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Originally Posted by rickhigginshtbr
interesting... never thought of it. So many variables though... and by reading the thread you posted, it seems as if you should be fine (with most wheels) if the temps for powder coating doesn't exceed too far over 400 degrees for only an hour. The main variable is, like stated in that thread, what material is the wheel actually made of? There's no real fool proof way to find out, even the manufacture may not know 100% what percentages of one metal to another it is.
In other words, do what's comfortable for yourself. If your afraid of the wheel weakening... paint them. If your not, powder coat them. The specific color your going after would lean me right into painting as well.
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I thought it was an interesting point too.
But yeah, the number of variables is pretty high. I think that has a lot to do with why it hasn't been proven/dis-proven. *shrugs*
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Originally Posted by DaBombDiggidy
In personal experience i haven't seen powder coated wheels fail. Yes they may weaken them slightly, but if it was as big of a problem as some threads make it to be, i am sure the people would stop powdercoating wheels. I feel like if they would need to replace them they would loose out on alot of profits re-investing into replacements. Paint on the other hand looks good if you take the 5-6 hours to do it right, but after a few months 80% of the time it chips. It would be cool to see someone on here who does powder coating chime in!
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Although I haven't seen any fail either, I don't see how you could prove it was powder coating that caused the failure. See what I'm saying? A failure of a stock wheel is just a failure...a failure of a powder coated wheel could just be a failure from the wheel itself...or it could be the powder coating process; how could you tell?
I also think where you get your powder coating makes a HUGE difference. As mentioned in that thread I think, the oven temperature has a lot to do with it. And maintaining that temperature is only as good as the oven used. I would assume most professional powder coating companies have high quality equipment/ovens.