wheel corrosion

markg · Post by **markg** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:33 am

gave my VTR a good pampering yesterday and was a bit disapointed to see the state of the rear wheel.
theres a lot of corrosion on it and the paint has come off where the balance weights have been.
any body else got the same problem??
I guess it might be an excuse to get the wheels resprayed a different colour next winter but I aint too amused at the moment!

Post by **firestorm_al** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:15 pm

markg wrote:gave my VTR a good pampering yesterday and was a bit disapointed to see the state of the rear wheel.
theres a lot of corrosion on it and the paint has come off where the balance weights have been.
any body else got the same problem??
I guess it might be an excuse to get the wheels resprayed a different colour next winter but I aint too amused at the moment!

The best thing to do with the wheels is get them powder coated not painted.

markg · Post by **markg** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 5:57 pm

how much would powder coating cost for two wheels?how much preparation would I have to do?ie removing the tyres?would they remove the corrosion?
anyone know anyone in the East Anglia area who would do such a job coz i've never needed to have it done before as all my Yamaha's have had nice corrosion free wheels

Post by **firestorm_al** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:22 pm

The tyres, valves, bearings & brake disks all need to come off I'm afraid. They generally shot blast before applying the coating anyway to get down to bare metal.

It should cost about Â£40 per wheel but you'll probably have to fit new wheel bearings as well. But the results are worth it. Even after several winters they just wiped clean and polish up a treat with some Auto Glym Super Resin Polish.

Al.

Masu · Post by **Masu** » Sun May 11, 2003 6:50 am

How does the powder coating hold up to tire changes? We change our own tires at the track, and I have to admit that sometimes the rim protectors things get misplaced

I know this is not good, but will the powder coating chip easily?

Cheers!

PS anyone with a Silver VTR that has wheel that are not black? How does it look?

Cheers!

Post by **firestorm_al** » Mon May 12, 2003 9:14 am

never had any problems with the tyre guy I go to regarding chipped rims!

The stick on weights that are used can leave a mess of sticky goo but the surface is always intact.

Al.

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