how would i go about smoothing my stock rims for pc'ing. there a cast alloy so there are bumps and scuffs on it. is there any way to get all that outwith out ruining it? i am not saying i am going to do this i just want to know if it can be done before i seriously start thinking about it.

you could try a very fine sand paper but the powder coaters will sand blast them and fix most all imperfections

do you know of a place nearby and cheap?

well its not exactly "nearby". its in olathe, but they are cheap and do great work. Rich (screethoprez), josh and myself have all had work done there. we all recommend them.

rogers manufacturing inc. phone number 913-829-3363

it's pretty close to mike, he doesn't live that far from sante fe st.

they're on sante fe? man thats real close.

Yeah, RMI has done quite a bit of work for me. They know me by name now.

so it is on sante fe?

wow my bad, i was under the impression that mike was here in independence... lol, i guess this place is right up your alley mike!

that's what i said before wasn't it?

I'm getting my valve cover powdercoated today. it's being done by a paintball shop in richmond but they do all kinds of powdercoating. I'm getting it blasted/coated for a little less than 50.

kyle got his valve cover and a rsb done for a little over 50 at rmi.

valve cover was $45 and sway bar was $5 . Total came to $50 plus like $3.65 tax or something. So yeah, i will post pics later tonight, im kinda busy right now!

okay, kind of off subject. Where is the cheapest place to get a new gasket for the valve cover? or did you just use your old one?

i have used my old one on two swaps now. its not leaking (yet) but i have always been told to buy a new one. im going to ford today to order some parts, ill check the price on the gasket, autozone has them for about $40 but thats including shipping because they dont carry them in stock

ford carries them for about 14 bucks, i have a new one on my car. i buy all my gaskets from ford and i have never had any problems with the price or the quality.

cool thanks

back to pc, how big of object can RMI blast and pc?

Rich knows more about powdercoating than anyone on this forum, give him a PM

They can do whole car frames and trailers. However, there are some things they won't do, such as engine blocks. They didn't want to do my block.

so they can definitly do an oldschool mini bike frame then, cool thanks for the help.
oh yeah do know the addy of this place?

I don't know the address, but they're in the book. RMI (Roger's Manufacturing) Powdercoating. They're about a mile West of I35 on Santa Fe in Olathe.

Why? Liability reasons?

going to take my cam gears to get powdered red soon, as well as some front caliper brackets and maybe another valve cover, dunno yet. im kinda like rich, i am addicted to having things painted

Nah, they said it was just too much hassle for them to want to mess with. So I took it up to Liquid Finishes and Powdercoating.

i keep having problems with RMI these days, with my wheels, they said i would get them back in three days. i got two of them back in three days the other got finished two weeks later. they came back to me messed up. i returned them, told them they needed fixed or i wanted a new set. they have had the wheels for two weeks and haven't done anything with them.

sounds like you rushed them and that made them do the wheels to fast.

so what do you think the odds of them doing a motorcycle engine are? It's a twin

i didn't rush them, i asked if they could be done within 5 bussines days and they finished them in 3. somebody was being ignorant and dropped my other two wheels or did something to the cap post that won't allow me to screw the cap back on. there's nothing wrong with the paint, the wheel is physically damaged. i asked them to take all the time they needed, kyle was with me when i dropped them off.

yeah someone just dropped them, not really from being rushed or anything. i will be taking some more parts out there soon to be powdercoated