JonnyA

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I have the original 5 spoke alloys on my 1998 STi. They are starting to get a bit tatty but nothing serious. I am told it is possible to fill any marks and then get them painted, but I am worried about the finish in the long term. Am I better off getting them refurbished by an alloy wheels specialist?

Adma-RA

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Get em powdercoated if you want them to look factory fresh long term. I'd say send them to me to do but you're a fair distance away.

If you find somewhere local make sure they've got the correct gold - there's a lot if different shades out there (trust me, done a lot of test wheels to get it right!)

JonnyA

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Thanks Adma. What about wet spraying? Does anyone have any experience of that?

keljon

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powder coated wheels have been prone to cracking

Bristol98

I had the same 5 spokes painted white (and a couple of coats of lacquer). They were on my car for over a year and the brakedust just fell off them when hosing the car down.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Got any pics? Thinking of doing this with mine

Paul

Adma-RA

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That's generally a curing problem when they're baked. 90% of OEM wheels are powdercoated from new.

The Pink Ninja

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I've just done these with halfords rattle cans

keljon

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have a read here
https://www.scoobynet.com/414125-flo...ge-iii-24.html

Kwik

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I thought you had carbon printed yours?

JonnyA

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Keljon, having had a look at the other thread you linked to, why was the powder coating suspected as the cause of the wheel failing?

Adma-RA

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That is very strange, without putting much thought to it I'd say those failures have been caused by heating the wheel too hot/too quickly during the process (not the norm), down to the particular place that did the job.

Adma-RA

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(If it really was the cause of failure)

keljon

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its not the first time powder coated wheels have failed in spectacular fashion but i think seeing as those were OE wheels with very low mileage, its a good example, certainly enough to put me off anyway

tubbytommy

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double sided taped

JonnyA

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If the correct coating is applied in the correct way it just shouldn't cause a failure like that. Easy to get wrong though.

The Pink Ninja

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These are my spare ones

scotty boy 80

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Rare wheels mate been looking for a set of these for ages