this guy is out of your way but he's good!

neil harley of harley's custom bead blasting in sunshine

As long as they a good, I don't mind the distance mate. We will hopefully be doing a few of these so it will be probably 5-10 bars at a time so it will be worth the trip.
The bars will only be for Jeep at the moment but moving into other brands later on in the year with any luck.

Is there any colour limitaion with powdercoating or it is like painting, just match the colour and away you go!!!! I've done a fair bit of spraypainting in my time so colour matching isn't a prob, just wondering if I spray them or get them powdercoated?

cool yeah... neil is an absolute champ!

he had compressor problems the night before i wanted to pick up my stuff
he had it fixed at 4.30pm then stayed back until he finished it because i said i'd pick them up at 8am the next day

top guy and does great work

i had my stuff done by fineline powdercoating in braeside, he is quite good, and reasonably priced, i was told cheaper alloy wheels were porous, and when heated to 200 degrees, created air bubbles in the finish.

Yes you are right about the pourosity of the alloy rims. I didnt notice you said alloy rims in the first post.

Lexx
ARB and TJM bars and steps are powdercoated. You will allways get a much more durable finish if they pre-heat the steel first as the powder will soak in instantly rather than melt before the steel is hot.

So, looks like getting 4 15x7s sandblasted and powdercoated for 2 slabs was a good price then?

depends on how good a job he does and if he drinks the 2 slabs before or after the job

LEXX wrote:Thats great info guys, I'm after a decent powdercoater in Melb to powder coat some custom bars.

Question is is powdercoating suitable for bars, especially if the bar is flexing? I've heard that the powdercoat may "crack" if it's put under flex? How have you guys gone who have had your wheels done has the powdercoat held up to the bush?

I've had the front and rear bars done on the Roktruk, and they've stood up well to abuse. The trick is to get the bar blasted and then zinc primed first. Then if you chip the coating, it wont rust under the powder and flake off. It does deteriorate a bit, the metallic finish on mine has faded a bit after 3 years, but still looks ok. Heaps better than paint