Dropped off my 'S' wheels for powder-coating

[Benny]

There's an industrial coatings place right near where I work, so I dropped off my scruffy 'S' wheels at lunch today to have them powder coated. I'm having them done in a dull silver with a protective clear coating, and was pretty happy with the quote of $100.

They should be done by Monday, so I'll post the 'after' pictures when I get them back.

[scott6058]

Benny
Only they should be OEW.
Sorry but they do look better as you have them done already.
Scott

[JC T ONE]

Hi B,

hope these are for the Red & White Mini

Nice wheels.

[miniminor]

Looking pretty decent to start with

[JC T ONE]

Looking pretty decent to start with

The original colour is still present on the inside.

[LDR209H]

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[Benny]

Benny
Only they should be OEW.
Sorry but they do look better as you have them done already.
Scott

Yes, I know, but the car is red w/OEW, and I've always thought that color combo looks a bit too "cute" with OEW wheels. I've always regreted having the roof done in OEW, so if I end up keeping the car, I'll likely repaint the roof to black. Sooooooo, the color choice for the wheels was a compromise that had to look decent with both white or a black roof, so I decided on silver. If I paint the roof black, and keep the car, I'll probably have them redone in OEW when they are due for their next set of tires.

The paint you see in the picture above is just cheap, rattle-can spray paint that was done to get a feel for the overall look. The powder coating will obviously be infinitely more durable.

[Etienne B.]

Hi Benny,
Looks like a sweet little S you have. Very nice.
Silver wheels were very much in favour with racing drivers in the mid '60's here in France.
Pluto on this forum has a red / black '65 S that was raced at Spa Francorchamps and that already had silver wheels back then.
Please let us see the result !
Regards,
Etienne

[Tim]

Most Australian Minis had silver wheels. It just looks normal to me.

Tim

[SteveG]

But Australians are not Normal Tim


(I'll get my coat)

[Tim]

Well, once again, I guess it all depends one what you're used to.

Tim

[Benny]

These look a bit better now.....Yoko 008's scheduled to arrive tomorrow.

[SteveG]

they look very nice

[Benny]

Sexy shoes....

[36inter]

Are the red and yellow dots of any significance?

Pete

[GraemeC]

Are the red and yellow dots of any significance?

Pete

In theory, the red dot corresponds with the highest spot on the tyre and the yellow spot with the lightest point. In an ideal world you'd line the yellow spot up with the valve stem on the wheel to help with the balancing, but the effect is minimal.

[Benny]

In theory, the red dot corresponds with the highest spot on the tyre and the yellow spot with the lightest point. In an ideal world you'd line the yellow spot up with the valve stem on the wheel to help with the balancing, but the effect is minimal.

That's the explanation I've heard before. I was pleasantly surprised how little weight needed to be added to balance the wheels, so as Graeme says, I don't think it has a significant impact.

[36inter]

Thanks Graeme, I thought one of the dots would be weight related but as all of the dots are pretty randomly located I was unsure.

Pete