[urq] DIY aluminum wheels refinishing

[Charles Baer]

Aha! another Pelicanite!  Are you a longhood guy Martin ?

I just sent L-A a small treatise on the daily Fuchs posts on the 911 Tech
forum...guess I should reiterate for anybody else who might be interested.

 > This isn't really an answer, but instead a link to a Porsche board 
where Fuchs
 > refinishing seems to come up almost every day.
 >
 > 
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=1205863&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending 

 >
 > A lot of the guys on this board have gone for the bare metal look, 
most recently
 > Wil Ferch and the search should show him near the top.  The search is 
in the Tech
 > BBS at Pelican Parts and lots of these guys have gone the DIY route 
on refinishing
 > their Fuchs in a variety of styles.
 >
 > As far as anodizing, Al Reed is considered to be a wheel god on this 
tech forum.  He
 > is in S. California so that's about as far from you as it gets in N 
America!  I would
 > think you don't want to try the anodizing yourself so you might look 
in the above forum
 > for his address/phone.  Since our Fuchs are the same mfg as the 
5-petal Porsche
 > wheels, I've thought about calling Al to see if he does the Audi 
wheels as well.  The
 > search should have names of other wheel refinishers along with Al 
Reed's info.

Charlie


Martin Pajak wrote:

>Louis-Alain,
>
>The proper finish on the Fuchs is anodised and then paint.
>There are couple of Porsche guys that do great refinishing of the Porsche Fuchs.  You can find more info on either www.pelicanparts.com forum or www.early911sregistry.org
>
>You can just have them anodised and leave as is... that is how all rally Fuchs were finished.
>
>Hope this helps
>Martin Pajak
>
>http://www.quattro.ca
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
>Date:  Wed, 4 May 2005 15:37:28 -0400
>
>  
>
>>
>>
>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>After cleaning, it looks like my "priceless" Fuchs are in a good shape, but
>>would benefit from a little detailing... I have more time than money these
>>days, so I will do it myself.
>>
>>For the look I want, see this wheel near the bottom of the page:
>>http://www.grassrootsmotorsports.com/celicast.html
>>
>>
>>I browsed the internet a bit, but I would like some answers from you guys,
>>regarding these topics:
>>
>>1- How to strip the original paint without attacking the aluminum ?
>>
>>2- I want the natural aluminum look, like the 60's mag wheels  (with maybe
>>a polished lip). I will buy a blast gun (and make a cabinet...) but what is
>>the media that I should use for blasting ?
>>
>>3a- After blasting, is there a way to protect the finish that I can do
>>myself (including buying a paint gun) to acheive a nice (but not coucours)
>>finish ?
>>
>>3b- How, why and where can I have the wheels "anodized" ?
>>
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Louis-Alain
>>    
>>