jonizz

I am done refurbishing my speedlines.
Got rid of the clear coat and put stainless steel bolts in them. I polished the outer rims myself and painted the inner bowls (I believe thats what you call them in english!) matte black.
Tell me what you think of it...

Boeing 717

Killer man!!!!!!!!! Great job.

hawk911

lemme ask- where did you source the bolts? I have 993 Targa wheels and no one can tell me the specs on the bolts. Don't know where to source their replacements. That, and a lot more courage are the only things stopping me from refinishing mine.

jonizz

I believe the bolts are M7x32, but the bolts are not the original ones from speedline. The original bolts are not made of stainless steel and they are f#*%ing expensive. You can source the original ones from FVD brombacher (www.fvd.de) at 5 euro a piece. One wheel will need 40 bolts!!!
I would suggest just to get some better stainless steel bolts for approx. 1 euro a piece. Just google a bit and you will find a lot of information on split rims.

Splitting the wheels is not so difficult to do. But be carefull for the rubber seals.
To remove the clear paint just use regular paint stripper and some elbow grease.

For further questions just ask.

jonizz

her you can find all the information you will need:

http://www.wheel-******.com/forum/

JamesE

I would definitely lacquer the rims. They will oxidise within days and lose their shine. Of course you can re-polish, but it is a right bugger when they are not split.

jonizz

my car only comes out on sunny days, and when the clear coat damages (stone chips for instance) it only will be a matter of time and the rims will oxidise underneigh the clear coat. Then all you can do is watch how your rims will fade away or take them apart again.

Without the clear coat it is just (!) a mather of polishing. But I'm not going to say that is a easy job.
There are lot of pro's and cons on clear coating rims.

Sifly

Maybe a good regular coat of WD40 or similar would keep the oxidising at bay???

hawk911

Thx for the info. My head is a bit different than the bolt you have, but I'll check out the sites.

JamesE

I keep forgetting that not everyone lives in the pissing rain like we do in the UK. I did one set without lacquer and very much regretted it.

WD40 does work well, but I think i'd apply a good wheel Wax and hope that worked.

V

Very nice job jonizz. I've read somewhere that you can do some kind of electrolythic treatment to the rimhalves. Then the wheels will be much easier to clean. Don't know what the process is called in english but it's "verdicht" or "verdichtung" in german. Might be worth considering.

Megatron-UK

It sucks, doesn't it

brad@tirerack.com

Best Porsche wheel ever. Don't touch them.

emilios

excellent job, well done!

Steven C.

Those look GREAT! My old 964 had Kinesis wheels with no clear on the rims and it was not a problem. Polished them twice a year. The newer polishes retard the oxidation process quite a bit.