ErichCS

I just found these on ebay, they are not mine and i don't intend on bidding on them. Sorry to anyone who is/was I just thought these looked nice. I think i may have seen a picture recently of some others like this. How does one do this? I didn't think PD's polished out at all?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2463961315



I'd love to hear peoples thoughts on if they like them, and how one does this?

Thanks!

Erich

zehnd

I think they look better with a polished lip. I think the black looks good.

ErichCS

Yea i totally agree! That black with the lip looks really good IMHO. I just didn't know one could do that...or HOW one would go about doing that.

The reason i ask is i have a set of turbo PD's i bought that need some cosmetic work.

Thanks!
Erich

zehnd

Sand, primer, black paint.

I'm not sure on the polishing part.

judd944

only 2 though? good luck getting your other 2 to look like that!

Steve 4001

nice, I've always liked colored phone dials

ErichCS

I already have a set of 4 turbo Phone dials that i'm looking to re-finish. I'm just not sure how crazy i want to go!

Erich

scubamac911

This adds a new twist to refinishing mine. My car is black--opinions on finishing mine like this.

ErichCS

Scuba - I don't know how this would look if it matched the body. Sometimes that can look really nice, other times rice. But with the lip polished i think it would look much better than just solid black PD's.

BTW- Some of the guys on the list are great with photoshop if you have a pic of your car with the regular PD's you can see what it'll look like with all different colors...
Erich

sharky47

What material are phone dials made of?

Perry 951

Aluminum

sharky47

Ok, thats what I thought. Polishing the edges should be no big thing.

ErichCS

Is there a procedure for this floating around? Or has anyone done this before?

Thanks!
Erich

ljd-924SE

here's a pic of black phonedials with a polished lip on a black 924S (i almost bought this car, but mileage was too high.)

i intend to paint the original 15's which came on the car (which i only use for auto-x) this way. i think it's quite an aggressive look for the car. but i'm definately sticking with wurth silver laquer when i refinish the 16' phonedials which i use for the street.

erics944

I have been debateing on painting my phone dials white. I just bought the car from a college student and i don't think he ever cleaned the pd's. The brake dust is thick.