Does anyone have........

jj · Post by jj » Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:24 pm

..... a spare set of wheels and tyres? Or even a spare front and a rear?

Wheels coming off this week to get powdercoated, so either I find wheels to borrow or am carless.

Thanks people.

JJ

DDtB · Post by **DDtB** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:41 pm

I hope you're not talking about powdercoating 12 spokes after all the horror stories on SELOC....

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:17 pm

I have 3 spare wheels that you can borrow 2 front with tyres and 1 back with a bald tyre. I have a spare set of rear tyres but you will have to get one put on the wheel if you want to use it.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:18 pm

tedbakerman wrote:I hope you're not talking about powdercoating 12 spokes after all the horror stories on SELOC....

Mine were fine....

G

jj · Post by jj » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:15 pm

ooooh horror stories.... Tell me more. !

Stephen, that could be good. It depends how quick I can get them done, I`ll let you know.

Post by **simon** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:00 pm

Gareth wrote:
tedbakerman wrote:I hope you're not talking about powdercoating 12 spokes after all the horror stories on SELOC....
Mine were fine....

G

But yours were 5 spokes weren't they?

jj · Post by jj » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:12 pm

I had a search on SELOC, and amongst all the drivel all I could find was a couple of people saying "....I've heard that powdercoating the 12spokes is a bad idea" and ..."a guy once told me his mates brothers pal had problems with a powdercoated 12 spoke".

Anyone got anymore info
?

Post by **simon** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:27 pm

IIRC, a few people have had 12 spoke wheels shatter whilst driving after they've been powdercoated. Something to do with the wheel being unable to take the temperature required for the coating and it becomes unsafe to use. Safer option would be to paint them but paint will probably chip.

Post by **simon** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:46 pm

Ali posted this link to pics of an Exige the same colour as his. Interestingly, it also has some stuff about powdercoating, worth a read JJ.

http://www.midlandslotus.co.uk/forum/in ... 3414&st=15

jj · Post by jj » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:00 pm

Cheers Si. I read that through today when Ali posted the link.

Also found some of Gareths posts about the subject and this thread

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php? ... #pid706983 .

I called in at the place thats doing them today, and had a chat with the guy; he reckoned any wheel shattering / breaking would be weak in the first place.

Probably as much chance of getting a blowout, not worth worrying about. They have enamelled elise 12spokes before without problem. He is also sorting out a tidy deal for me (and S_E`ers) and I`ll post details in the offers section when I get them back.

Car is on axle stands in garage now!

Post by **Shug** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:11 am

I saw what happened to Liam Crilly's wheels.

I'd considered doing it a while ago - after seeing broken spokes, I reconsidered.

You takes your chances....

jj · Post by jj » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:15 am

Looking at the number of cars with painted / coloured wheels and the failure ratio, its not worth worrying about it.

I'd maybe reconsider if it was going to be tracked a lot, but its not.

Matt black on the way.

Post by **Shug** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:54 am

Okay - but I can't remember - have you got the 5 spoke wheels or the 12 spoke (later) wheels.

There are not that many cars with the 12 spokers powder coated. 5 spokers, yeah, plenty - but they are not a problem.

They are by two different manufacturers. AWI made the 5 spokers and I haven't heard of any failures with them. Rimstock make the 12 spokers and they *are* prone to cracking if they're re-baked (which they do when powder coating)

Just as long as you have all the info.

Baggy · Post by **Baggy** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:40 pm

Blatant Hijack alert.....

What about S1 111s six spokes?

I'm kind of tempted to kerb them a bit just to give me a good excuse to go for the black wheels stealth bomber look.

I like....

Post by **Shug** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:14 pm

No issues with the 111s wheels AFAIK