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Mower Building / Setup Help => Tires => Topic started by: Shannon Quinn on February 27, 2011, 12:45:05 pm

Title: Black Wheels
Post by: Shannon Quinn on February 27, 2011, 12:45:05 pm

Does anyone know of a vendor that sells 8" black powder coated wheels?  I've found that Turk Bros. sell 6" Van K wheels for the front, but I can't seem to find anyone selling 8's for the back.

Title: Re: Black Wheels
Post by: amr5080 on February 27, 2011, 01:07:13 pm

If you don't mind running steel, you may be able to find some golf kart wheels in black, or you could paint them.

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Post by: oldfordman21 on February 27, 2011, 02:52:29 pm

 You can powder coat aluminum to match your fronts. Check with a Douglas wheel dealer, like Ryker Racing, to see what is available.

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Post by: Rooster on February 27, 2011, 03:26:34 pm

http://www.itptires.com/sportatv/t9.html

Title: Re: Black Wheels
Post by: Shannon Quinn on February 27, 2011, 05:07:03 pm

Thanks guys.  After looking around some more, I may have to reconsider running the black 6" Van K's on all four corners.  For $23 a  piece, its hard to beat that. 

Title: Re: Black Wheels
Post by: schosports on March 09, 2011, 02:32:09 pm

I just bought 2 pounds of powder to coat my new Douglas wheels. A friend of mine does it. The color is a secret till my build gets further along.

Title: Re: Black Wheels
Post by: schosports on April 07, 2011, 04:35:30 pm

All done and mounted up. Thanks to amr5080 for the tires.

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5598890402_446e5f8e90.jpg)

Title: Re: Black Wheels
Post by: Rooster on April 07, 2011, 06:02:41 pm

How much powder is on those wheels?

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Post by: THawley08 on April 07, 2011, 06:18:34 pm

Quote from: Rooster on April 07, 2011, 06:02:41 pm

How much powder is on those wheels?

I was thinking the same thing. Look cool but might defeat the purpose of aluminum wheels. Might have been better to anodize them.

Title: Re: Black Wheels
Post by: schosports on April 07, 2011, 06:26:34 pm

Quote from: Rooster on April 07, 2011, 06:02:41 pm

How much powder is on those wheels?

Less then a pound of powder to coat all four. It might have added maybe 2oz per wheel.
Bought 2lbs from http://www.powderbuythepound.com/home.php (http://www.powderbuythepound.com/home.php) and my friend was kind enough to clean, outgass, blast, clean and coat them for me. The picture does them no justice how bright they are and nice they look.

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Post by: Burwell555 on April 07, 2011, 07:11:17 pm

Powder goes a lot farther than paint.  When my frame got done it only took 3 pounds...

Title: Re: Black Wheels
Post by: tech54K on October 05, 2017, 09:24:43 am

2lbs is okay for powder coating (https://www.reliantfinishingsystems.com/) your wheels