Chrome or Polish your Fuchs ?

[trader220]

Pros and cons of both?

Thanks

[darrin]

believe that chroming affects (pits?) the wheel's finish (i.e. you can't easily unchrome a wheel back to stock finish) -- otoh, polishing also makes a wheel shiny but can be undone -- personally prefer the flatter anodized look myself

[proporsche]

i would absolutely not recommend chroming Fuchs rims.
Back in the 1990-in L.A., i have seen a 911 after a big crash in which 3 young kids died.The car was locked up in a container for couple of years during the investigation.
Porsche did a lot of testing on that car and found out that the rims have fallen apart(due the chroming ) in high speed .Those kids had no chance.
So polish is the best you can do if you like shine....
Ivan

[Arne2]

I agree with the above. If you want the mirror-like look, polishing is the better choice. You'll need to buff it once in a while, but it won't damage the wheels in any way.

I too prefer the factory anodized finish, so I had the wheels on my '84 redone:

[Ayles]

I have polished lips, my wheels came that way from the PO. I hit them them with mothers polish a couple times a year and so far they have stayed in very nice shape.

[mepstein]

Never, ever, chrome real Fuchs. It ruins them. If you have to have chrome, buy some fake Fuchs.

[DRONE]

is there an easy way to remove chrome

[mepstein]

Originally Posted by DRONE

is there an easy way to remove chrome

Take it to a chrome shop. Not trying to be funny. A chrome shop will remove it properly.