View Poll Results: What color for my BBS wheels
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15
28.85%
Sliver
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2
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Gold
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5
9.62%
Bronze
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20
38.46%
Chrome plated yO!
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10
19.23%
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Powder-Coat my BBS wheels... where/Color?
#31
Originally posted by myroncuz
here ya go mach5.
682-2000 ask for bobby.i believe its 65 or something like that per wheel.
here ya go mach5.
682-2000 ask for bobby.i believe its 65 or something like that per wheel.
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I hate the way business is done in hawaii!
After I got my wheel repaired, I went into eurosport to ask Bob if he knew of anyone that did a good job powder coating wheels.
Bob gave me a long speech about how powder coating wheels was bad because you have to bake the wheels after you paint them and the high heat will f-up the temper/strength of the wheels.
Asked him what I should do and he said he knew a guy that could paint/paint match my wheel. Thinking to myself Wheels and Tires are all Bob works with day in and day out, he may know what he's talking about.
Well I still don't know if powder coating wheels is bad or not. But what I do know is it's been 2 months and 6 days and I still don't have my wheel painted yet.
I went in to eurosport today and picked up my other 3 BBS wheels and asked them for the 4th. They called the guy that is their painter but they couldn't get a hold of him.
I asked them for the address of the painter so I could go pick up the wheel myself. They gave it to me and I went down to pick it up. Well the guy I guess shares a shop with someone else and this guy that is painting my wheel "Monk" only works at night.....great![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://www.i-club.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
So eurosport sux because they gave my wheel to someone and never did any kind of follow up on it. Although I went into eurosport every weekend asking about the wheel.
and
This painter sux ( I'm sure he's a cool guy, but his way of doing business sucks!!) because he's had a wheel for 2 months and 6 days and hasn't painted it yet. And it's only the damn lip that needs painted not the whole wheel even!!!!![Mad](https://www.i-club.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif)
Anyone know this Daniel "Monk" painter guy? I just want my wheel back.
After I got my wheel repaired, I went into eurosport to ask Bob if he knew of anyone that did a good job powder coating wheels.
Bob gave me a long speech about how powder coating wheels was bad because you have to bake the wheels after you paint them and the high heat will f-up the temper/strength of the wheels.
Asked him what I should do and he said he knew a guy that could paint/paint match my wheel. Thinking to myself Wheels and Tires are all Bob works with day in and day out, he may know what he's talking about.
Well I still don't know if powder coating wheels is bad or not. But what I do know is it's been 2 months and 6 days and I still don't have my wheel painted yet.
I went in to eurosport today and picked up my other 3 BBS wheels and asked them for the 4th. They called the guy that is their painter but they couldn't get a hold of him.
I asked them for the address of the painter so I could go pick up the wheel myself. They gave it to me and I went down to pick it up. Well the guy I guess shares a shop with someone else and this guy that is painting my wheel "Monk" only works at night.....great
![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://www.i-club.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
So eurosport sux because they gave my wheel to someone and never did any kind of follow up on it. Although I went into eurosport every weekend asking about the wheel.
and
This painter sux ( I'm sure he's a cool guy, but his way of doing business sucks!!) because he's had a wheel for 2 months and 6 days and hasn't painted it yet. And it's only the damn lip that needs painted not the whole wheel even!!!!
![Mad](https://www.i-club.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif)
Anyone know this Daniel "Monk" painter guy? I just want my wheel back.
Last edited by Mach5WRX; 05-20-2004 at 05:04 PM.
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Originally Posted by Nolimit
oh yeah, and sorry, .......................
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.......... but that's what you get for dealing with eurosport (Bob) ...........
(sorry, I couldn't resist!)
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.......... but that's what you get for dealing with eurosport (Bob) ...........
(sorry, I couldn't resist!)
Thanks
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weird. monk is a really cool guy(got me my trueno bumpers and stuff), so i don't know what is up with your wheel. he is also there on weekends, when i dropped by to get my stuff.
would baking your wheel be the same as tempering glass? if so, then it would basically get more brittle and a pothole could crack the rim easier vs bending it? if you find out let me know. good luck. b
would baking your wheel be the same as tempering glass? if so, then it would basically get more brittle and a pothole could crack the rim easier vs bending it? if you find out let me know. good luck. b
Last edited by b_drift; 05-21-2004 at 07:35 PM.
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Originally Posted by Mach5WRX
Bob gave me a long speech about how powder coating wheels was bad because you have to bake the wheels after you paint them and the high heat will f-up the temper/strength of the wheels.
For a cast aluminum wheel that technique can do bad things to the material's strength. I'll be honest, I've forgotten all of what I've learned taking Material Science back in college
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Here's a thread from another forum I frequent that explains all this better than I can... http://www.corner-carvers.com/forums...&threadid=5368 .
Powdercoating also will hide cracks longer than paint will, so you might not find a growing problem before it fails.
Now, with all that said, when I decided to get my UK WRX wheels refinished, I elected to go the powdercoating route. I figure for street use they'll be OK. For the Mustang I have a set of Cobra R wheels that were powdercoated red, intending to use them for track duty. Now that I know what I know, I'm not so sure I'll follow through on that.
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whoa. white is shocking!!!
machV, i went there on weekends during the daytime. just watch out for the high tide. that isn't rain water!!
b
machV, i went there on weekends during the daytime. just watch out for the high tide. that isn't rain water!!
b