[urq] Fuchs wheels refinishing: part two.

[Martin Pajak]

Louis-Alain,

I love the Red/White combo.. just like Sport Q and 959.

Get the wheels anodized and then painted, I would probably go with Alpine White.

Rally wheels were unpainted, pure anodized machine finish.
Also Audi never used wheel caps on rally wheels (just a side note).

HTH
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca


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From: Louis_Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
Date:  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:31:19 -0400

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>Hi all,
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>After much cleaning, blasting, scrubbing, my Fuchs wheels are now ready for
>the final stage, refinishing.
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>Initially, I wanted the "sand-cast" look, that is bare flat aluminum with a
>clear coat. That will not happen. There is a reason almost all the wheels
>are silver-painted; bare aluminum will always look "dirty", even after a
>careful blasting, that's the nature of the metal. Clear coat would just
>highlight these imperfections.
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>Now, the next logical choice would be OEM refinishing, that is Zermatt
>silver with polished (or anodized) accents on the lip and the spokes
>ridges. Exactly like Martin's P. did on his. Not that I wanted to discuss
>colors, but why stick with Zermatt silver ? In fact, this was Brady's idea;
>my car now has his Pearl-colored Fuchs, and they look OK. But when we tried
>his white Compomotives, that was really cool.
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>In fact, there are other combinations that could look great (I think...) on
>a Mars red car like mine:
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>- Gloss black center with a polished (or silver painted) lip. That is the
>classical Porsche's Fuchs look, à la 911 or 944.
>- Gun metal, dark charcoal, bronze or gold center and a polished lip. What
>dark metallic color would be great on a Mars red car ?
>- Full white, no accents, like the rally wheels on the A2 cars of the
>period.
>- Mars red center, polished lip, à la Gulf Ford GT40. Might look better on
>a baby blue car...:-)
>- Zebra-cloth pattern on the spokes, brown lip...
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>What do you think of these possibilities ?
>Anybody has a picture of a non-standard colored Fuchs ?
>Or a picture of a Mars red car with non-standard colored wheels ?
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>I'd like to have your point of view before I make a mistake...
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>Louis-Alain
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