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NEW Tundra TRD Pro forged BBS wheels (4 Viewers)
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Scotch
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giddyup
whoa whoa whoa...explain yourself. powder coated? if so, any concerns about powder coating process compromising forged wheels?
Think I'm going to get these for the LX to replace the 21s. Need to decide on tires now.
They are powder coated from the factory. Edit: I wouldn't overthink it. (My previous comment seemed too rude, sorry)
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What color are those? Look awesome!
Have a set of TRD BBS if you are interested.
Dang! Looks awesome
bloc
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They come in silver now?
Powder applied and cured as part of a heat treatment process could do very different things to wheel strength than curing powder after the fact.. my understanding was traditional powder coating forged wheels was a bad idea. Though they do have low temp curable powders these days..
I am pretty confident whoever has those silver BBS wheels had them coated or painted that color. I have never seen a part number from BBS for that shade of silver.
You are correct that the process for the BBS wheels is unique and is nothing like the local shop with a powder coat gun and oven.
I don't remember the amount of time it takes to make one BBS wheel but it was pretty crazy compared to OEM cast alloy wheels...much much longer process from start to finish.
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sadovnik
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If he doesn't want them, I'd be interested. PM me the price.
I was planning to get BBS wheels powder coated. I reached out to BBS asking if it’s okay to powder coat and this the response I got for Kenneth Kitching from BBS
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We do not advocate powder coating wheels. Typically the temps that are required to cure the powder are too high to maintain the structural composition/integrity of the initial forging process. Some shops do utilize a low temp cure process (under 300 degrees) but if they have no way of guaranteeing you that it is low temp, I would not take the chance. On a side note, we have never powder coated anything - always paint.
All BBS wheels are painted. We do not/have not powder coated anything. You can certainly paint over the existing paint with no problems or issues. Just make sure you prep the paint surface sufficiently before spraying anymore paint on them.
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We do not advocate powder coating wheels. Typically the temps that are required to cure the powder are too high to maintain the structural composition/integrity of the initial forging process. Some shops do utilize a low temp cure process (under 300 degrees) but if they have no way of guaranteeing you that it is low temp, I would not take the chance. On a side note, we have never powder coated anything - always paint.
All BBS wheels are painted. We do not/have not powder coated anything. You can certainly paint over the existing paint with no problems or issues. Just make sure you prep the paint surface sufficiently before spraying anymore paint on them.
Huh? So even the HE bronze wheels are painted? I have seen threads where people have tried to match it with both paint and powder coat with varying degrees of success. I wonder if BBS can just offer the paint code they use.......
CharlieS
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They probably could, but I suspect they have a NDA with Toyota that would prevent that. Toyota is clearly trying to make these unique, aspirational, and hard to get. I doubt they'd want the color released. Of course, this is all my speculation, but isn't that what we do in the absence of real information. 
Exactly.... You are correct.They probably could, but I suspect they have a NDA with Toyota that would prevent that. Toyota is clearly trying to make these unique, aspirational, and hard to get. I doubt they'd want the color released. Of course, this is all my speculation, but isn't that what we do in the absence of real information.
It’s a Toyota part manufactured by BBS, ethically I would expect nobody at BBS to release any info that’s not public.They probably could, but I suspect they have a NDA with Toyota that would prevent that. Toyota is clearly trying to make these unique, aspirational, and hard to get. I doubt they'd want the color released. Of course, this is all my speculation, but isn't that what we do in the absence of real information.
