I'm having my LS Mesh's powder coated gunmetal. Is it possible to powder coat the center caps? What materials are they made from? Would they just melt under the temperature of powder coating?

 

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Your center caps would be toast once they put them in the oven to cook the powdercoating. You'd have to paint them to match.

 

Plastic can be powder coated, but its not easy.

 

How can it be done then?

 

it needs to be heated and dipped in a fluid bed, made conductive with a copper plating etc than sprayed and coated. The plastic must be a high quality, not cheapo crap and sometimes a low temp curing powder needs to be used.

 

Good to know.

 

just paint your center caps with some of the duplicolor gunmetal wheel paint. cause if they are plastic i think they will melt in the powdercoating process.

 

i've seen many center caps left un painted with a gunmetal wheel and it looks good. i'd say save time and not worry about it

 

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any pics?

 

in for pics

 

pics of my si wheels painted gunmetal with the center cap not painted... Not an ls wheel but u get the idea...




sorry the pic isnt very clear is it?...

 

Are those painted or powdercoated?

 

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not any that i can find. i had a friend who painted hammers gunmetal and left the center cap silver and it looked good. if i painted my si's i'd probably do the same