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Old 05-06-2005, 10:52 AM
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anyone ever do this? on a 99 R6 you have three spokes on the wheelsi want to 1st strip it down to bare metal and then the spokes and the center section i was to have it either powder coated or painted the same blue as my bike and the rest of the wheel would just have that polished look to it....any advice ?
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Old 05-06-2005, 05:53 PM
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well i contacted redline who sends them out to a powdercoater and they said it would be like 400 to 500 dollars a rim! So i was like aaa, no.
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call pete at cri in yorktown at 591-9522 after 4:00 he does both and is very good
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Default Re: powder coating/ painting wheels

Originally Posted by VADA9
well i contacted redline who sends them out to a powdercoater and they said it would be like 400 to 500 dollars a rim! So i was like aaa, no.
LOL, man redline was trying to make a huge markup off that shit.
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Default Re: powder coating/ painting wheels

I had Redline send my motor out for powder coating and ended up demanding that it be shipped back after waiting a month or so to get it done. Redline had a lot of other problems getting stuff done so I no longer trust them.

Call Vanwin Coatings and talk to Tony Logan. I took my engine parts to him for coating and cost me $600. A lot of prep work had to be done and the finish turned out great! Turn around time was 1 week which included the weekend! If the job isn't done right, they'll redo it for you at no charge. Their website is www.vanwincoatings.com Tony's phone number is 925-4450. Really cool guy and is willing to take his time and explain everything to you.

Oh! there are two Vanwin Coating's locations. One is in Suffolk(difficult to find), the other one is actually right down the street from me in Chesapeake. The one in Suffolk is where Tony is located and all the small jobs are done. The other location is were they powder coat large orders for like Newport News Shipyard and other similar corporations. All in all, I give them a 10 for quality and customer service.
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i used to do some powder coating. first set of bike wheels i coated i forgot to take the bearings out and the grease in the bearings boiled out ruining the bearings and the powdercoat finish. that sucked. but nothing looks better than a translusent powdercoat over chrome you can make blue chrome etc.
btw you guys are getting ripped off bad. it should never cost over like 100 per rim. it isnt very hard to do. for a grand you could buy all the stuff you need to powdercoat anything(wheel size or smaller, big ovens = $$$$)

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if u wanta to take the tires off the wheels and bring the wheels to richmond i can sand blast and spary them for u any color
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Default Re: powder coating/ painting wheels

Originally Posted by slowsilverteg
anyone ever do this? on a 99 R6 you have three spokes on the wheelsi want to 1st strip it down to bare metal and then the spokes and the center section i was to have it either powder coated or painted the same blue as my bike and the rest of the wheel would just have that polished look to it....any advice ?
Do you mean like this?
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exactly like that....i saw it on a gsxr 1000 the the other day and i fell in love with it
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Default Re: powder coating/ painting wheels

Go to VanWin Coatings like someone above said. I think Tony left, but the new manager's name is Jamie I think. Pretty cool guy. They do nice work.
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