bader$

I was looking at a thread about wheels and someone posted a pic of some phonedials with a polished lip and a dark grey center. anybody know who did these and how it was done.

zehnd

They were on German Ebay awhile back. I borrowed his picture.

Someone on this site was going to bid on them. Not sure what happed from there.

Good luck finding out the method of refinishing them, they are nice. <img border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" title="" src="graemlins/bigok.gif" />

Perry 951

You would strip the wheel and use Jewlers Rouge on the lip with a buffing wheel. It will take a long time to do it.

Once everything is polished the way you want it, clean it with acetone, tape off the rim, prime and paint with Wurths wheel paint.

All it takes is time.

zehnd

I found another photo.
<img src="http://members.rennlist.com/zehnd/i-2_B_L.jpg" alt=" - " />

Tremelune

Somebody find me some phone dials, 'cause this looks like my next project...

I wonder what they went for on eBay.

Perry 951

Please paint the center caps if you do it. Looks tacky with them still silver.

Jonas Goldsmith

Those look so awesome... I wanna do them the same color as my car... i think it might look good? what do ya'll think? Diamond Blue Mettalic?

bader$

Where would I get this Jewelers rouge, and could I use a auto buffer to start with?

Z-man

Not the phone dials you were looking for, but here's my D90's painted metallic black:
<img src="http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/Z-SP-02s.JPG" alt=" - " />
You can't see it in the picture, but there's some type of metallic flake in the paint, so the wheels 'sparkle!'
-Z.

Tremelune

I'd definately paint them black, black caps, painted crests...Polished lip is what makes it work, that's a must.

I'm not a huge fan of car-colored wheels...Maybe if the car was real dark, but...

bader$

I like the anthracite, with the polished caps. My car is black, it will be a nice contrast. I am going to try to get a spare set to do this to. then keep my originals for autocrossing.

OC Porsche

Man those painted PD's are sweet ....drooooooooool....

simmomi

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Perry 951:
<strong>You would strip the wheel and use Jewlers Rouge on the lip with a buffing wheel. It will take a long time to do it.

Once everything is polished the way you want it, clean it with acetone, tape off the rim, prime and paint with Wurths wheel paint.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">What is the best way to strip the wheel? I have my old PDs that I'd love to do this to. Wouldn't matter how long it would take - I'm currently not using them.

Thanks...

iloveporsches

I'm thinking this may become a winter project for me if I can find a set of phonedials for next to nothing.

Vagus

They are very nice phone dials. I happen to believe that the PD's are the nicest 15" rims available. However, I will be getting rid of one set of PD's out of two of the sets that I have. I'll be getting rid of them in a month or two to make room for something a little bit bigger. Probobly some ATP rivas or those beatiful GT3's..Yeaaaaow!.

Both come with tires of which are in good condition with some decent tread on both. I'll list the specs along with some pics in my next post on this thread. The ones from my 86 I can give you pics tomorrow. The 83 will take a few days.