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KILLERWATT
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Joined: November 18, 2003
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Location: Vero Beach
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| Ragman wrote: |
| I finally finished my rims this weekend for the 912E |
Congratulations on a job well done! Those look great. |
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KILLERWATT
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Location: Vero Beach
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I started on a set of 16"s the other day.
Here they are aircraft chemically stripped, glass bead blasted. One was sanded to 600 and then wet sanded to 2000. Now the polishing begins.
Polished out but not buffed with rouge yet.
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GLHTurbo
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Joined: March 30, 2009
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| whats the going rate these days for polishing fuchs? |
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Keith
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Location: Brodheadsville, PA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| whats the going rate these days for polishing fuchs? |
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just called mag masters, and they're about $55 a wheel. dropping them off when i get my paycheck..
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Keith
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Lifted03frontier, What exactly did you get for your $55 per wheel? Did they fix curb rash etc?
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GLHTurbo
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:27 am Post subject: |
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just called mag masters, and they're about $55 a wheel. dropping them off when i get my paycheck..  |
I saw that...but that was over 2 years ago. Times have changed (unfortunately) |
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GLHTurbo
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| Also, has anyone been able to get in touch with Al Reed Polishing lately? All I ever get is their voicemail, and they never returned my call. |
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mr. warehouse
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Joined: February 27, 2001
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Location: Nor Cal 707
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| Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Talked to Al Thursday about some wheels of mine he had at his shop. |
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pupjoint
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Joined: May 23, 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:03 am Post subject: |
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i just got a set of fuchs, but PO painted the spokes and lip instead of polishing.
i am planning to go for the detailed painted look.
after polishing, do I need to re anodize the rims? |
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Bruce
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Joined: May 16, 2003
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Location: Left coast, Canada
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It depends on what look you are after. If you want brightly polished spokes, don't anodize. If you want the factory satin look, anodize them.
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pupjoint
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| Bruce wrote: |
| It depends on what look you are after. If you want brightly polished spokes, don't anodize. If you want the factory satin look, anodize them. |
thanks. factory satin is what i am after. this is how they look like now. unfortunately the grey is paint 
the other prob i am having is getting a shop to do the anodizing over in this part of the world.  |
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phatdawg
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Bump, any updates on this thread?
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Cuņado Wear
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Location: The "O"
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| Bump, any updates on this thread? |
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Looking for front kick panels for late 63' Deluxe Basalt Gray
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David
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Joined: June 29, 2004
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: Fuchs refinishing (polishing and restoration) |
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Are there any new shops that have come up in the last decade or so?
I know that on the Porsche side there are a couple of shops that do Concours level restorations.
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banana split
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Location: Beautiful British Columbia Canada
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Fuchs refinishing (polishing and restoration) |
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I just found out that Al and Diane Reed have retired :
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-used-pa...ement.html
Although I've never personally used them, I believe my alloys were plated by them years ago. Al Reed seemed to be THE name out there when it came to restoring alloys.
Who is everyone using now?
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