MattiasH

I reasently bought a set of the rare 8/9 Club Sport wheels, but since they have been badly painted and have a few dents and scratches I would need to refurbish them.
What I know, there are three different options.

First option is to have them re-anodized, which sounds very expensive from what I have been reading.

Second option would be powder coating.

Third option would be to have them high gloss polished, or hochglanzverdichten, as the Germans call it.
https://www.alufelgen-reparatur-augs...dichten_09.jpg

What would be the most cost effective way increase the value of these rare wheels?

Rob Edwards

Have them stripped, polished, and then reanodized. Here that costs about $800. Don’t forget the center caps.

MattiasH

I have to check what options I have here in Europe to have them anodized. Best chance would be someone in Germany. I guess its also more expensive over here.

dr bob

Worth checking the local costs there in Sweden. Rob's US experience is with places in southern California, where things are generally a little more expensive that other places.

"Increase the value" can be subjective. To make a car original, restoring the original anodized finish is the standard. For regular road use especially where salt is used for snow and ice in winter, powder coating may be your best practical option. Powder coating makes most cosmetic repairs a lot easier and less expensive. Purists will know, the rest of the people not so much.

MattiasH

I'm not sure I will keep these wheels, so I want to do the best to make them sellable and maybe make a profit.

Sadly there is no company here in Sweden that does it, but after doing some searching, there seems to be a few options in Germany. I will have to send them som photos and see if it is possible to have them anodized, even with the small damaged the wheels have.

928cs

With or without RDK sensors?

Jerry Feather

Your fourth option is to strip them, clean them up and then either paint them to their original look or paint them to your buyer's choice of colors.

MattiasH

They are with RDK sensors, so they are 89GT wheels.

928cs

Euro 1989 GT or 1989 CS.
Anyhow, they are unusual and valuable.

anderstein

I thought about getting my rims re-chromed. The center caps on my S4 are not colored. I was curious to see how off the chrome colors would look from the ones you buy online that are colored

zoo

There was no factory option for chrome plated wheels.

Rob Edwards

And the factory actively discouraged chrome wheels, as they are kind of a nightmare when the chrome inevitably starts to flake and causes air leaks. My first 928 had chromed D90s, two of the wheels were leakers.

anderstein

That technical bullet might explain why my wheels look like crap

dr bob

Porsche's maintenance recommendation on the wheels is to apply a thin film of Vaseline (petroleum jelly) to the surfaces to protect them. Many wheels have been damaged when commercial aluminum wheel cleaners were used, leaving streaks of staining as the the user frantically tried to wash it off. The original finish is a definite satin look, and you can quickly identify wheels that have been "cleaned up" using rubbing compound or abrasive polishes, as they are shinier and the almost always uneven. A correctly finished and preserved set of those already-special wheels will be the most valuable.

anderstein

What product would be used to make it look like it came from the factory? Some website I was on showed a colored center cap I thought its strange that someone said that was not an original option for a 928