Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: thorna on August 19, 2014, 06:46:59 PM
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Hi, anyone know of an outfit in the midlands (or further) who anodise wheels?
I want to anodise my MIckey Thompson alloys; years of polishing the untreated wheels has left me tired! I like the idea of going to a Grizzly grey color.
The 5 33x12.5 BFG M/Ts will be coming off and up for grabs too, details to follow when it happens.
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Anodising is not the toughest finish mate, one scratch & its off.
Paint is better as you can touch up whereas powdercoating you cant
I maybe wrong but heh its your truck :icon_super:
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Try www.lap-tab.co.uk by jct 6 m6
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Hard to say with paint or powder coat, I definitely wouldn't anodize them, its very soft. Personally I would go powder coat, I had some motorcycle wheels powder coated and they were great, tough finish that didn't stain with brake dust, even white. But couldn't say with off road wheels.
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POR15
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http://www.rmmetalfinishing.co.uk/
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POR15
Not uv stable my good fellow!
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once powder coat has been damaged it's a slow trip to a wheel strip and repaint.
if they are for offroad only, good old hammerite or enamel spray paint. makes repair easy
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Cheers for the advice. Softness isn't what I want.
Durability is no . 1 whilst it's off-roading is limited these days it has to be robust.
I can't stand the prospect of laquer lift.
Anyone know how the discovery series 1 ES spec wheels were finished? they seemed durable.
Whereas the jeep grizzly weren't.
Currently leaving them bright polished seems the most robust and repairable option!
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Galvanize a set of steel wheels.
Grey - Yup
Rustproof - Yup
Tough - Yup
Scratch resistant - Not really, but as long as majority of wheel is still coated it still won't corrode.
Overpaintable - Yup
Salt water resistant - Yup
Just a thought!
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POR15
Not uv stable my good fellow!
WRONG my good chap !!!
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2nd stage of POR 15 is UV stable......
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Eastry; youre not wrong. But visible galvanised steel reminds me too much of S3 Landies. Not a look I want for my TJ.
Forgot to mention; wheels need to look perfect! So no hand painted POR!
And before you shoot me down for that; said truck saw plenty of off-road action in the early days.