Powdercoating GS Wheels

[quexpress]

Hi!
I have a set of tubeless GS wheels that I want to get powder coated and am wondering if the portion under the tire should be masked off by the painter.
Does it matter if the whole wheel is powder coated? It will be black wrinkled paint ... and am wondering if that could make the tire leak.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Thanks!

[Octain]

Waste of money in my opinion.

I wouldnt coat the inner lip if it were me.

[knowyourenemy66]

I had mine powdercoated last year--he shot a light coat on the inside including the edge--no extra charge--been working fine for a year

[tone]

If you are going to get wheels powder coated you will need to remove the tyres discs & bearings as powder coat needs to be baked in an oven disc bolt holes & bearing holes will need to be masked off

For painting rather than powder coat you can just remove the discs & mask off everything else but you may not get a perfect finish where the tyre meets the rim

[Smokinapankake]

Just did my 82 Kat wheels, never thought about the tire seating surface.
I'm running tubes in mine though so I shouldn't have any problems with air leakage through the wheel itself.
Well worth the money, in my opinion. I should never have to polish again....

[quexpress]

Waste of money in my opinion.

I wouldnt coat the inner lip if it were me.

I thought that it might be less expensive if he didn't need to mask that portion off.
I will ask him.

[quexpress]

Just did my 82 Kat wheels, never thought about the tire seating surface.
I'm running tubes in mine though so I shouldn't have any problems with air leakage through the wheel itself.
Well worth the money, in my opinion. I should never have to polish again....

These are tubeless ... therefore a different situation.
I'll ask on the Valkyrie forum because some fellow riders there have done this.
Thanks!

[quexpress]

If you are going to get wheels powder coated you will need to remove the tyres discs & bearings as powder coat needs to be baked in an oven disc bolt holes & bearing holes will need to be masked off

I agree Tony. I will handle the bearings, etc., and the powder coater will do the masking, etc.

For painting rather than powder coat you can just remove the discs & mask off everything else but you may not get a perfect finish where the tyre meets the rim

Painting is out of the question for me because I do not have a paint room (to avoid dust on the bikes, parts, etc.
I'll try the powder coater ... and hope that I will not need a second mortgage LOL!
Thanks!

[Agemax]

These are tubeless ... therefore a different situation.
I'll ask on the Valkyrie forum because some fellow riders there have done this.
Thanks!

any decent powdercoater will know what surfaces to coat without asking. i had my wheels done and he did the entire wheel, including the inside of the rim.
saying that a decent tire fitter will know that they just need to rough up the inner rim that the bead forms a seal and with a bit of lubricant to help seal it you will have no problems

[Agemax]

I agree Tony. I will handle the bearings, etc., and the powder coater will do the masking, etc.


Painting is out of the question for me because I do not have a paint room (to avoid dust on the bikes, parts, etc.
I'll try the powder coater ... and hope that I will not need a second mortgage LOL!
Thanks!

not sure about your area but my local powder coater charged me £30 a wheel including bead blasting, masking, coating and polishing

[quexpress]

any decent powdercoater will know what surfaces to coat without asking. i had my wheels done and he did the entire wheel, including the inside of the rim.

Good news!

saying that a decent tire fitter will know that they just need to rough up the inner rim that the bead forms a seal and with a bit of lubricant to help seal it you will have no problems

The tire fitter is sitting behind my keyboard! Thanks for the info! It will be helpful with these!

[Ogri]

What I am having trouble understanding is why would you want a wrinkle finish on your wheels? Aren't wheels enough of a pain in the ass to clean without having to scrub the brake dust from the wrinkles in the finish?

[quexpress]

What I am having trouble understanding is why would you want a wrinkle finish on your wheels? Aren't wheels enough of a pain in the ass to clean without having to scrub the brake dust from the wrinkles in the finish?

I have seen some and thought that they were really nice. However I have changed my mind a few days ago and will be going for "regular" powder coat on the wheels (not wrinkle).