mideastmafia

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Z-man:
<strong> Shaun: do I need to do this if I don't care about the tires? IE: Should I be worried about over-spray getting on the inside of the wheel?
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">i dont know what you mean INSIDE OF THE WHEEL... dont worry about paint getting between the wheel and tire. i was trying to tell you not to get NEWSPAPER jammed in between there if you want to mask off the tire.

paint will eventually come off of a tire but it looks pretty ugly having tires with overspray all over them. just spend the 5 minutes it takes to mask it off and i think you will be more pleased with the results.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by F18Rep:
<strong>A little hard for me to tell, but it looks like you have masked off the inner portion of each of the spokes. Is that right? Did you strip/polish that area first? If so, that is what I have in mind to try also. How about posting a finished photo....
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">the pedals of these fuchs were never painted so i just masked them off and sprayed the border around them.. the part i painted black was originally color keyed white. i used electrical tape to form the outlining mask and then used newspaper to close the centers off. here is a completed picture.

<img src="http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/p732000a1523347cad391b4b3470a3ff5/fc83a896.jpg" alt=" - " />

SHAUN

PCinDC

Those wheels look excellent - also - is that the Turbo nose from Perf Prod? Surprisingly good fit and finish!

mideastmafia

It is an AIR front bumper.

SHAUN

mideastmafia

Here are some more shots of the Fuchs...

<img src="http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/p221d7a671eb0bedc74f8c0198e826f63/fc837740.jpg" alt=" - " />
<img src="http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pf30bcc172c1173a7b6e7709b3b4e5bd8/fc83773e.jpg" alt=" - " />

SHAUN

Z-man

Guys:
Thanks for the suggestions: I think I'm on track. I'll post my results: hopefully they'll come out decent.

-Zoltan.

F18Rep

The more I look at those wheels the more I like them. So, I conducted a little test to see just how hard it is to polish them up. Here is about 30 minutes work,(only one spoke and a few inches of the bead) first with a palm sander then with a buffing wheel. Might be able to speed up the process a little with better compounds but still looking at a lot of work.
<img src="http://arnnworx.com/singlespoke.jpg" alt=" - " />
Tip: don't do this in your shop, it makes a hell of a mess.
Also, I would have said no way to the low profile tires but they do give the car that updated bigger wheel look. And just thinking, I could go for a little more artificial low-end torque. Anybody else have good or bad things to say about performance changes due to low profile tires? <img border="0" alt="[bigbye]" title="" src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" /> Bruce

Dan Gallagher

shaun what kind of black paint and clear coat did you use?

Where would i order it online?

I have a couple sets of extra wheels to play with. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

mideastmafia

The black paint is PLASTI-KOTE CAR COLOR PAINT, and the clear is PLASTI-KOTE COMPETITION COLORS CLEAR COAT.

Available at Pep-Boys..

SHAUN

triscadek

When I painted mine I was getting new tires anyway and couldn't get the old ones removed that day so I pulled the old valve stems out pushed the base into the wheel and they deflated well enough to get the edges.

That is if you are not going to use those tires.
If you look over his shoulder the tire guy should be a lot more careful with your fresh wheels.

Dan Gallagher

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by mideastmafia:
<strong>The black paint is PLASTI-KOTE CAR COLOR PAINT, and the clear is PLASTI-KOTE COMPETITION COLORS CLEAR COAT.

Available at Pep-Boys..

SHAUN</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">you dont need special paint? i would imagine after some heavy track breaking things around there get hot.

mideastmafia

The black fuchs we had on the Anderson Motorworks race car were painted with regular spray can paint and no clear coat and they havent peeled or chipped before.

If you are using this painting technique for race cars, i wouldn't use any wax on the wheels after paint because the silicones in the wax reacts when there is a lot of brake dust on the wheel.

I think most spray paints can resist heat up to around 197F. I dont think your wheels can get that hot in the first place.

SHAUN