Zteve Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Evening all. Looking for some advice and guidance towards a new wheel project i fancy carrying out. At the mo i've got the bog standard 18's on my 04 GT GM, with kerbing on every wheel thanks to the previous owner. My idea is to buy a set of Rays and get them powdercoated black. What advice can any1 give on powdercoating Rays and is there any pics of the finished articles on the forum. Cheers guys Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 mine go in, in a couple of weeks for satin black powder coat and red lip hopefully. Quote
Ebized Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Hi Zteve If you do a search under powdercoating and in the wheels section you will there have been several threads on the subject - take your pick Quote
helimeddaz Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 There are many great powdercoater's find the ones local to you and look at the quality of their work. I dont know of any issues with coating Rays. There are many options. All 1 colour (your choice) Coloured spokes and centers and different rims (polished or silver coated). Or even chromed. Its your choice and your style. Go mad as you like. Quote
Zteve Posted October 7, 2009 Author Posted October 7, 2009 will do. have any of you guys seen them in the flesh on a GM? Quote
Zteve Posted October 7, 2009 Author Posted October 7, 2009 Can any1 point me in the direction of some photo's of Black powdercoated Rays? I think i have found a suitable company to carry out the work at a decent price. Has anybody used Rotomax based in stockton on tees? Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 sorry i'm southern based, i'm using wheel genie to do mine Quote
Zteve Posted October 7, 2009 Author Posted October 7, 2009 what sort of price per wheel have you been quoted if you dont mind me asking? Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 what sort of price per wheel have you been quoted if you dont mind me asking? think i posted it else where, but i think it was £220 for just a satin black finish for all 4 wheels, and another £80 for a red lip to be added to all 4. if i went just satin it would take a day, with the red lip they need them for about 3 days. not the cheapest, but they come reccomended, and they are one of the few places that offer the red lip. Quote
Zteve Posted October 7, 2009 Author Posted October 7, 2009 sounds pretty good, i got a quote of £50 per wheel and again completed in 1 day. just need to hear if any1 has used them before and what they thought. Quote
witstu Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 If you mean ROMAX in Stockton on tees,yes i have used them for a motorbike restoration and the finish was spot on. Quote
3FIDDYZ Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 You do need to be careful on the temp of the heat used on the rays... people have had them done and ended up like this... Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 i thought that has only happened on the GT4's, never seen a set of rays like that. Quote
3FIDDYZ Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 You need to read more forums then!! Not seen a set of gt4's go, seen lots of Rotas and lots of Powder coated rays... Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 i thought the picture was of a set of GT4's? if they're not GT4's which ones are they, and are the GT4's the bigger 19" nismo ones? Quote
Digsy Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 You need to read more forums then!! Not seen a set of gt4's go, seen lots of Rotas and lots of Powder coated rays... I have to say my own research a year or so back showed this was a problem on the GT4 alloys (as fitted to our GT4s and the rest of the world as standard, not LM GT4 Nismos) and I didn't see anything much about the standard Rays. The pic above is of course a GT4 alloy. Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 You need to read more forums then!! Not seen a set of gt4's go, seen lots of Rotas and lots of Powder coated rays... I have to say my own research a year or so back showed this was a problem on the GT4 alloys (as fitted to our GT4s and the rest of the world as standard, not LM GT4 Nismos) and I didn't see anything much about the standard Rays. The pic above is of course a GT4 alloy. thats what i thought. i've never seen the standard rays or the nismo 19" damaged but have seen several of the ones of the pic you showed me before all damaged. Quote
3FIDDYZ Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Sorry thought you ment LMGT4's! Yep they are the ones that come on the gt4 made by rays... And the stock rays have been known to go the same way.. LMGT4's 350z rays... that have been known to crack 350z GT4 wheels.. been known to crack.. As above.. 350z nismo something.. No idea if they have been known to crack!! Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 would you advise a wet spray instead of a powder coat for the rays then? Quote
dcash5 Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 I thought it was quite common knowledge that powder coating done a certain way can significantly weaken wheels. Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 I thought it was quite common knowledge that powder coating done a certain way can significantly weaken wheels. i thought it was just certain wheels? obviously not, although 19"s seem to fair fine. Quote
dcash5 Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 It maybe tbh, its the heat that does it. Subjecting metal upto 400f (required to melt the powder) will always change the propeties someway Quote
rtbiscuit Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 on those standard gt4's you can see because of the design why they give way where they do. and why the heat treatment has made them brittle. i'll chat to the wheel place and see what they say. Quote
3FIDDYZ Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 yep, concour with Dan, the thread discussion did say the bit about the 400degs.. if they do it cheap they will be staking the oven and doing lots in one go... if there charging more they may do them in smaller batches and can control the heat of the items there putting in... Easy way is to ask them for a guarantee! If they dont then think about walking away! Quote
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