Gold colored wheels for C5?

[John & Donna]

Thanks for the links, the pics don't show so I signed up at the other board to have a look see.

Hey Billings, eh? I have family in Victor.

Sorry about that. They display fine for me, but I'll double check the links.

Well, I'm in Billings right now, but I'll be moving south a little very soon. I just took a new job with the City of Sheridan, WY. We'll still be active in the Vette club, though.

Have you ever thought of visiting MT and attending a Vette function? Every year on Memorial Day weekend is the Big Sky State Corvette Meet. It travels around the state as each year a different club hosts it. Next year it will be in the Kalispell area.

There is also a fun event the second to last weekend in August held in West Yellowstone. Its called the Wild West Vette Fest and is sponsored by Corvettes of Southeast Idaho.

Both events draw over 100 Vettes from around the region (MT, WY, ID, etc.)

 

[John & Donna]

instead of gold you could get a set of rims and have them anadized(sp?) to a gold color.

can you powdercoat things in gold?

Don't know about anodizing things. We don't have anyone here that does that kind of work. As I understand anodizing, the coating is translucent, so you would also see the rim surface through the color. It might not look as shiny. There is a plating outfit here that can plate the rims brass, then have them PowderKoted clear. The cost for that was about $280 per wheel.

The PowderKote gold color we used is very close to "jewelry gold"; there are some other gold colors available, but they were either too yellow or too orange looking for what we wanted. The coating is not actual gold. It is an epoxy polymer compound (I believe, I'm not a chemistry expert). The part is attached to a wire producing a light negative charge. The color comes in a powder form and is applied with a spray gun with a slight positive charge. This gives the powder a good bond to the part, initially, and makes sure it "flows" into every nook and cranny. The part is then baked in a large oven at 400+ degrees for a while. The heat fuses the product together, bonds it to the part, and cures it.

We had a clear PowderKote applied over the gold for added durability. The finished product is similar to a "paint job" but much more durable. This stuff is really tough and doesn't come off very easily.