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update on this, found out he had them powder coated. This also happened to another fella with volks. His words
"make sure you know their history and if they've ever been powdercoated in the past, or weird stuff like this can happen. That's a rays wheel BTW, not some knockoff. he cracked another one a couple weeks later.
the thing is, aluminum is usually aged at temperatures below the temps that powdercoat cures, which overages them and weakens the structure.
i was going to powdercoat my wheels at some point, but not after reading some of the engineering forums regarding baking aluminum wheels at those temperatures. it's not a gamble i would take.
Anyone else experience this? and should i just change thread title to dont powdercoat wheels in general? I would hate to throw SSR's name in the mud for no reason?
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