Originally Posted by vortrex

I talked to my local powdercoater (who is a car guy, does lots of wheels) and he said there would be no issue. he says they would not use the "bake-off" oven to remove the existing finish, since that does get substantially hotter than the powdercoat oven. he said a metallurgist had tested some wheels he had coated before and there was no issue.

Originally Posted by Mike

RCZs is the first firsthand case I have heard of that anyone actually had any damage from powdercoating, every other story has been anecdotal. I would like to know more about the damage please RCZ, as I have powdercoated many sets of wheels without problems, including my own wheels that I use on the track in both my corvette and 370. Many wheel companies are powdercoating them right out of the factory.

How did they crack when they did?