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Old 2007-04-13, 09:45 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by knucklesplitter View Post
Hmmm... I 'm pretty skeptical about that. The annealing temp. for aluminum is over 600*F and powder coating is </=400*F. The T6 tempering/aging of aluminum is done in the 350-400*F range I think, so one could argue that might help to have an extra hour or so at 400*F.


So how did BBS powder coat my forged wheels?
Hell, I'm just wondering how forged races wheels survive brake temperatures.
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