Powder coating my wheels, need ideas!

I won an Gift Cert for Powder coating and I want to have the cop wheels from my '55 done. I am so out of touch with powder coating and did not know they had so much to choose from. The car will be a flattened black with flames from head to toe when the paint is finished.

I am leaning towards Viper Red clear coated wheels. Any suggestions? Camelion has been suggested! LOL!

 

Here are the wheels to be powder coated.

 

No red. No chamelion. How bout silver?

 

or pewter gray.

 

Maybe black? What colors are you going to have in the flames? Maybe take one of those colors. Red works too, but it's very over done. (Flat black and red wheels is getting to be a stereotype I'd like to see broken.)

My husband is a fan of green, that would look good too, especialy if you pinstripe the flames in green. But it's YOUR car, do what YOU like.

 

I still like <font color="red">RED </font> but <font color="green"> APPLE GREEN </font> would look good also. HRP

 

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Maybe black? What colors are you going to have in the flames? Maybe take one of those colors. Red works too, but it's very over done. (Flat black and red wheels is getting to be a stereotype I'd like to see broken.)

My husband is a fan of green, that would look good too, especialy if you pinstripe the flames in green. But it's YOUR car, do what YOU like.

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I have been collecting all types of flame pics and truly have not made up my mind! LOL! Probably primary colors and I have been leaning towards light/lime green pinstriping.

 

Radman, I'd go with the green then. I think they are good looking, and not too overdone. Just my 2 cents.

 

Dude just emailed me the color choices! WOW! Metallic and all kinds of cool ideas!

http://www.tigerdrylac.com/prodsvc_charts.html

 

What a cool gift certificate! I had my wheels powder coated, as well as my inner fender wells &amp; some other misc. stuff...I had it done in dark gold with black "veining"...came out real nice. Good luck with whatever you choose!

 

radman,
those wheels might look like hell when you get them back.
been my experience with powdercoating,that after they are sandblasted,you can't get out all the old paint where the center meets the rim.
hence,when they are coated,and put in the oven to cure,the un-removed paint will bubble up under the powder,and you will see blisters there.
then they will shortly begin to rust there.
and unless "clear " powders have improved dramatically,they yellow quite quickly,and most powders will "chalk out"when exposed to the elements.
but,you prep the wheels yourself,you can use a conventional clear coat over a lightly scuffed powdercoat with excellent results,as in looks and durability.
i'll shut up now.
hope this helps.
later.

 

I would think that was a quickie sand blast job if it didn't get all the paint out. But what if you took a propane torch and burn the paint out in those areas and then sand blast?

 

rad

go to courtesy sign they did a great job on my wheels!
130.00 and they did the blasting too.

 

yes on the burnin' out the paint.
last ones i had powdercoated(a freebie/barter deal),i hung the wheels in the oven where they cure the header coatings(800 degrees),that killed the shit outta' that paint.
i still went into the problem area after blasing,and glass beaded it,and scraped it out with a scribe.
turned out pretty good.

 

so when you gonna put them on something chuck?.hmmmmmmmm? time to park the stealthcruiser and get the 59 wagon on the road by spring......yea that's what i'd do!!

 

i do a bit of part time work at a powdercoating plant - run your stuff through first with no powder on em to burn any thing off extra paint etc - then squirt the powder and bake it - always funny seeing 20 wheels all white coming out -at a time - (rally wheels for the round the world race) -weren';t expecting them - bit of a surprise

 

Blue rims and blue flames.

 

OK. I'm leaning towards Candy Apple Green "wet" in front and black Matte in rear. Any other ideas?

 

Red in the front, green in the back, stop and go
Marshalls 38 had that set up on it, out of fate more than anything, looked kinda different, had a few laughs over it.

 

Kandy Tangerine, kinda a Harley theme maybe?

 

<font color="blue"> Blue </font>

This is Aegean Blue, a fairly common powder color.
Looks very close to One-Shots Process Blue in real life.

Use Process Blue to stripe the flame edges and you'd have a subtle match color-wise.

 

WOW!!!!! Here is a pic that dosen't do the wheels justice as the metal flake reflected the flash. I'll post a few more after the white walls are mounted!!!

 

Can there be any bodywork under powdercoating? Or does the surface have to be dead nuts perfect?

 

Gun metal with a clear coat!

 

Eastwood sells a product called "Metal-to-Metal". It's a high heat filler that can be used under powdercoating. "Dead nuts perfect" is still better though.

 

I personally don't like rallies, but if I had to run them, I would do them in gloss black with chrome lug nuts, no caps or rings.

 

just a suggestion, try an "almost chrome" powder with your choice of
candy powder for a top coat..then a good hard clear over all,
ought to look about three feet deep..

or super mirror black...black goes with anything..

Lloyd

 

Chad,

I believe the oven temps can reach 400*. So I no plastic body work. As for lead, I am not sure right off the bat.

Duane

 

Isn't that old Volvo wheels?

 

Nope, they're Ma Mopar's design.