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| flyloki |
 May 6 2009, 02:04 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 20-October 03 From: 8:00 in Boise, Idaho Member No.: 1,264  |
So I just painted the 74 Artic silver including valances and rockers, bumpers are satin black.
Fuchs look like crap and I took them to the anodizer to get redone. I'm trying to avoid having to polish them. So I had them strip, blast and clear anodize one to see how it looks. Well its a nice satin uniform finish but it looks too much like primer grey. Ideally I want a semi-polished wheel(don't like the mirror chrome look) with anodize hard finish. I have three choices- 1) Just do them all like that cause it still looks kinda silver. -Easy 2) Have the 'dizer strip them all, polish and reanodize to get more shine. Work and or spendy. 3) Have them done in a anthracite/gunmetal anodize. Easy but I'm not sure I'll like the look of the silver and gun metal together although it seems like a popular look today. Anybody have gun metal color wheels here or care to throw in their 2 cents? |
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| MDG |
May 6 2009, 02:10 PM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
Gunmetal wheels on a silver car would probably look great. I may be mistaken but I think it was T.C. who posted some shots on here of some 5 lug fuchs that like that.
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| carr914 |
May 6 2009, 05:35 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 119,001 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States  |
My home-done finish looks like the RSR Frosted wheel. It's done for a couple bucks a wheel with a Rustoleum Rattle can Color called Matte Nickel - it does Not have a shine. I'm not sure that is what flyloki is looking for thou.
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| MDG |
May 6 2009, 08:23 PM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
and there's this . . . personally, I like the look of T.C.'s better. And again, I think either would look good on a silver car
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| McMark |
May 6 2009, 08:41 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
You can have them strip them, then polish them yourself, then take them in for final anodize. Polishing is a PITA, but cheap to do yourself.
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| lotus_65 |
May 6 2009, 08:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,608 Joined: 21-March 05 From: minneapolis, mn Member No.: 3,795 Region Association: Northstar Region |
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| Max914 |
May 6 2009, 09:10 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 4-August 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 2,453 Region Association: None |
Flyloki, personally I liked the color of the 5 lug Fuchs on the -6 that TC sold last year:
F/S 1970 914-6, A Real One Max  |
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| MDG |
May 7 2009, 06:58 AM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Max914 @ May 6 2009, 11:10 PM)  Flyloki, personally I liked the color of the 5 lug Fuchs on the -6 that TC sold last year: Max Yes! Those were the wheels T.C. had I was thinking of. Looks great with silver. |
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| carr914 |
May 7 2009, 07:58 AM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 119,001 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
Those are Diamond Blue Metallic Special Edition Wheels
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| flyloki |
May 7 2009, 11:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 20-October 03 From: 8:00 in Boise, Idaho Member No.: 1,264 |
Thanks for all the replies and Pics that really helped, I think I'm going to go with an anthracite color. How hard is the powdercoat? The coater says they need to be cleared but I don't want that to fail and then have to re do in a few years. Can I expect the PC to hold up for a while?
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| charliew |
May 7 2009, 11:49 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,363 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Crawford, TX. Member No.: 7,958 |
Most silvers of any type of coating will age quicker than other colors and a clearcoat does help them all. My opinion is the redone highly polished and anodized wheels with the black background look the most expensive. If you are using fakes it doesn't matter a lot but if it's the real thing I like the real thing redone I think they will hold their value much better. It's almost impossible to mount tires on a aluminum painted wheel without damaging the edge. I have had dumbasses drop their tools on brand new expensive wheels and never think twice about it. Tire shops are the best place to have real bad experiences, most of them hate me.
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