| Author | Message | ||
     Nedwreck |
I want to remove the powder coating from the rims of my wheels. What's the best way to do this without removing the wheels from my bike? I plan to polish the rim when I get the powder coating off. They're all gouged up by a hamfisted service jerk who no longer works at the dealership. So I figure stripping the rims would improve the looks. Bob | ||
| M1combat |
Same here... but it was a Honda shop. They did it twice, and replaced the rim the first time. Now I figure I'll just take the powder coat off the lip of the wheel and call it a day... | ||
| Olinxb12r |
Sounds like a lot of sanding in your future. You could try a chemical strip I think, but it would be hard to keep it off of the powdercoat that you want left on there. It might be worth the money to just have them redone. Some of the guys here in KC paid about $120 to get their wheels powdercoated. I think that was including removal and replacement of the bearings too. I'm trying to find a powdercoater here in KC that will leave the lip alone for me to polish as we speak. Best of luck. Post pics! | ||
| Jimduncan69 |
aircraft stripper should work. try this link it might help you. http://www.sport-touring.net/mods/wheel_strip/index.shtml good luck! | ||
| Buellman39 |
I'm not sure that will work on powder coating. | ||
| Dragonbuell12r |
oh yes it will. Wear good gloves and work near the hose in case you get any on your skin. You don't have to worry about it being on your skin because you will know almost instantly. (use a plastic scraper to keep from scratching the wheels) | ||
| Buellman39 |
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| Nasty73z |
You know, I'm sure that there is someone on the board who would love to trade their XB9S silver wheels for your black ones. Then you don't have to worry about getting the coating off, just start polishing. Both parties could benefit. (Message edited by Nasty73z on February 08, 2006) | ||
| No_rice |
hmm..., ned, pm'd ya. | ||
| Nedwreck |
Thanks for the help yawls! Bob | ||
| Thansesxb9rs |
Olinxb12r is talking about me, I just had my rims powder coated. In the end it cost about $250, $100 for powder coating, $50 for new bearings and $100 to have the old bearings pulled and the new ones installed plus the removal and remounting and balancing of the tires. | ||
| Dongalonga |
i would trade my silver wheels for the black ones if anyone is interested. | ||
| Tattoo72 |
Eastwood Co. makes a powder coating stripper. http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=752&itemType=PRODUCT | ||
| Zipp |
Hi we powdercoat all our farm machinery instead of wet painting,if we need to remove any from sharfts ect we just use a good quality paint stripper suplied from our local hardwear dealer | ||
| Zipp |
just about anyone can fit new bearings a friend and I did ours ..We got the bearing numbers rocked up to an Engineering suplier got the high spec double sealed bearings both for front and rear wheels for less than $50 NZ,they tapped out & in real easy no problems at all.The orginals collapsed on the rear wheel belt side at 4000 miles | ||
| Scoobytwo |
you can mask off areas you dont want to paint stip with aluminum tape. Make sure you use the aircraft type called speed tape. I use it all the time when removing paint from aircraft skins to complete inspections. Hope this helps. |
