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Powder coating in SD

Discussion in 'Southern California' started by TRIAD Powderworks, Dec 27, 2010.

  1. Sep 25, 2012 at 5:20 PM
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    zeekevin

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    The glow in the dark stuff is trippy
     
  2. Sep 25, 2012 at 11:08 PM
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    [​IMG]
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    interesting:D
     
  3. Sep 26, 2012 at 9:34 AM
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    TRIAD Powderworks

    TRIAD Powderworks [OP] Powder Coater/ Dirt Thrower

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    Stop taking pictures and DO IT!
     
  4. Sep 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM
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    LAX & LOGAN
    ^ Thats Drool. . . JDM YO!​


    After damaging rims in the past. I don't know how you can even off-road serious with those gems.
     
  5. Sep 26, 2012 at 10:49 AM
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    I found a solution to that problem and only a few know that answer
     
  6. Sep 26, 2012 at 11:21 AM
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    TRIAD Powderworks

    TRIAD Powderworks [OP] Powder Coater/ Dirt Thrower

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    Easy-

    Screw em up, then take em off and I will re-coat them Mag Blue again!

    Easy solution!
     
  7. Sep 26, 2012 at 2:49 PM
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    Don't offroad?
     
  8. Sep 26, 2012 at 3:38 PM
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    ^ LMAO
    Not if you eat up the lip or scrape it good enough. . . I've done that on one of my rims where you can powder over it but the lip is not the same. Kevin in the end. If you got Volks to Powder them a custom color and you are baller to just do Real Off-Roading. Much Props . . .​
     
  9. Sep 26, 2012 at 3:47 PM
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    themuffinman619 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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    Drew showed me your rims before they were coated :anonymous:
     
  10. Sep 26, 2012 at 5:06 PM
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    Haha good answer better answer is not to even install them at all haha


    Hmmm I'm not balling. I just come up on some good deals and made some logical decision.

    haha all good, drew's work is on point and amazing and I'm happy how they turned out.
     
  11. Sep 27, 2012 at 9:29 AM
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    TRIAD Powderworks

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    Wait- so you aren't gonna put them on? I wanted to take some pics for the website!
     
  12. Sep 27, 2012 at 10:39 AM
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    Ill put them on soon, just need lug nuts and find a shop to swap tires. Won't be for another week or so.
     
  13. Sep 27, 2012 at 10:52 AM
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    Oh, that's cool- I thought you weren't going to put them on at all!
     
  14. Oct 4, 2012 at 10:12 AM
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    Just wanted to show off an ammo-box I did for Rodrigo-san... oh, and some glow in the dark bullets I just did for funsies...

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
  15. Oct 4, 2012 at 10:50 AM
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    Hks purple looks sweet haha, and the Ammo imagine shooting one of those at night haha.

    Btw did you get your car back or did it get painted
     
  16. Oct 4, 2012 at 10:52 AM
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    Actually- in the course of trying to match the HKS Purple I had, I found a darker version (which is what Rodrigo used). So now we have the OG HKS Purp and a darker version too!

    As far as the civic.... what do you think?
     
  17. Oct 4, 2012 at 10:55 AM
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    ooooh, Purple PC'd ammo cans, smexy
     
  18. Oct 4, 2012 at 12:36 PM
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    For the civic, I'm guessing you pulled it out of the shop and its sitting at the new shop with the paint job in progress, let me know when you get it back ill give you a hand putting it back together
     
  19. Oct 8, 2012 at 6:26 PM
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    Hey Andrew, can you do anodizing?
    Figured I would ask, you do damn near every other coating on earth, lol
     

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