changing colour of race wheels?

[LeeP86]

hiya guys,

so ive just got 10 speedline wheels for my race car but they are all white and i want them anthracite! painting them is out of the question as it is not hard wearing enough and will prob not withstand the heat.
anyone else changed the colour of their race or trackday wheels? if so howd they do it?

cheers
Lee

 

[Diesel_Power]

I seriously doubt that heat will affect the paint on your wheels. Even using normal halfrauds spray paint (not the heat resisitant stuff) will be fine.

 

[LeeP86]

im almost certain it does bearing in mind the wheels will be going up to bout 150 degrees, i could be wrong though also when i clash wheels itl prob fall off

 

[Laura]

powder coating

 

[LeeP86]

yea i did think of that but a couple of them have been done before and it all melted and splurged to the edges

 

[Diesel_Power]

150 degrees!?? What car is this for? I still think it will be fine. Plenty of people spray their rocker covers with normal temp paint and it hasnt shifted.

 

[LeeP86]

its on a clio race car, i'm just basing 150 degrees on what temp the brakes get up too (over 200) and what temp my mates race car wheels got up to (150)

 

[Diesel_Power]

If im honest ive never measured temperatures but 150 degrees seems very very hot! Ive had my car round the ring twice in a row and my wheels were powdercoated and there was some heavy braking, go them back and although the tyres were hot, the wheels were flat cold. Im not sure to be honest, cant say ive ever heard of wheels been 150 degrees before.

 

[Laura]

well the gdi track cars are powercoated and they are fine

 

[LeeP86]

mmmm i reckon powder coating is the way forward, your wheels are unlikley to get too hot round the ring as theres so many straights to cool them down round a shorter track they get alot hotter. i go through 2 pairs of gloves a season just from doing wheel/tyre changes in the pitlane.

any one got any idea of what kinda money im looking at per wheel to get them bead blasted and powder coated?