Powdercoat & Wheel people. HALP.

NYSpeed Automotive
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Howdy.

So, I don’t know what has been up with me lately. Ever since I bought my VW I’ve been buying wheels like crazy.

During this weekend while smoking some meth and wearing skinny jeans I decided it was a good idea to drop $2000 on some 18 x 10 +50mm CCW classics for my RX7 (Yum.)

However, there is a problem.

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The centers are ANODIZED black.

I hate black. I have a black car, and black on black looks like shit IMO. I would have much preferred polished. I stupidly assumed that I could blast the paint off the centers.

So, what are my options inorder to bring these back to looking polished? I was thinking powder coat, but I am not sure if it’ll look right.

Any advice is much appreciated.

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U can strip them and polish them. It’s not fun

3

You can strip anodized aluminum? Doesn’t the anodizing process actually soak color into the relatively porous aluminum?

4

Without actually knowing for a fact, I thought you couldn’t strip anodization, which is a word I think I just made up.

That being said, I don’t see why you couldn’t just powdercoat over it.

5

I’d just eat a Snickers, and bolt them on.

6

I can get you pink spray paint. I think with enough beers we can make them look good. Or at least different than they are now but be more drunk that we started.

7

Well, I just learned you can strip anodized coating with greased lightning. Werd.

Anyone know any expert polishers?

And can you annodize a clear coat over the polished metal to protect it?

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U can sand them. It’s going to start real course

9

Ask the 6speedonline guys.

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Get in touch with WheelFlip. You’ll have to tear down the wheels and send the centers to the west coast, but they do top notch work. (Chemical strip + Polish or paint or whatever you want).

They took my old Kinesis centers from this:
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To This:
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http://wheelflip.com/

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If you anodize a polished finish it no longer have a “mirror like” finish. Anodize actually “etches” the surface (on a micro level).