Thread: who likes em

little cleaning and some new rubber and they will look good on my rebuilt gtp thanks boost lol

make em black. for sure. nice buy, good job now, sell me your rims!

those are hooooooott

Originally Posted by MiriV

make em black. for sure. nice buy, good job now, sell me your rims!

in the fs section.

Nice choice on wheels. I had a chance to pick some up a while back and now wish I took them.

Originally Posted by MeanGTP98

Here I found you a few pictures. You can give me some thanks After seeing these pictures I say DOOO IT!!!!

Just to add this in that car was just finished being built. It's a very baddass car now. RWD converted with a turbo 3.8.

AND if anyone wants to see it here is the build thread:

RWD Grand Prix

/hijack

holy hell

dont paint them

thats on a blue car.....looks nice.....mine on a silver car, it just doesnt look as nice.

^^^right, powdercoasted gloss black would look sick

Those don't look too bad on a GP. I was skeptical at first.

getting powdercoated guys dont worry no spray paint here. next spring....

They aren't cast aluminum are they?

I've heard horror stories of cast aluminum wheels becoming brittle and breaking apart from powdercoating. The GTX wheels I picked up were powdercoated and were not done properly (Chrome shouldn't be sand blasted in most cases the surface is stronger than the cast aluminum underneath), I would powder coat them again but I have no idea how much heat they were already treated to.

Just thought I'd share. I'm always over cautious when it comes to things like that. A reputable shop should know what to do.

Originally Posted by Golgo13

They aren't cast aluminum are they?

I've heard horror stories of cast aluminum wheels becoming brittle and breaking apart from powdercoating. The GTX wheels I picked up were powdercoated and were not done properly (Chrome shouldn't be sand blasted in most cases the surface is stronger than the cast aluminum underneath), I would powder coat them again but I have no idea how much heat they were already treated to.

Just thought I'd share. I'm always over cautious when it comes to things like that. A reputable shop should know what to do.

youve heard wrong. 400* is no where near the point where a wheel, even if aluminum, would start to break down.

Originally Posted by Golgo13

They aren't cast aluminum are they?

I've heard horror stories of cast aluminum wheels becoming brittle and breaking apart from powdercoating. The GTX wheels I picked up were powdercoated and were not done properly (Chrome shouldn't be sand blasted in most cases the surface is stronger than the cast aluminum underneath), I would powder coat them again but I have no idea how much heat they were already treated to.

Just thought I'd share. I'm always over cautious when it comes to things like that. A reputable shop should know what to do.

You have to do a different process with aluminum for powdercoating. Doing it the same as steel treatment does weaken the aluminum. What ends up happening is that the metal becomes brittle and can break under high stress situations. I know it messes up the metal's strength properties given to it through the manufacturing processes.

Originally Posted by Sandman

Nice choice on wheels. I had a chance to pick some up a while back and now wish I took them.




Just to add this in that car was just finished being built. It's a very baddass car now. RWD converted with a turbo 3.8.

jesus... eaton finally finished that car.. That thing has takin forever..

now I wanna see some times

Originally Posted by Ridin ON Chrome

jesus... eaton finally finished that car.. That thing has takin forever..

now I wanna see some times

Yea like 3 years, but he was doing it pretty much by himself in his spare time I believe. The thing sounds nasty though, I can't wait for numbers either.