powder coated or anodizing?

[CFMopar]

Whats better to do to wheels? I hear mixed things about powder coating aluminum wheels due to the heat. But then others say it only goes to 400 degs not enough to damage them. What do you guys think? I like the style of the stock wheels on my srt 4 just wana change the colour cause aluminum wheels on a silver car is booring..

[superbirdtom]

go to your local powdercoater and see the cool colors. you can actually go with a silver base or gold base and a tinted candy clear over the top it looks grreeeat .    my friend does custom powdercoating and man the candys will blow you away. good luck.  oh yeay the finish is bulletproof.

[daytonalo]

As the owner of a resto shop who also does Powdercoat and use candy colors often I have to disagree with the Bullet proof statement . Make no mistake the candy colors are cool , but like any finish it has it's limits and with candy P.C once you scratch it ,you will see the silver base and no way to touch it up . Very far from Bulletprof , in fact can be scratched up very easily

[superbirdtom]

I used to work at a large commercial powdercoat facility in california for over a year. I also had my own aircraft paint shop for 5 years ,aircraft painting is the most tormenting job in the world of paint .I used sterling -alumigrip and many other polyurethane finishes over the years. I figured that the powdercoat clear was just as durable as solid colors, good to know that might not be true according to you . so if somone was to paint any candy colors on their rims or suspension parts ,do you have a product in mind that holds up better than baked powdercoat?

I had my hood hinges and springs on my superbird powdercoated 15 years ago and they look brand new. the thing I like about electrostatic powdercoating is that the powder gets a uniform thickness before it falls off and goes where paint has a hard time getting on some parts.  what kind of restorations do you do?

In ending the person I was responding to -Jack layton- wanted his rims painted anything but aluminum color I was just offering him some alternatives.

[daytonalo]

Powdercoat is durable , but keep in mind there are many , many types of powder , polyester , epoxy . Hybrids , just to name a few . Single stage colors are easy to touch up , unlike custom translucent colors . I do Classic auto restoration , right now have a 64 GTO going heading to the Booth and a 67 GTO in for full resto and my Daytona Replica going to surfacer soon . Also the 32 Skater to the left getting a full dip

Larry

[superbirdtom]

what are you going to paint the skater with? I painted a boat just like it with awlgrip. I have painted some other boats an aluminum seiner and couple smaller boats.yeah with the powdercoats just like paints all kinds of different types and qualities.

I am working on a 66 chevelle right now and a 69 gtx convert. the first car i ever painted was a 64 goat .  I know where there is a 64 goat convert ,It needs full resto but the guy will probably never do it. hey take care  I leave for New Orleans for 11 days never been there hope the walls hold.

[NMike]

anodizing is "rusting" the aluminum. there metal crystallizes on the surface making is harder. you are not so much coating the metal as much as changing it. you can add dyes to the process to color it also.

powder coating is just that. coating. you still have something on something. we all know how hard it is to make something stick to aluminum.

if you could spare the extra cash, i'd anodize.

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/aluminum.htm

[superbirdtom]

When I had my aircraft paint shop at the burbank airport at the end of sherman way in the san fernando valley. i always etched and alodined the aluminum as you are right the only way to get a good bond to aluminum is a chemical treatment.

[CFMopar]

anodizing is "rusting" the aluminum. there metal crystallizes on the surface making is harder. you are not so much coating the metal as much as changing it. you can add dyes to the process to color it also.

powder coating is just that. coating. you still have something on something. we all know how hard it is to make something stick to aluminum.

if you could spare the extra cash, i'd anodize.

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/aluminum.htm

Looking at that site I'd prob need the 15 gal kit to do the wheels which is 1200 bucks...  I think it would be cheaper to get a shop to do it.

[Big Sugar]

Try these guy's in Aurora Ontario, Refinishing is $125 per wheel, any wheel any single colour Will polish the  outer rim as well.
http://carconeswheelrefinishing.com/

Ron

[CFMopar]

Thanks bud.. Little pricy but a good start anyways!

[Silver R/T]

powdercoating is more durable than anodizing in my experience.