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First EVER Super Chrome powdercoated Torque stars

Hardonyomom

Hardonyomom

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Ok here ya go

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And the MONEY SHOT!!!

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Pretty.

I gather super chrome is a powder coat now available. Do you have to buff them or is that how they come out.
 
yes its a process of baking the color in an oven waiting for it to cure. Has a special durafortress finish added on to it. They will never scratch or pit, just rinse and they stay looking like that forever. No soap required either but i think ill still do that.
 


Can anyone recommend the proper tire size to get a good rated tire? I don't care how much they cost. I consider it a one time expense? Goodyear, pirelli, yokohama, hankook? 215/50,55,60/16???
 


Turns out all 4 of them were bent. 2 were severely bent. i drove an hour away taking time off work trying to get a wheel repair guy to fix and it had too much lateral bend so i junked it the other cracked and he could of welded it but i junked it too. This was a very wasteful experience i had to go through :(
 
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Hardgainer said:
Turns out 2 of them were bent. One i tried having a wheel repair guy fix and it had too much lateral bend so i junked it, the other cracked and he could of welded it but i junked it too. This was a very wasteful experience i had to go through :(
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Definitely know that feeling. First wheels I ever bought I saw on Cragislist. The only reason I even went there was because they were Mille Miglia wheels that are really hard to get ahold of, guy told me they were in "great" condition except for a little corrosion. I drove a full state (eastern PA to eastern NJ) to get them, paid a decent price, spent a week cleaning up the caked on brake dust and fixing up the paint manually.

Finally got them to a condition I was happy with, bought tires, went to have em mounted. Tech is gone forever, finally comes back out and tells me 3 of them are bent. I had him mount them anyway because he said he might be able to balance it out. Nope, it was like driving on a bumpy, uneven road all the time, they were horrible.

I threw em up on ebay with a full "bent" warning, they sold to a guy who claimed he was able to fix them.. I told him how bad they were, got most of my money back thankfully. Lesson learned the hard way, I guess!
 
Yea that blow exactly one reason I don't buy used rims unless it's from a friend etc. only so much you can spot with your own eyes.
 
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AND the last picture is what you get when someone @#$#s you over!

I have the snowflake wheels on now, the ones with triangle shape (shiny but not my style) Im not sure what to do with these wheels. I went to a junkyard and they want 50 per wheel or 150 a set of their own junk wheels so maybe if i go in with mine that look mint and tell them i want 200 for them and maybe they can get 250 they might do it?
 
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I don't think the chrome powdercoat would have held up anyway. That color will smudge easy and polishing or scrubbing will only make it worse. I've been there with chrome powdercoated stock car wheels.
 
I've had my gtx wheels powdercoated chrome with a clear topcoat now for a couple of years now. No problems. Powder from columbia coatings.
 
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