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Old 01-16-2009, 01:19 PM
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Default Anyone paint 993 Targa wheels?

I looked thru the 993 wheels thread- some great wheels in there. I also discovered y'all don't seem to favor the Targa wheels. I have them on my 964 and like them a lot, but they need to be refinished. Not an easy task, apparently, from talking with Wheel Enhancement. So I'm wondering if anyone has ever refinished them, and if so did you paint any other color than silver?

Would like to see the Targa wheels in black, if anyone's done it.

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Yes, and they look awesome.



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got a better profile shot? I'm intrigued!
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Will do later, ok.
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I'll vouch for Jim's wheels looking awesome. Here's a closeup:
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those do look tight! Is the lip painted or polished? and did you just mask and spray the black, or did you take them apart? thanks for the close-up. Would love to see the full profile, when you have a chance.
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Lip left alone (original). John Holt of Holt Motorsports here in the ATL did the job so I cannot directly speak to the technique.
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so it sounds like the lip was masked off anyway, and left as stock Zermat Silver paint. Mine are a bit rough, so I'd probably touch them up. When did they do the wheels? Maybe I could call and ask his process....
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Porsche makes little paper caps to mask the bolts,
from the TSB:

Model Year: As of 1996 (T)
Concern: Painting 17 Inch Targa Design Wheels
Information: Special protective sleeves are available through the Parts Department for painting Targa design wheels.
The sleeves are made of a paper material and are used to cover the bolt heads on the wheels. Each
wheel requires 24 sleeves when painting.
Parts Information:
Part Number: 000 043 203 81
Description: Package of 100 sleeves.
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yeah, but the bolt heads themselves need some attention too. I don't really plan to take the wheels apart. I would like to keep the head intact and not 100% filled by spray. The thought of taking each bolt out and replacing it with a new one is daunting to say the least. I can't afford to have the wheel torqued/warped because I put it back together wrong.
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A small detail to some perhaps, but those center caps really make a difference. The black and silver caps above look great but many black painted wheels I've seen have the original silver/handpainted color caps and it spoils the entire look imo. If doing this I would want to make sure I did the job right like those above - they look just great!
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just add it to my list Kahdmus
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i just talked to Dave at WE- they still have no way to source the hardware to put the wheel back together, so they don't refinish them. Paint 'em as they sit is the only option.
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and these centers might do the trick, too:

Painted Cetercaps
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the paper caps are so you dont have to disassemble the wheels

If I recall MikeJ had his done by someone and they did disassemble


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