View Poll Results: Polished spokes or painted black spokes
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Redoing 30 year old Etoile Rims on 928 S4
#1
Redoing 30 year old Etoile Rims on 928 S4
So here is my question
after 30 years this winter I’m taking off my Etoile rims and having them gone over
checked for straightness
polished and painted
they are in good shape but it’s time to show them some love
my plan is as soon as the salt hits the road the car will goin the garage and up on jack stands for winter and I’ll send my rims out
here is the question
they are completely polished except in inner stars and a circle around center cap that is black
this is how they look now
I'm considering doing the whole star black leaving the very center cap and lip polished
like this (quick photoshop)
now some of you will hate the old school look of these rims
that’s okay ....just let me know between the options I’ve listed which way to go
thank you
after 30 years this winter I’m taking off my Etoile rims and having them gone over
checked for straightness
polished and painted
they are in good shape but it’s time to show them some love
my plan is as soon as the salt hits the road the car will goin the garage and up on jack stands for winter and I’ll send my rims out
here is the question
they are completely polished except in inner stars and a circle around center cap that is black
this is how they look now
I'm considering doing the whole star black leaving the very center cap and lip polished
like this (quick photoshop)
now some of you will hate the old school look of these rims
that’s okay ....just let me know between the options I’ve listed which way to go
thank you
#4
I think they're both good, so I'm no help. Forced to choose, I vote for polished. I put black wheels on my daily for the winter and the truth is, I'm sort of tired of it, so that's playing a role in my response but, with what you photoshopped, there's enough bright work left on the painted spokes that it could work well.
Cheers
Cheers
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Dmhager (11-12-2019)
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I would leave them polished, you lose the definition of the 5 spokes with them black. If you do paint the spokes black, maybe red calipers would give the wheel depth and definition.
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Dmhager (11-12-2019)
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#8
I dont mind either one. I hate wheels where the spokes are the focus, not the roundness of the rim. Black centres on yours emphasizes the rim, which I like. Mine has GPW wheels to match the body, from the factory, and I think it works for white, where it might not for other colours.
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#9
I dont mind either one. I hate wheels where the spokes are the focus, not the roundness of the rim. Black centres on yours emphasizes the rim, which I like. Mine has GPW wheels to match the body, from the factory, and I think it works for white, where it might not for other colours.
jp 83 Euro S AT 57k
jp 83 Euro S AT 57k
your car is one of my favorite 928’s of all time
#10
So I decided to take the s4 for one more run which was a business appointment a few hours from home on the way back at a relative high speed i got a blow out
I cant believe how fortunate i was to get it to the side of the road and stopped
just the bead was keeping the rim off the ground and I’m sure a few more feet and it would have touched down
a testament of how solid these cars are that even though the tire came apart violently the car handled it in stride
i could not believe the 30 year old spare and pump worked as designed
So this pushed my rim project timing up to immediate she went on jack stands for the winter
Okay after much deliberation I’ve decided to keep them polished
one of the reasons being while I’m was dropping these rims off at the restorer Bath Wheel Collision whom I’ve used for 30 years
one of the owners who is an old rim head said that he would never change the original look and pointed out what good shape the painted portions truly were
so he suggested that they true them disassemble fix any chiggers which are few and minor and they would polish the lips and rebuild
here are the rims getting dropped off
I would than Re polish the Center stars an center caps and touch up any of the black paint which as mentioned in remarkable shape
I brought the caps home to start on and I’m quite pleased at how they are turning out
the rims should be back soon and than i will finish polishing centers and than the quest for a new tire begins
do to the size Front 235/45 17
Rear 255/40 17
There are not a ton of options
I prefer Pirelli but there are none to b had in this size so i am looking at these
I cant believe how fortunate i was to get it to the side of the road and stopped
just the bead was keeping the rim off the ground and I’m sure a few more feet and it would have touched down
a testament of how solid these cars are that even though the tire came apart violently the car handled it in stride
i could not believe the 30 year old spare and pump worked as designed
So this pushed my rim project timing up to immediate she went on jack stands for the winter
Okay after much deliberation I’ve decided to keep them polished
one of the reasons being while I’m was dropping these rims off at the restorer Bath Wheel Collision whom I’ve used for 30 years
one of the owners who is an old rim head said that he would never change the original look and pointed out what good shape the painted portions truly were
so he suggested that they true them disassemble fix any chiggers which are few and minor and they would polish the lips and rebuild
here are the rims getting dropped off
I would than Re polish the Center stars an center caps and touch up any of the black paint which as mentioned in remarkable shape
I brought the caps home to start on and I’m quite pleased at how they are turning out
the rims should be back soon and than i will finish polishing centers and than the quest for a new tire begins
do to the size Front 235/45 17
Rear 255/40 17
There are not a ton of options
I prefer Pirelli but there are none to b had in this size so i am looking at these
Last edited by JParanee; 12-07-2019 at 11:37 PM.
#11
How old was the tyre that let go?
Michelin have you covered size wise- plenty of others as well. Yokohama make good tyres albeit I have not used them on my 928 mostly because of availability in my neck of the woods.
Michelin have you covered size wise- plenty of others as well. Yokohama make good tyres albeit I have not used them on my 928 mostly because of availability in my neck of the woods.
#12
Michelin does not offer a summer tire in that size that I’m seeing just an all season
the tire that blew was about 3 years old
it picked up a piece of metal and lost air quickly
Last edited by JParanee; 12-08-2019 at 10:48 AM.
#13
You can also get the stock sizes in Pirelli P Zero Rosso. In my location I have to take what I can get- at least you have some choices. I also like Continental and Yokohama.
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