Resurrecting 10 spokes
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Resurrecting 10 spokes I bought these on CL several months ago and quickly determined that the finish wasn't up to par. The faces of them were in such great shape with very minimal road rash, I bought them anyway. i began stripping the clear coat. Here is a link: https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...10-spokes.html
Wheels sat idle a few months as I progressed with my car(intake and exhaust). I recently ordered a Yank SS3600 and some Toyo TQ's which motivated me to finish up these wheels since 10 spokes are what I've decided to go with. I had them lightly sand blasted and hand sanded them to prep for powder coating. I'm aware that some folks say that sand blasting can cause stress cracks. My sand sand blaster(a friend... and free bee) held the nozzle 3-4 feet from the wheels and did 3 light treatments.
After sand blasting.
After hand sanding with 240 grit cloth. There are still traces of the original finish but hopefully they are smooth enough that the powder coat won't show. My powder coat guy is a perfectionist and I think he will caution me if he doesnt think they will turn out OK.
I love the look of polished 10 spoke's. I plan to go with a color similar to bare polished AL.
I also had to straighten them a bit. 3 of the 4 had .040-.060" of runnout on the inside lip. "Wheel fix it" wanted $125 per wheel just to straighten each wheel. I went red neck on it and got two of them with in .010 and the worst on with in .025" using torch, bottle jack and a block that I cut to the contour of the inside of the wheel. It worked very well. I mounted the wheels on the front of my car and ran a dial indicator on the bead edges to find what needed tweeking.
Wheels sat idle a few months as I progressed with my car(intake and exhaust). I recently ordered a Yank SS3600 and some Toyo TQ's which motivated me to finish up these wheels since 10 spokes are what I've decided to go with. I had them lightly sand blasted and hand sanded them to prep for powder coating. I'm aware that some folks say that sand blasting can cause stress cracks. My sand sand blaster(a friend... and free bee) held the nozzle 3-4 feet from the wheels and did 3 light treatments.
After sand blasting.
After hand sanding with 240 grit cloth. There are still traces of the original finish but hopefully they are smooth enough that the powder coat won't show. My powder coat guy is a perfectionist and I think he will caution me if he doesnt think they will turn out OK.
I love the look of polished 10 spoke's. I plan to go with a color similar to bare polished AL.
I also had to straighten them a bit. 3 of the 4 had .040-.060" of runnout on the inside lip. "Wheel fix it" wanted $125 per wheel just to straighten each wheel. I went red neck on it and got two of them with in .010 and the worst on with in .025" using torch, bottle jack and a block that I cut to the contour of the inside of the wheel. It worked very well. I mounted the wheels on the front of my car and ran a dial indicator on the bead edges to find what needed tweeking.
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Your correct. But this guy had his done. Check out page 2 of this thread. https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...ke-rims-2.html
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Powder coat guys approved my sanding work. "Columbia Crome" should be going on tomorrow followed by clear on Wed. FYI, the color doesn't look much like chrome. It's really hard to pick a color.... there is so many to choose from.
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There was a problem with the Columbia Chrome. I ended up going with silver metallic with clear on top. They did a beautiful job on these wheels. I do kind of wish I would stuck to my guns and gone with columbia chrome to give a bit more contrast. This silver metallic color looks very close to the stock silver 10 spoke color. You can see the OEM center cap for comparison. I will be getting some paint mixed up to spray on the center caps. I'd like to find some SS decals for the center caps and then spray clear after I apply them.
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