As the rim turns

[Suess]

Sorry about the corny title but everything with this project has turned into a soap opera..... Regardless, after much dileberation standing at weird angles and some squinting. I took the plunge and got the rims. I decided to do the wheel vin. 15x6 up font and 15x7 in the rear. I will get them over to powder coat this week.

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Now if I could just get that wheelie bar I always wanted:D

[Daliant.]

Much better now.

[mrwrstory]

Although I have recently stepped up to 17"s,...that's the wheel combo I had on my car. Works great. Looks great.

[40P10touring sedan]

Nice...what brand steelies and what'd they cost ya?

[Plymouthy Adams]

just curious, but do yo have a cenr cap or will all 10 hole/studs be seen?

[40plyrod]

You can't go wrong with steelies, they don't seem to look dated.

[Suess]

Wheel vintiques series 20, $69.99 for rim 13.00 for the center cap, 20 for the beauty ring. The holes will be covered and the original style plymouth center caps do not fit. Also it is 40.00 a rim for powder coat. Good chunk of change but I have gone this far I am not going to wuss out this close to the end...... Hmm I don't think there is an end. I am now looking at a gear vendor. And have almost pulled the trigger on it. Oh well can't take it with you. And a happy man dies poor.

[greg g]

take a look at Summit racing, The Wheel vintique smoothies i bought unpainted for 39 bucks each through them, when I got mine they were 49 direct. I had mine painted, I don't think powder coating works well for stuff that is exposed to stone chips. there is no mechanical or chemical bond between the coating and the wheel.

Looks great till they get a chip or scratch. then when moisture gets in there, whole areas of coating will fail and come off. and when you get chips you can't repair them with touch up paint.

They do look great, but powder coat has its limitations for vehicle applications and I don't think wheels and chassis pieces are good candidates for that process.

[40P10touring sedan]

take a look at Summit racing, The Wheel vintique smoothies i bought unpainted for 39 bucks each through them, when I got mine they were 49 direct. I had mine painted, I don't think powder coating works well for stuff that is exposed to stone chips. there is no mechanical or chemical bond between the coating and the wheel.

Looks great till they get a chip or scratch. then when moisture gets in there, whole areas of coating will fail and come off. and when you get chips you can't repair them with touch up paint.

They do look great, but powder coat has its limitations for vehicle applications and I don't think wheels and chassis pieces are good candidates for that process.

I was going to add that "repairs-touch ups" would be rather difficult using powder coating...why not use simple spray paint...you can change you color too if you get tired of it and touch ups would be far easier....you'd be less poor and possibly happier with the results...just a thought.

[Dan Hiebert]

I'll chime in; I "rattle-canned" my rims 20 years ago. Had to re-do them after 10 years due to fading from the west Texas sunshine (they're red, red fades fast out there). Otherwise I've had to touch them up every other year or so, which is a piece of cake (and much cheaper) with spray paint. Same rules, preparation and patience will pay off.