PILKIE Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hi all. Your opinions sought!!! What would you chose and why when refurbing a set of std steel wheels? A good paint job.? Stove enamel.? Powdercoat.? Other? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
angelfj Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hi all. Your opinions sought!!! What would you chose and why when refurbing a set of std steel wheels? A good paint job.? Stove enamel.? Powdercoat.? Other? Cheers Pilkie: Assuming that the wheels are true, I would use a good polyurethane paint. There is a temptation by folks to go the powder coat route. However its a lot easier respraying a painted wheel at some point in the future than having old powder coat removed and reapplied, IMHO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Davidw Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Also, it's easy for the powder coating to be damaged by balance weights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewP Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) I had the same decision to make a while ago. I went with a refurb, BUT make sure the wheels are true before blasting and coating. All up, because I discovered that 2 of my 5 wheels were buckled, I ended up with an additional straightening cost and repainting them twice. For this reason it would have been probably cheaper to buy a set of mags and swap the tyres..but once Id paid for the blasting, Id committed to the steel wheels. I concur with Frank...paint is easily touched up or repainted. Edited July 21, 2012 by AndrewP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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