There has been a lot of talk lately about doing this and I thought it would be a good idea for my spare set of Stockers that I have my autocross tires on. That is when I saw this in a thread...

"I can powder coat all four wheels for $120 (includes return shipping). Blasting extra. The guy who did it for $80 was very inexpensive. But, if anyone is interested.....

Send email to bengraves@fuse.net for more info (references available to those interested). My process includes pre-heating the wheel to avoid outgassing after curing the powder. Then I apply two coats of powder, black and clear coat. I use the same acrlyic powder that the OEM's use. "

Well, he turned out some awesome work and I'm very happy with them.

Take a look...

http://communities.msn.com/MyRX7sand...to&PhotoID=129

http://communities.msn.com/MyRX7sand...to&PhotoID=127

http://communities.msn.com/MyRX7sand...to&PhotoID=128

Running out now to get my tires remounted.

Jim in PA

 

There has been a lot of talk lately about doing this and I thought it would be a good idea for my spare set of Stockers that I have my autocross tires on. That is when I saw this in a thread...

"I can powder coat all four wheels for $120 (includes return shipping). Blasting extra. The guy who did it for $80 was very inexpensive. But, if anyone is interested.....

Send email to bengraves@fuse.net for more info (references available to those interested). My process includes pre-heating the wheel to avoid outgassing after curing the powder. Then I apply two coats of powder, black and clear coat. I use the same acrlyic powder that the OEM's use. "

Well, he turned out some awesome work and I'm very happy with them.

Take a look...

http://communities.msn.com/MyRX7sand...to&PhotoID=129

http://communities.msn.com/MyRX7sand...to&PhotoID=127

http://communities.msn.com/MyRX7sand...to&PhotoID=128

Running out now to get my tires remounted.

Jim in PA

 

Sweet! Looks great.

Here's an extra set I just got coated yesterday...same $80 guy This time he charged me $30 for the pair

 

wow brad, now you can replace those ones you curbed up...

 

wow, both of yours look great. do you guys have pics of the powder coated wheels on the car?

how much did it cost per wheel?

1FAST7

 

Ice!

 

WOW !! Awesome Job. Check your email

 

Very nice

 

now that is CHEEP I recently got my calipers coated... I did all the work (blasting removing seals) and he coated them then I had to rebuild them... charged me 100$ I thought that was a deal. those wheels are a steal.
now I wish I had some stockers just to give them that fresh facelift.

 

looks good!

 

Those are really nice guys.... I cant wait to do mine. I dont know which color to get though. Think Im leaning towards the black.

 

I don't know how this guy does it so cheap. Is he including an acrylic clear top coat? This is what makes the coating so hard and better able to withstand road abuse. Also note that my price includes return shipping.

Jim, thanks for the write up. It was a pleasure doing business with you.

I'll look forward to hearing from you guys on the forum. I can also be contacted at bengraves@ion-tech.com.

If anyone has any extra wheels (must be true) I will coat four wheels for free for one FD wheel.

 

Hey man I just emailed you. How much extra do you charge to blast all four?

 

what the heck! I posted on this 3 hours ago after the forum fixed itself...oh well
Anyways, nice wheels Jim

 

Send email during the day (8:00-5:00) to bengraves@ion-tech.com. Blasting is $15-30 per wheel, it depends on how long it takes.

 

can you chrome the rims

 

No chrome. There are powders that look like chrome, but up close no one would think it is chrome.

 

Wow, those do look great! I'll have to chat with Ben on the Cincy Rx7 site

 

I am VERY interested. I have the money in my hand now... I was wondering could I get them more of a gunmetal color.. kinda flat insted of glossy?

ex.

 

Maybe it's more of a dark charcoal grey... Here is a pic of Want2Race's car, I think thats the best color by far.

 

I'll check, shouldn't be a problem. I won't have an answer till Monday or Tuesday though.

 

7-sins, you better be careful with that picture. want2race is threatening lawsuits on people who post his pictures. =]

 

Also another question.. I might be able to sandblast them myself but is it really necessary? I like the stock finish even though I still want it to adhere.

 

Looks nice!

Black wheels are taking over... I've got em for the street on my FD and I recently ordered some for my daily driver as well. I'm even thinking of having my track wheels anodized black (though just an idea at this point).

-Max

 

oh my gosh. that is exactly what i want my wheels to look like. is it just normal black or what? I would really like to know, maybe i can do it this summer. and what exactly will sand blasting do?