? Any Engineers want to bump in here...

I was doing some research on powdercoating my Volks, but this topic came up before on different places. Heating during the powdercoat baking process will compromise the strength/integrity of the the aluminum. what type of alloy does Volk use?

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.c...=151053&page=7

"There are plenty of opinions on this specific topic but, to my knowledge, zero published data/testing. So, we are left with extrapolating from the known properties of the materials.

Assuming the aluminum used is the industry standard of: 356-T6 or 356-T7 (cast) and 6061-T6 (forged). Both 356 and 6061 aluminum are heat treated (ageing) followed by air cooling to produce the T6/T7 temper. The 6061 T6 ageing is at 350

 

I have an example of your worst suspicions

AP2 V1's powder coated and autu-x'ed about 35 laps.

70% (7 of 10) spokes cracked.

3 of the 4 wheels had cracks. Worst one is pictured.

Luckily an observant friend spotted this as I was about to go out for another run!!!

WHEW!!!

 

well, that's not good news, as I am about to powdercoat my volks as well ... !!

 

volks should be stronger than stockers

 

Glad I painted my LMs.

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What if my Volks are Forged Monoblocks?

I just bought mine powder coated..........................eeeeek?

 

Dye pentrant testing.

Ploney Thanks for showing that, I've never seen that and it scares the heck out of me.

 

It doesn't matter if they are forged or not. We had some SSR wheels that a customer sent back because they all 4 broke. He did not tell us that he had them painted. When we sent the wheels back to SSR for testing they were significantly weaker than original.

 

Wow! (that's really all I can say about this revelation)...

Siepel

 

doesnt volks forged monoblocks come powder coated?