you may want to consider painting as opposed to powdercaoting. the oem 19s are forged aluminum alloy, and the powder coating requires high temps (400+ dergrees) to cure the powder, which in turn may affect the structural integrity of your wheels... just my $0.02... should you decide to go the powder coated route, let me know, i will refer you to some powder coaters depening where you are located.

 

They have lower temp coatings now, I think they only require 250

 

Cool I appreciate that. Maybe paint is the way to go. Still feeling out the idea - i get crazy notions sometimes.

 

Aren't u in the Tampa area??

Give this guy a call.

Glenn's Wheel Polishing
8025 Anderson Rd.
Tampa Fl 33634
813-882-0224

 

just remember... oem wheels are painted already... so chipping is obviously not an issue if they are done right. i am a furniture designer and use alot of powdercoating, and most of the powders we use require a 300+ curing temp. i would be really nervous putting my wheels in an oven, regardless of the temp. 250 makes me nervous either way. better to be safe than sorry.

 

Yeah I am in Tampa, I appreciate the reference. I can see your point on powdercoating though - a warped rim would make me a sad panda.

 

and you dont like any of the rims i have on special??
there wouldnt be shippin since you are in tampa

 

I doubt the aluminum rim would warp if properly heated and cooled. I don't think this would be the first aluminum rim ever powder coated. Call a powder coating shop and ask them.

 

I've seen people post pictures of stock wheels with the centers powder coated and also with the whole wheel powder coated (which didn't look so good in my opinion). No one ever mentioned any warping.

However.

I wouldn't spend any more money on the stock wheels. There are lots of wheel sites online that you can check out for pictures, or check out some of the picture threads in the Picture Share forums. Check with Dan too. He's always got stuff going on with wheels.

 

What rims?

 

Check his thread...

 

personally, i'd call nissan or rays engineering to obtain the alloy and temper rating for the oem 19's. Depending on the alloy, there are different levels of heat it can safely take before it looses its temper (aka annealing). Every alloy has a different threshold. A low-temperature cure powder will more than likely be used and cured longer at the lowest possible temperature to make sure that there are no issues with the wheel losing temper.

 

Oh you mean the black/red rims? Nah. I misread it and thought he had a couple other ones.

 

dan has everything

 

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