Thom

My set of CS was white when I bought it, but on a white car them being white eventually became "too much".
Had them refinished in the usual metallic silver used on other Porsche wheels, they came out quite nice and still are.

Sorry for the ugly brake caliper.

CyCloNe!

i wouldn't do white, i had white wheels and they were a pain to keep clean if you drive it often

Oddjob

I've had some mild streaking on the anodized clubsports from wheel cleaners. I used just a regular polish/swirl remover or like a polishing wax (for car paint) and it pretty much removed it. Not a heavy rubbing compound, it didnt polish the wheels, but cleaned them up pretty well. Give that a quick shot before doing anything drastic.

951Saga

I have three sets of these wheels. The front wheels are all in worse condition due to high heat transfer from brake discs and brake dust. One set has streaks and I have had some success with Wheel Wax. I will also be trying Meguir’s #7 for the halibut. #7 has a measurable effect on my fading red hood, so the wheels are next.

gencollon2

Ok I will try some polishing wax, but I already went at it with some polishing compound, and some fine grit (1000+) sandpaper in a small area for a couple minutes, and it didn't seem to do anything. Maybe I just need to go at it longer. I will report all results.

alex_cristocea

Did you try to clean it with gasoline?

catamount

Another option is to try one of the Plasti-Dip wheel sets. I'm in the process of doing that on my 84 928s that had horrible looking anodized wheels. I'm doing them in gloss black. Eventually I have them refinished in the stock Porsche silver wheel color.

Oddjob

Ooof, then they must be etched pretty bad. Was the wheel cleaner 25% HydroChloric?

Still worth giving it another shot. I wouldnt recommend the 1000 grit, stick w/ polishes and mild rubbing compounds and give it a good effort. Try a high speed buffer if you have one.

Or call a local high end body shop and see what they recommend. Sometimes even car dealers will have wheel specialists on call to fix cosmetic problems w/ customer wheels - so could give the local P-car dealer or maybe even a VW/Audi or Mercedes dealer a call and see if they can recommend a wheel repair shop in town that could take a look at them.

manticore33

Would the petroleum jelly trick used on Fuchs help mask the steaking? I used it on my Fuchs and get a nice satin black look on the anodized portion and it seems to help "brighten" the silver lip.

audiojoe1

For a long time I have wondered why my Fuchs had streaking on the silver portions, and now I know why. Crap. So I assume all these tricks will work on the Fuchs as well?

Scott H

Yes. The manual for all Fuchs/CS/Anodized wheels tell you to put a light coating of petroleum jelly (Vasoline) every season. It won't fix what's there, but it will go a long way towards hiding the damage. Makes something that was 20 foot ugly into a 4 foot ugly.

refresh951

You can use Drain-o to remove the anodize surface layer then easy sand with 800 grit then polish with mothers. Not to bad and results are excellent. Ask me how I know.


I did this on my S a few years back.

gencollon2

I just tried a little aluminum polish (lightly rubbed 1 spoke for 10 mins), theory was it is hard enough to scratch off the oxidation, and that's when I stop polishing. It didn't seem to make any change in the wheel's appearance though, all white and spotty. I think I will end up just dipping them for a year, and have them refinished later. If I polish them now, I can never go back to the raw forged look.

DrZ1

May want to check around. I bought a set of Fikse wheels and they did not look good when the came. Pics did not show the issues.

Anyway I happened to find a new Anodizing facility near me and they wanted $75 wheel. I fiqure worth a shot, plan to do in a month or so. Also plan to have them anodize a set of silver door sills I bought to black.

Just need to make sure your wheel's material meets their criteria to anaodize.



Steve

Olli Snellman

Since anodized surface is already ruined, just get rid of the rest of it. They easiest way to do it, is to put wheels into citric acid bath. It will remove anodized surface, but is gently to aluminium. Re-anodized process most likely won't be an option for you, since there will be brake pad dust inside your wheels, which will start to move during anodized process. I suppose the best way to go is to do what Thomas (thom) did his wheels