chitown928s4

Any pics out there of all black fuchs on a guards red 951...thanks in advance...no results under search

Jamesr6967

Black anodized would look interesting !

eric951turbo

you should go with the ''star'' look instead. That's what I did. It looks more vintage.

eric951turbo

oups, reading your post again, I think you mean ''all black'' as ''the side rimes also''?

eric951turbo

all black vs middle black

psychodoc

Not to hijack the thread, but I want to do that with mine. What is the best way to accomplish that look? And do you spray a clearcoat over it when it's done?
Thanks.

eric951turbo

I bought a set of Fuchs last year from a rennlister.
They had the center painted red, with several overlays of paint.
they also had some sidewalk rashes, so I had no choice to sand to repair them.

here is what I did:

1. The best stuff I found to remove the paint was some Aircraft Tal-Strip2 clear coat removal. That stuff is really strong, work with gloves. It's a gel, you apply it on the paint with a paint brush. Then put a wheel in a garbage bag for about 45 min. then powerwash it. The paint will go away. I had to do that about 2 times because of the amount of layers.

2. To remove the original wheel clear coat (on the entire wheel):
I sprayed the entire wheels with Easy-Off (oven cleaner). I putted them back a new garbage bag, and left them in the sun for about an hour.

When you open bag, your wheels will be all grey. Powerwash them.

3. Sanding: I did mine with some some 400grit. I bought some disks that I installed on my drill. I did all entire wheels with 400, then finished with 600 (grey 3m pad). I wanted some kind of a RSR finish.

4. Then I taped the wheels and did the star contour using electric tape.

5. Paint

They look pretty good, but I will buff them this winter to get a mirror effect.

Also, I will put a clear coat, because I spend my time shinning them with Mother's Aluminium paste each 2weeks. It's to much work.

Also, some chips are appearing where I painted the black, the clear coat will protect the paint at the same time.

So I do recommend a clear coat.

Here's some link that helped me with that <<big>> project:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...s-results.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...results-3.html

http://www.themotoringjournal.com/fe...s-at-home.html

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...ish/fuchs1.htm

http://dorkiphus.net/porsche/showthread.php?p=416292

psychodoc

Thanks for the write up Eric. Looks like a good winter project!

eric951turbo

as for the Easy-Off to remove the factory clear coat part, just make sure to keep an eye on it, as it may pit the aluminium if you leave it on too long.

It's really the best solution I found. I started with sanding all the way to 80 grit at the beginning, but it was way too tough. The easy-off really did a quick nice job.

eric951turbo

here's a kit I found (25$) to polish the wheels

http://www.princessauto.com/pal/prod...-Polishing-Kit

chitown928s4

I luv the black valance can i see more pics of them please

Slayer952

Work Equip 18" Anthracite Centers polished lip

CVDH

Not quite all black, but gloss black Fuchs with body-colored lip: