"Wheels - In my restoration of a 1964 4/4, I am considering powder coating  the wire wheels.  Would you recommend this or suggest an alternate?

 Thanks,
 Keith McIver
 

Bill Fink

Keith,

I don't know the cost of powder coating, but to do it properly the wheels would need to be disassembled, reassembled, tuned, etc. It strikes me that new chrome plated wheels would be a better idea,  as you would then have new wheels instead of 36 year old wheels, with  a nice finish.

Bill Fink
Isis Imports Ltd.

Hermen Pol

On wire wheels with 4/4s of this vintage, you achieve a nice result if you paint the the wheels in the same color as or a contrasting color with the body. Once they have been painted in the right color, apply a protecting layer of lacquer.

Hermen

Melvyn Rutter

Greetings,
A proper blast and powder coat is fine, although on old wire wheels, they have to be checked for spoke tightness and see if they run true first.
Regards
Melvyn Rutter

Greg Solow
Wheels can be safely powder coated. dics wheels cannot. the powder coating is flexible and the wheels can crack and the cracks will not be apparent until it is to late.

Regards, Greg Solow

John Worrall

Powder Coating is by far the best finish for standard wire wheels.

John Worrall