[Vwdiesel] Sand blasting - refinishing mags

[David Cook]

The only thing about powder coating rims is that you
need to watch the area that the lug bolts contact the
rims. 

I know a guy who owns an old VW bus.  He had his rims
powdercoated.  One day while driving, the front right
wheel came off!

Turned out that what had happened is that the
powdercoating that is underneath the lugbolts had
crumbled when the bolt was tightened down.  Basically,
the bolt crushed the powdercoating.

So, it is a good idea to either prevent the
powdercoating from getting on the lug bolt seats or at
least check them several times after installing.

David



--- James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> It is, but if you tap a curb with the rim, it isn't
> tough enough to not 
> scrape up, and retouches with paint just don't look
> right on powder coat.
> That said, powder coat is tougher than a pig's
> nose,and would work well, 
> just that any road rash that tends to scrape paint,
> would also scrape 
> powder coat on a wheel.
> On a tubular chassis, powder coat is absolutely
> stellar. I've seen a few 
> stock cars and a few street rods with powder coated
> chassis, and it just 
> looks soooooo good.
> Then there's us street stockers that just slog some
> more tremclad on 
> cause we know it's going to get scraped off again
> anyway...
> -james
> 
> William J Toensing wrote:
> > I haven't tried this but wouldn't powdercoating
> work even better? I understand powdercoating is
> susposed to be much more durable.
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David Cook
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