 What is the best way to polish forged fuch wheels ?, thanks! |
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| levonfarra |
 Apr 25 2007, 06:46 PM
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as topic states
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| jonferns |
Apr 25 2007, 07:07 PM
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hmm...also very curious....
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| Katmanken |
Apr 25 2007, 07:58 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
With polishing compound on the polishable areas (not covered by anodize).
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| DanT |
Apr 25 2007, 08:08 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
depends on how deep the scratches are you need to remove before buffing...
I went 600, 800, 1000, 1200, and 1500 grit sand paper, then a green scuff pad and then lots of metal polishing compound...to get this. Attached image(s)  
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| jonferns |
Apr 25 2007, 08:15 PM
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looks good....what about the "mothers" powerball with the polish...would that work??? or would you need to remove the scratches???
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| Pat Garvey |
Apr 25 2007, 08:37 PM
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QUOTE(kwales @ Apr 25 2007, 07:58 PM)  With polishing compound on the polishable areas (not covered by anodize). Ken Well, I'll add this...... I have a 914 that's never had alloys on it. But I have had a couple of 911's with Fuchs alloys as well as Cookies. These were anodized, except for painted surfaces ( & maybe those were anodixe prior to painting - don't know.). What I DO know is, if you polish the previously anodized surfaced - you polish off the anodizing, which is a very thin coating. Once you do that, unless you have them re-anodized, they oxidize. Which means you'll be polishing them regularly. I, me, personally, don't recommend polishing without re-anodizing. Case in point - my 73 911T - cookie cuters. They were anodized a very pale green by the factory. I got the car somewhere around 1988. Polished them - stupid! Now they're grey & could be polished back to silver, but 2 weeks later they'd be grey again. |
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| Allan |
Apr 25 2007, 08:52 PM
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Send them to Al Reed In Anaheim, Ca.
You'll get exactly what you want, and have some recourse if things go sideways... He does VERY good work... |
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| EdwardBlume |
Apr 25 2007, 09:03 PM
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QUOTE depends on how deep the scratches are you need to remove before buffing... I went 600, 800, 1000, 1200, and 1500 grit sand paper, then a green scuff pad and then lots of metal polishing compound...to get this. Dan, Nice work! How much do you charge ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| DanT |
Apr 25 2007, 09:12 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
you couldn't afford my normal hourly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
took my about 4 hours total.... If I were to do it again from scratch like these, I would spend a little more time with the mid grits.... |
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| Eric_Shea |
Apr 25 2007, 09:30 PM
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Factory alloy wheels are "anodized"
To polish them properly you need to de-anodize them. Any local anodizing shop can do that for you. Otherwise you have to work hard to scrub or sand through the anodizing layer to get to the raw alloy to polish. Once the anodizing is off you should polish them to a mirror shine and then have them re-anodized. This will bring back the original satin-ish sheen but will help protect your wheels against the elements. After they have been anodized, the factory manual recommends petroleum jelly to help seal them. |
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