WTB 8" Forged Clubsport wheels
04-14-2009, 08:50 PM
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Heinrich I have now a set of absolutely mint 7" and 9" club sport style rims, they were not originally mint! Much like the set in the pics they had some trouble. I cut up an old S4 wheel and used it as a welding rod. That way the alloy will match when anodized otherwise it wont. I still have one welding rod left for a rainy day.
Otherwise you can use 5335 rod which has 5% magnesium which is the closest match to the Fuchs wheel. It is a big job to properly polish these wheels. If you are going to restore these wheels, you need to strip the anodize, repair, polish, then start the anodize process which is quite a long process. Any faults left behind in the polish stage you will see in the new anodizing.
I polished the rims with the anodizing still on them, that was very difficult, also when you polish the wheels or if you get someone to do it for you, make sure they don't polish all the features out of the wheels. That is rounding off all edges, have a look at the holes where the wheel nuts goes, that is a classic area for a wheel polisher to destroy.
Greg
Otherwise you can use 5335 rod which has 5% magnesium which is the closest match to the Fuchs wheel. It is a big job to properly polish these wheels. If you are going to restore these wheels, you need to strip the anodize, repair, polish, then start the anodize process which is quite a long process. Any faults left behind in the polish stage you will see in the new anodizing.
I polished the rims with the anodizing still on them, that was very difficult, also when you polish the wheels or if you get someone to do it for you, make sure they don't polish all the features out of the wheels. That is rounding off all edges, have a look at the holes where the wheel nuts goes, that is a classic area for a wheel polisher to destroy.
Greg
04-14-2009, 09:41 PM
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For the record, I have an absolutely mint set of 8" and 9" CS rims that have less than 500 rain-free miles on them since they were re-anodized. I will sell them to the first person that will pay $2500 for them (that's what I have in them). Feel free to laugh, as it'll likely be 20 years (if ever) before they will sell at that price, I'm in no rush- they're pretty garage art in the mean time. Sets come up occasionally for a lot less than this but these are perfect and need nothing. I'd like to see them go to a concours '89GT that's only missing its wheels but it'll be a long time before the collector market is ready for this.
04-14-2009, 09:46 PM
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Dam Greg you are scary thorough. If I lived in Australia, I think I'd drive past your house once a week looking for a 928 with a sale sign in the window. Whoever buys one of your cars will be certainly getting a treat.
04-14-2009, 10:20 PM
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Mike-
Unfortunately I sold the tires that were on them to Ron Perry.
Unfortunately I sold the tires that were on them to Ron Perry.
