anodizing or painting timing wheel

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

I took all the stuff to a place in Denver, Premier Coatings.

I guess he just changed his website, it didn't look like that just a few days again. Anyway, he's a good guy. I got everything done for $400.

As for the electroless...I dropped off all the pieces Monday to a place here in C Springs, Ximpak, but they were going to charge me $190 and they were backed up a couple weeks. There is another place in town that said they could do electroless nickel and they could have it done in 3 days and a lot cheaper, so I picked up the parts from Ximpak and dropped it off at Finishes Limited today. But as it turns out they can't do electroless nickel in black, so I decided to get the steel oxidized black and the aluminum anodized black.

Cool, some of my parts may be there shortly as well, as soon as they get cut. Looking for some black as well on the steel trigger wheels I'm getting cut.

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

The only problem is the alternator casing and the PS/AC bracket have steel pieces in them that I have to get out before they can be anodized and I'm not sure that's possible. In any case, the oxidizing will cost $60 and the anodizing will be $65, so I'm saving quite a bit of money. I've thought about just getting the aluminum (stuff for anodizing) just powder coated instead though. Zico works at a place here in town that shares a building with a powder coating place that will give him a discount.

You might just want to have all those piece ceramic coated so they match the other pieces that you had done. I made the mistake a few years ago of sending all my intake and exhaust pieces out to get ceramic coated, then I powdercoated all the other brackets etc etc myself. Two different blacks, I wasn't pleased. Now everything that I powdercoated, I need to re-powdercoat with a different black.... which is fine as alot of the powder coated got beat up. So hopefully I can match it all this time around with the exception of the HMIC frame and the heatshield for the fuel cell. Niether of those I can fit in my over.

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

I still need to get the water pump, pump housing and filler neck all done still anyway. I'd also like to get the PS pump done but I'm not sure there is a way to do it that won't do some damage to it somehow.

I don't think there is a way as the heat will probably do some damage to the internals. RattlecanJohnny to the rescue for me for the WP. Housing I coated though

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

Just out of curiosity though, why is zinc plating the best? I don't know much about all the different options. I did a search on them but there was so much info I just didn't have time to read it all.

I'd be curious as well. My thinking is electrical conductivity or corrosian resistance.

[To_Slow]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I'd be curious as well.
My thinking is electrical conductivity or corrosian resistance.

That is correct...

[speedjunkie]

I dropped off a few more pieces to get oxidized today.
-the bracket that holds the clutch line to the firewall
-the metal brake booster line and the clamp that bolts it to the firewall
-the box that the stock coils are mounted in (I've decided to move them back to the stock location).

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Cool, some of my parts may be there shortly as well, as soon as they get cut. Looking for some black as well on the steel trigger wheels I'm getting cut.



You might just want to have all those piece ceramic coated so they match the other pieces that you had done. I made the mistake a few years ago of sending all my intake and exhaust pieces out to get ceramic coated, then I powdercoated all the other brackets etc etc myself. Two different blacks, I wasn't pleased. Now everything that I powdercoated, I need to re-powdercoat with a different black.... which is fine as alot of the powder coated got beat up. So hopefully I can match it all this time around with the exception of the HMIC frame and the heatshield for the fuel cell. Niether of those I can fit in my over.



I don't think there is a way as the heat will probably do some damage to the internals. RattlecanJohnny to the rescue for me for the WP. Housing I coated though

You're sending your stuff to Premier or you're just saying you're doing the same thing?

Well my engine is going to be black and gunmetal/dark grey, so if there are a few shades of black/grey I won't mind HAHA. They said if it was anodized it would come out a little lighter than black, but that's OK. I'm still thinking about just getting all the remaining stuff powdercoated though. So would powder coating damage the water pump too? Is that what you're saying?

Originally Posted by To_Slow

That is correct...

Gotcha.