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Posted by: SirAndy May 30 2005, 04:41 PM

i was bored today, so i went and grabbed one of the 9" x 16 Ronal wheels and polished it and blacked out the center ...

i think i like it better than just plain chrome. we'll see once i get some tires on there ...
Andy


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Posted by: SirAndy May 30 2005, 04:42 PM

one more ...




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Posted by: redshift May 30 2005, 04:43 PM

I like the black!


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Posted by: d914 May 30 2005, 04:45 PM

looks good, almost looks like Carls in the background with them good looking parts...

Posted by: seanery May 30 2005, 04:46 PM

black with a shiney lip is a winner. All black is a weiner!

Posted by: Headrage May 30 2005, 04:46 PM

Looks really nice Andy.

Posted by: jgiroux67 May 30 2005, 05:21 PM

Ha, that is exactly what I planned on doing with my Ronals. The only problem is that I need to strip the crappy silver paint off mine first then I can polish and paint them.

Hurry up and put those on your car so I can see how it looks

Posted by: Lou W May 30 2005, 05:57 PM

Black centers look great.

Posted by: Jeroen May 30 2005, 08:40 PM

nice wheels!
paint 'm flat black all the way and make your car look like a 917

Posted by: 9146R May 30 2005, 11:28 PM

Andy,

What about red centers to match the car?

Posted by: McMark May 30 2005, 11:44 PM

Very nice! Throw some red pinstriping on the spokes and clear coat them. Much better than all polished, IMHO.

Posted by: 914Timo May 31 2005, 12:04 AM

Posted by: Andyrew May 31 2005, 12:20 AM

Why not silver? Or grey? Heck you could have even put a flake in it...

Still.. Black looks good. Dates the car though.... Tis why I never liked cookies with black centers...

Posted by: SirAndy May 31 2005, 12:38 AM

QUOTE (Andyrew @ May 30 2005, 11:20 PM)

Black looks good. Dates the car though....

old fart with old porsche?


perfect!
Andy

Posted by: jgiroux67 May 31 2005, 01:11 AM

QUOTE (Andyrew @ May 30 2005, 10:20 PM)

Dates the car though

So what? It's a thirty year old car, why shouldnt it have old looks?

Posted by: Andyrew May 31 2005, 08:06 AM

Waht??

I personally dont like it dated... But Im Sure others dont mind...

To each his own!

Posted by: jonwatts May 31 2005, 08:22 AM

Not that you asked any of our opinions, but I like it

Posted by: ! May 31 2005, 08:29 AM

QUOTE (Andyrew @ May 30 2005, 10:20 PM)

Why not silver? Or grey? Heck you could have even put a flake in it...

With this group....flakes DRIVE the car....

Posted by: J P Stein May 31 2005, 09:41 AM

How did you prep the chrome surface for paint? I've always wondered how to do that. I've got these door handles......

Posted by: redshift May 31 2005, 10:05 AM

QUOTE (Andyrew @ May 31 2005, 10:06 AM)

To each his own!

No Andrew... you like something bad.



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Posted by: SirAndy May 31 2005, 10:54 AM

QUOTE (J P Stein @ May 31 2005, 08:41 AM)

How did you prep the chrome surface for paint? I've always wondered how to do that. I've got these door handles......

i got some steel wool pads in different mesh-sizes ...

started with cleaning the area with brake cleaner, which worked great. even roughed up the surface a bit. then started with the larger wool pads, doing swirls, then the finer grain ...

then painted it with enamel industrial strenght hi-temp paint. the paint looks great and time will tell how it's holding up ...

Andy