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Don't think I ever posted these in here. Same wheels on my Spyder but custom refinished in Hellbronze with machined accents. The machining brings out the metallic in the paint.
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Front - 18x8 - offset 57 with Nitto Invo 235/40-18
Rear - 18x10 - offset 65 with Nitto Invo 275/35-18 and 10mm spacer
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As I've said before, those are truly stunning wheels!
So do they somehow mask off the silver machined surfaces..?
Or do they powder coat everything, then remove it from there?
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I've had several aftermarket (some forged) and several OE Porsche wheels on various '87+ cars. I tend to favor OE Porsche wheels, but a LOT of them have a barely usable front offset. I like the OE 'teddy bear' 17" Cup II wheels that were used in the final two years of 928 production (and really like them on the front in 8" et 70 spec - these are very rare, as they were rear 'winter' wheels on the 993's of that era). My favorite for the GTS models in terms of appearance are what I use for local driving - Porsche Sport Design in 18". The GTS is shown below with them installed. However for driving/handling/ride, the 17" Cup II's with 8" replacing the OE 7.5 et 65 are better.
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Last edited by Gary Knox; 04-19-2023 at 10:52 AM.
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As I've said before, those are truly stunning wheels!
So do they somehow mask off the silver machined surfaces..?
Or do they powder coat everything, then remove it from there?
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Thanks a lot!
Though these guys do offer powdercoating, they can't create this effect with powder, only with paint. What they do, is chemical strip and paint the entire wheel, then once the paint cures, they put it on essentially a wheel lathe and machine the paint off the high sections of the wheel taking it down to just below the paint and exposing the raw aluminum, then I have them ceramic coat the entire wheel and the ceramic they use is different that the stuff we can buy and mist or wipe on. Thay also mask off an inner and outer circle inside the wheel barrels where the wheel weights need to stick as the ceramic is so slippery that if done on the whole barrel, the weights will fly off.
The powdercoat is too tough for the machining process and won't make as clean an edge when it's removed. They could mask off the portions of the face that would be raw metal, powdercoat, and bake, but that's a more expensive process. For wheels, you also need a low-temp powder to not risk damaging the aluminum structure of the wheel - my guy does that, but with the ceramic coating on top, the finish is almost as durable as powder, and quite a bit cheaper.
I think they really work well on the car both in style and color, but it took me a while to figure out what do do for wheels on this car with the bronze body color. All silver didn't really go with the car as all the trim work is black anodized and I don't do black wheels, as all the detail of the wheel gets lost in the dark wheel wells. I could have done black and then the machining, but think this looks better.
I have a set of center caps I had them paint in the bronze but they don't look as good in the wheels as silver ones do as the silver keeps the flow of the spoke lines continuous across the wheel face.
Though these guys do offer powdercoating, they can't create this effect with powder, only with paint. What they do, is chemical strip and paint the entire wheel, then once the paint cures, they put it on essentially a wheel lathe and machine the paint off the high sections of the wheel taking it down to just below the paint and exposing the raw aluminum, then I have them ceramic coat the entire wheel and the ceramic they use is different that the stuff we can buy and mist or wipe on. Thay also mask off an inner and outer circle inside the wheel barrels where the wheel weights need to stick as the ceramic is so slippery that if done on the whole barrel, the weights will fly off.
The powdercoat is too tough for the machining process and won't make as clean an edge when it's removed. They could mask off the portions of the face that would be raw metal, powdercoat, and bake, but that's a more expensive process. For wheels, you also need a low-temp powder to not risk damaging the aluminum structure of the wheel - my guy does that, but with the ceramic coating on top, the finish is almost as durable as powder, and quite a bit cheaper.
I think they really work well on the car both in style and color, but it took me a while to figure out what do do for wheels on this car with the bronze body color. All silver didn't really go with the car as all the trim work is black anodized and I don't do black wheels, as all the detail of the wheel gets lost in the dark wheel wells. I could have done black and then the machining, but think this looks better.
I have a set of center caps I had them paint in the bronze but they don't look as good in the wheels as silver ones do as the silver keeps the flow of the spoke lines continuous across the wheel face.
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Very cool. I figured it would be easier to machine it off than to mask.
But even that process seems like it must require a good bit of "art".
Is the machining done freehand, or do they make a jig, or something?
I agree with you about contrasting colored center caps. Not a fan of those.
And I see you've added JP's 944 to your sig. A growing Porsche family!
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Very cool. I figured it would be easier to machine it off than to mask.
But even that process seems like it must require a good bit of "art".
Is the machining done freehand, or do they make a jig, or something?
I agree with you about contrasting colored center caps. Not a fan of those.
And I see you've added JP's 944 to your sig. A growing Porsche family!
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It's done on a machine. They mount the wheel and bring the milling knife to the part furthest out as the wheel rotates and work it down and further in as they go.
The wheels on JP's car were fine by the same people.
This shot is cool as the color looks completely different in the dark under the street light.
I saw a “Frame” video on YouTube that shows Turbo S wheels being finished at Porsche. These had a gold base color then they painted the wheel black and removed the black paint on the spoke edges and around the outer rim with a laser to reveal the gold edges
Last edited by gbgastowers; 04-18-2023 at 09:19 PM.
I saw a “Frame” video on YouTube that shows Turbo S wheels being finished at Porsche. These had a gold base color then they painted the wheel black and removed the black paint on the spoke edges and around the outer rim with a laser to reveal the gold edges
Yep, that was the Exclusive option car - some really cool stuff on that with the wheels and carbon inlays.
I have a new in the box set of old school RUF 17 x 10 offset 56.7 rear wheels with polished lips and painted centers. Need one more 8 x 17 to make the set whole...
Love to put them on my ??? Cauz they are just sooooo darn nice...
I have a new in the box set of old school RUF 17 x 10 offset 56.7 rear wheels with polished lips and painted centers. Need one more 8 x 17 to make the set whole...
Love to put them on my ??? Cauz they are just sooooo darn nice...
Those are so very darn nice!!! Here's the 18" version set on our GT:
I saw a “Frame” video on YouTube that shows Turbo S wheels being finished at Porsche. These had a gold base color then they painted the wheel black and removed the black paint on the spoke edges and around the outer rim with a laser to reveal the gold edges
Love these wheels as well and think they are more jewelry like than anything else I have seen...
I have a new in the box set of old school RUF 17 x 10 offset 56.7 rear wheels with polished lips and painted centers. Need one more 8 x 17 to make the set whole...
Love to put them on my ??? Cauz they are just sooooo darn nice...
Nice I had a set of those on my 85. Still wish I had kept the wheels when I sold it. Only issue was the fronts would not clear the early s4 calliper on my 87 so I left them on the 85.
04-18-2023, 09:30 AM
