Does anybody know a shop that does anodize work on car parts in the Portland area? For some reason, the standard coating places have said they don't do car parts.

 

i googled this, don't know if it help

Ultimate Anodizing Specialties
9145 SE 64th Ave
Portland, OR 97206-9505
(503) 777-0300
anodizingspecialties.com‎

 

So what are the bennifits of anodizing? Scratch resistant? Has anybody ever heard of anodizing wheels? Just curious.

 

it's more durable than paint but not as tough as powder coat. It does weigh less than both but sometimes the consistency of the color isn't perfect through the whole wheel.

 

I've heard that powder coating wheels weakens the metal due to the baking process. How does anodizing work? Chemical process?

 

Anodizing is only available for aluminum. Other metals won't work. Even an alumium piece with other metals added in won't work.

Anodizing looks very different than powder coating. Anodizing almost looks like the sugar coating on a candy apple. I have an ASM strut bar that is anodized red and the thing sparkles in a cool way when it gets hot.

 

Sweet. How can I find out what my wheels are made out of? They came with the car when I bought it. Don't know much about the wheels. They're a Work Meister SZ2's or S2Z's. I forget. They're pretty beat up. Stickers pealing and paint chips and what not. I want them completely black. I have a buddy that can blast them for me and take them down to bear metal. What do you think would be the best option for me? Painting.. Anodizing (if they're aluminum).. Or Powder Coating?

 

If you can find a shop that will do both anodizing and powder coating, you could ask their recommendation. It seems easy to find a powder coating shop, but anodizing places are rare.

 

If you contact a machine shop, they can tell you how to get in contact with those
for whom you seek. We often spec our parts with Hard coat anodizing. This spec really puts
a tuff to scratch surface, and I emphasize surface, 'cause it's not very thick--microns thick.
Wheels are tuff, they usually have some magnesium, and this causes
funny results that might look like speckles. Not a good look for a wheel.
I stripped my motorcycle wheels hoping to either anodize, or powder coat them. What
a job that was--won't go into it now, bad memories, must forget...
I ended up clear coating them after doing some strategic polishing.
If you were to get a defunct wheel for testing, hmmmm. I was going to do this with the bike
wheel project but became discouraged.
Here's a site with more information than you would ever need. Shows you how to do your own
anodizing at home. They even sell the stuff you need; except the sulfuric acid--you'll have to buy
that locally.
Sorry about rambling, hope this helps some.

 

Sorry, forgot to put up the site I just mentioned.

http://www.focuser.com/atm/anodize/anodize.html