taylor2008
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Registered: 3rd Nov 08
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paint or powder coat, what do you think is the best, im in to minds wever to have my wheels paint'd or powder coat'd but im thinking in u have a stone chip , its all got to be done again, as if you were to have paint you can touch it up yourself.
allso got a rocker cover to do as well on my c2oxe.
what does every one think??
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
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powder coat is much harder to chip
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ed
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I'd go for powder-coat on the wheels as it's a really tough coating suitable for our winter roads.
There have been a few cases of people getting grit in their engines after powder-coating their rocker covers because they weren't cleaned properly or there was powder-coat on the underside of the cover. You might want to think about painting it because you don't really need to shot blast the part before.
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IvIarkgraham
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i had my wheels painted and the chipped in a week
had my wheels powder coated no stone chips in 5 years
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taylor2008
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if i were to paint the rocker cover surely the heat of the engine, the paint would peel, or can you buy heat proof paint, were can you get it from???
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davieslim
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my wheels are painted and are perfect but i keep them well polished and away from kerbs, i also got my rocker and cam cover painted on my last xe corsa and there still on the car to this day with not a mark on them
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IvIarkgraham
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you can powder coat your rocker too just make sure its clean inside
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taylor2008
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
you can powder coat your rocker too just make sure its clean inside
if i have it powder coated, once i get it back, should i swill under neith out with some old oil to get rid of the grit?? ect
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ed
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Brake cleaner or WD40 would be a good thing to clean it all out with. Oil is a bit heavy to pick up little bits of grit, metal and paint.
With regards to painting it, they are usually OK because they don't actually get all that hot.
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