Nismo factory rims powder coated GR-02

Minicobra1 · 03-14-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

that is definitely an undercure issue. completely stripping or just scuffing the wheels before coating really doesn't make a difference. I have a set of track wheels for my corvette that I did zero prep to just to see how they would turn out and hold up. Just took them out of the box and coated over the factory paint, and they went through several tire changes without a problem.

Yours however, are definitely not fully cured. The first set of wheels I ever did for a friend had that same problem, and I learned they take a good amount of time to come up to temperature, so they have to cure a little longer than most things.

So prep is as important when powder coating compared to painting? Here is a couple more pics of the rims, they definitely didn't chemically strip or sandblast like they said they would (which I paid extra for, bc they said it needed it) There is a tiny bit of scuffing on some parts, but where the curve is, it's the original coating and really smooth. it just peels off with your fingernail.

My big concern is that the other rims will start to do it

I'm not sure if I feel comfortable taking all of them back to this place again, kind of like sending food back to the chef. I might see if I can get my money back, or at least for the one rim, and just take them to another place.

To be honest, I'm not real happy with the color either, but that's not there fault, I actually had a sample that was labeled Cardinal GR-02 from another place.Turns out it wasn't GR-02, the GR-02 has a slight blue metallic in in it, which is what I didn't want. They did it the right color, the sample I had was labeled incorrectly from the other place, so I got pooched either way.

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