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posted January 27, 2009 04:26 PM
 Edited By: 3000psi and falling on 28 Jan 2009 00:28
Powder Coating wheels, ??Reuse seals??
I just dropped off my wheels to have them powder coated in silver with "crystal clear" top coat.. After my 3rd used rear "mint condition" flee-bay replacement wheel showed up today looking like crap.(My origanal rear wheel was bent by the dealer while changing tire and Im not paying $600+ for a new one.) Instead of sending another wheel back I thought i'd try having them powder coated. So I removed the bearings and ect from the used rear and my front wheel and dropped them off at the local powder coater. The sample piece they made for me looked fantastic! Hope they turn out well. Will post pics on or before friday.... 120.00 for both. My bike is the 08 midnight blue by the way. And I think the sample they showed me looked way better than the factory silver wheel finish... Hope im right.. ??The seals came out fine and look nice and new, Will they work fine if I reuse them??
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
  
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posted January 27, 2009 05:42 PM
I am doing the same thing as we speak, and yes as long as you dont fudge them up, you can reuse, my bike has almost 10k on it, so i am buying a bearing kit for $40 bucks, comes with seals. So did your PC guys prep the wheels or did you? I am preping my own, not to mention polishing the lip.
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Lowering links, Brocks Strap Kit, Muzzy Full 4-2-1, No files, PC3, BMC Race filter, 6 inch extensions,16/44, Shinko 003 Ultra Soft..... SOLD!!!!!
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Compton
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posted January 27, 2009 06:02 PM
I'd say after once out and they look fine i'd just re use em.
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posted January 27, 2009 07:07 PM
just a note guys my powder coater mentioned he heats the wheels before spraying it expands the pores in the metal allowing the powder to enter and one more thing make sure they do where the bead seals to the inside of the wheel approx one inch or you could end up with a leak if that area only has overspray on it.
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posted January 27, 2009 07:14 PM
Thanks I'll bring it up with him in the morning. He has done lots of motorcycle wheels so I would think he would be doing this..
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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posted January 27, 2009 07:21 PM
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I am doing the same thing as we speak, and yes as long as you dont fudge them up, you can reuse, my bike has almost 10k on it, so i am buying a bearing kit for $40 bucks, comes with seals. So did your PC guys prep the wheels or did you? I am preping my own, not to mention polishing the lip.
All I did as far as prep was to remove everything from the wheel, and cleaned them. The shop is going to do the rest, they are gonna do some fancy tape work around all the machined areas for me. I'm not polishing the lip this time, might next time around. I'd like to see some pics of yours when done..
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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posted January 28, 2009 12:10 AM
I coated mine too. The insides and brake surfaces were not coated and the coating goes all the way to the center of the inner area.....wheels were suspended by a norrow band - so the bead is coated. It took over 70psi to POP the tire onto the bead due to the added thickness.
I replaced everything..........only the wheels and rotors were reused.
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posted January 28, 2009 12:46 AM
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I replaced everything..........only the wheels and rotors were reused.
Same here. Ended up getting a set of the ceramic bearings put in since the opportunity was there.
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posted January 28, 2009 12:47 AM
Oh yeah...got the bearings from Brock, of course.
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posted January 28, 2009 08:05 AM
Your wheels look incredible! I feel much better now seeing a picture of the zx-14's wheels with PC on them.
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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Ninja14
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posted January 28, 2009 08:55 PM
And it only cost me $300 to coat them.
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posted January 28, 2009 10:58 PM
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And it only cost me $300 to coat them.
Now im scared, mine will be only 120.00. I hope they dont cut any corners..lol But then again the shop I took them to is very repeatable. They do a lot of work in the Dow plants here south of Houston And I do mean a lot. And I have had a ATV frame and aluminum wheels done a few years back and they did a flawless job on them. I cant wail till I get them back on friday, its like waiting for christmas morning.
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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posted January 28, 2009 11:15 PM
Edited By: Ninja14 on 29 Jan 2009 07:17
I thought $300 was a deal.....but then again I am in SoCal.
Turned out nice.........
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posted January 29, 2009 06:08 AM
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I thought $300 was a deal.....but then again I am in SoCal.
Turned out nice.........
Lets wait and see how mine turn out, $300 may still be a great deal..lol
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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posted January 29, 2009 06:14 AM
The candy blue powder by itself costs more money.
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zx14, little longer, little louder, little lower.
08 Busa, just a little longer and louder and lower than the 14
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posted January 29, 2009 08:09 AM
Edited By: 3000psi and falling on 29 Jan 2009 16:13
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The candy blue powder by itself costs more money.
Yes it is but not much, $11 per pound for reg or $20 for candy. The local shop told me $120 for any color they had in stock including metalic and candy and or crystal clear coat. But my bike is the 08 midnight blue and the only color I thought would look good was a silver again. I'm gonna bet that his wheels got $300 worth of time and labor they look great. So lets hope mine do to! But with such a low cost im very skeptical, ill know tomorrow....
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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Compton
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posted January 29, 2009 08:13 AM
it's ok. mine were around 700.00 to powder coat.
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zx14, little longer, little louder, little lower.
08 Busa, just a little longer and louder and lower than the 14
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posted January 29, 2009 08:22 AM
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it's ok. mine were around 700.00 to powder coat.
Wow! I dont want to hear this!! Mine will probably have runs and bubbles in them for what they are charging..lol Do you have some pics of them? I'd like to see them
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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posted January 29, 2009 08:29 AM
there is around 20 hours of labor alone into them. i can't post pictures till the bike is done, not trying to give away any ideas on what i'm doing 
but, for what its worth.. he normall charged 75 a wheel to strip/blast/coat a wheel. if you bring them to him without bearings and no tires.
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zx14, little longer, little louder, little lower.
08 Busa, just a little longer and louder and lower than the 14
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posted January 29, 2009 08:43 AM
Well that does make me feel better, I brought him a set of wheels with no bearings, and am just getting a regular pc job. So that price is on par.
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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jdzx14
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posted January 29, 2009 11:22 AM
The guy thats doing mine, is charging me 50 per wheel. So i think you will be ok.
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Lowering links, Brocks Strap Kit, Muzzy Full 4-2-1, No files, PC3, BMC Race filter, 6 inch extensions,16/44, Shinko 003 Ultra Soft..... SOLD!!!!!
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Ninja14
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posted January 29, 2009 05:43 PM
Guess a lot of it will also depend on WHAT they coat it with and the type. I got a candy/multi layer deal.
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posted January 30, 2009 07:04 PM
Edited By: 3000psi and falling on 31 Jan 2009 03:10
Well here they are With new BTO16's
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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posted January 30, 2009 07:12 PM
Had to burn the old bent up whee/ tire off...
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08 ZX14, 2010 Persimmon Red bodywork.
Flies pulled, 16-42, BMC street, 8" extensions, drag shock, cut pan, Cycle Concepts Drag Pack and springs, muzzy m14 w/ oval can, lowered, Shinco usoft rear, pcv with autotune, leightweight Shori 18ah battery, throttle meister. 500lbs at bandimeres scales with half tank of juice.
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