Should I have my Fuchs polished? Options

[jack20]

It's time for tires. I've been thinking of having my 2.0 Fuchs wheels fully polished. They are in overall good condition and the original anodizing seems to be intact. I love the look of the polished wheels but I also like originality. Any thoughts on polished Fuchs?
If I have them polished can I restore to the original look down the road...?

[Tom_T]

Talk to Harvey Weidman at Weidman's Wheels in Oroville on the costs & processes for polishing & then re-anodizing them. A bunch of pix & posts come up on a google search, & he's a member on here.

I think you'll find they'll be around $70-120/wheel to have them strip the anodized layer then polish & retreat the background area for the duller finish between the "windmill" spokes. Probably another $40-70/wheel to re-anodize them at a later date, but probably included at the $100-120/wheel if all redone.

Those were Al Reed prices a couple of years ago for a painted set I have (Al used to work for/with Harvey but is in SoCal/Anaheim closer to me - both shops do excellent work), but I've since picked up a set of 5 polished for $1000 from another member here, & will have Al re-anodize them later when it's close to time to mount them after the resto is about done.

Others on here have stripped the anodizing with EasyOff & polished them themselves, & you can find topics on here from several of those as an alternative.

But as others have said, if they're in good condition, why not just clean them up a bit as is?

[pisces914]

Talk to Harvey Weidman at Weidman's Wheels in Oroville on the costs & processes for polishing & then re-anodizing them. A bunch of pix & posts come up on a google search, & he's a member on here.

I think you'll find they'll be around $70-120/wheel to have them strip the anodized layer then polish & retreat the background area for the duller finish between the "windmill" spokes. Probably another $40-70/wheel to re-anodize them at a later date, but probably included at the $100-120/wheel if all redone.

i wouldn't recommend it - i did my 2.0 fuchs in a polished/painted matte silver look, about ten years ago, which was great, but over time (about 5 years), the wheels oxidized both on the polished parts and from under the paint - harvey does great work (he has done my 911 wheels to 7R specs), but you can have a local polisher do a great job polishing if you decide to go that route - i disagree with the price of polishing by harvey, and re-anodizing, which i did, and which costs much more per wheel than listed above (shop around) - also, if you decide to re-anodize, you can still see the flaws/oxidizing underneath - these 2.0 fuchs are getting pricier each year, and if the stock ones aren't too trashed, i would leave them alone - also, fully polished fuchs, on any model, reek of the '80's, but that's just my subjective opinion - good luck!