Site has some good pics about Fuchs rims and diagrams about construction.

http://www.flat4ever.com/modules/news/arti...php?storyid=488

if i could only read.....french.

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http://www.flat4ever.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=488

Not perfect, but you can get the gist of it... Cool!

What you can't read French??

So THATS how one achieves a nice smooth curve when painting the 'petals' -use electrical tape

QUOTE (thesey914 @ Nov 1 2005, 04:39 PM)

So THATS how one achieves a nice smooth curve when painting the 'petals' -use electrical tape

I thought the same thing when looking at the pictures.

I may just have to try that out on my wheels.

Zach

There's no way that the wheels were painted that way originally, they had to be dipped to get the pattern, which explains the lack of paint on the back of the spokes. I often thought that the easiest way would be to find an appropiate sized bucked, enough paint, and simply dip them to the correct depth. No masking and a perfect line every time.

I've never seen a picture or heard from anyone who ever saw them painted at Fuchs, but any other way that this would have been possible on a production line?

I just assumed that the wheels where entirely painted, then the front was sanded/buffed off the petals.

Lack of paint on the rear is simple with a stand that blocks off the holes in the wheels.

JMHO