masha Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I am going to get the presently unpainted centre of my mag wheels painted. Clearly powder-coating is probably not a good idea because of the heating-up process, but can anyone recommend if the magnesium needs priming with anything before a local paint shop gives the centres a nice coat of black.? ms81@cant.ac.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Do a search for his number (on here somewhere) and give Mike Barnby a call. You can powder coat them or he can get them painted for you. His prices are competitive and if anyone knows what's good for them it's him! Powder coat is less durable but cheaper. IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 He did tell me how much they cost to powdercoat, but I have forgotten the exact amount , but it was under £10 each I seem to recall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 How do they compare costwise from Mike fully made up? IE what is the cost from him of Unpainted wheels and Painted? A little plan if formulating in my mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Negligible. I believe powder coating is 4GBP a wheel - but don't hold him to that! My memory's not what it was (beer and chillis rather than old age). I think he quoted me 15GBP for painting them. But this might have been powder coating... Must go for a lie down. Thinking too much of the drive home/to the Surrey meet smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masha Posted July 18, 2002 Author Share Posted July 18, 2002 Thanks guys... yes, but what of having the centres painted by a spray-shop, is there any special primer needed or can they just spray them liberally like any other material? I was going to have the centres done mango to match the car and the rims powder-coated black (like on R500 #1) but I didn't want them to look tacky so I will probably stick to black centres and polished rims - pretty nuetral/practical choice me thinks. Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Talk to MB and he'll tell you how to treat them. I think they should be dipped in something first to remove any iffyness. He once offered me the R500 colour combo cheap as he couldn't get rid of a set (long time ago!). Apparently it wasn't very popular! If I were you I'd consider getting the rims done black as well as the centres. Polished looks great, but if you use the car every day they soon look manky and are a right bugger to get back to their original state. And life's definitely too short. When I get back from Le Sept I'm having my rims done in black (they were polished and are now "M25 road grime and horse poo"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Masha pretty certain Mag wheels do need some special tratment, I had two of the 355 wheels done and two alloy wheel dealers wouldn't do it, in the end had a paintshop do it but must admit I didn't ask what they did to them Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Costs for wheels guys? Your help would be appreciated! Edited by - dino ferrana on 18 Jul 2002 21:52:39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7 SLR Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Andy, let me know who you're intending to use for powder coating your rims. My SLR 5 spoke wheels are looking tatty and I think a quick refurb and powder coating would give them a new lease of life. Also, any idea of costs per wheel? Worcs L7 club joint AO.id=red> //id=blue> Membership No.id=red> 4379id=green> //Azure Blue SLR No. 0077id=blue> //Se7ens List Tours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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