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General => General => Topic started by: Dudeofrude on 23 June 2018, 09:16:57 pm

Title: Anodizing wheels?
Post by: Dudeofrude on 23 June 2018, 09:16:57 pm

Anyone have a clue if the standard gen2 1000 wheels are alloy or steel? And is it possible to anodized them?
I'm wanting them to be the same gold as the forks and the price of buying new gold ones is just a joke so looking at other options?

Title: Re: Anodizing wheels?
Post by: BBROWN1664 on 25 June 2018, 01:24:39 pm

They are alloy. No idea how well anodization would take to them though.

Title: Re: Anodizing wheels?
Post by: bludclot on 30 June 2018, 06:46:28 pm

Anodizing will take to aluminium but, as with most things, preparation is key. All paint or powder will require removal first - chemical removal will be favourite here as blasting will leave a pitted surface. Anodizing is basically adding a sacrificial corrosive layer on the metal, it's very thin so any and all imperfections will show once done. Much diamond cutting / sanding / polishing before anodizing will improve the finished result. Don't expect this to be quick or, therefore, cheap.


A reliable painter or powder coaters will be able to match your gold forks for a much cheaper result, each has their benefits and down sides. As usual, it comes down to how much you want to work you want to put in yourself or pay to have done....

Title: Re: Anodizing wheels?
Post by: Dudeofrude on 30 June 2018, 06:54:54 pm

Thanks for the replies guys. Very informative reply bludcotn thanks.
They are already powdercoated gold but it's nowhere near the gold of the forks and I'm not finding powder coat to be overly durable, since I've started chaining my wheels up they been annihilated :(
I'll look into the coat involved and weigh it up against a finding a second hand set of aftermarket ones

Title: Re: Anodizing wheels?
Post by: Hugh Mungus on 30 June 2018, 08:03:23 pm

Get a cover for the chain and take a little longer to thread it through your wheels.