fuchs wheel polishing..

[yamajon]

Any one have any pointers or experince taking the black factory fuchs down to bare metal?or polishing/chroming them.I am sure I have not asked the question correctly.I have seen soem factory fuchs that are shiny like chrome.I think they look nice.Any pointers? thanks,john

[RoninLB]

extensively covered over the years.

real good personal techniques, materials, and tools.



enjoy searching

[vanwyk4257]

You'll need to strip the paint first, then the anodizing. For the anodizing use Easy Off oven cleaner (yellow can, make sure it has Lye in it). Spray it on the wheels, let it set for a while and wipe it off with steel wool and a clean rag.

That should get you to bare aluminum, although you might need to wet sand the aluminum a bit to get it ready for polishing.

Polishing fuchs is an exercise in patience, it will take a lot of time. There should be a few threads on the topic if you click on the search box in the upper right corner of the screen and search polishing. Good luck!

[Pazuzu]

Or find someone like me who has the full polish Fuchs' and wants the painted center ones...and would like to trade straight across.

[hcoles]

I did painted centers and polished lips... the lips if polished raw alumimum look pretty good almost like chrome - this is on Fuchs

[FenderBender]

This is a good thread on polishing.Refinishing Fuchs for Dummies

[hcoles]

fyi - the PO of my car had full polished Fuchs.. they did not look good to me at all so I went to black painted centers with polished lips.. I had Wheel Techniques in San Jose do it... IMHO they did a good job... 5 years ago or so and they still look great.. but you need to tend to them. The Mothers Billet polish in a small jar is the best I've found to date. SimiChrome is also good... then cover with a wax.

[AUS911SC3]

John,

Trust me dont waste your time doing it yourself, you'll go insane propoerly removing the anodize - this is how you do it

If your wheels have signifigant stone chips, (particulalry front opposite drivers side) which is normal-

1) Get the outers lathed
2) Get get them polished
3) Get them readonised

If you want to stay with the original look use VHT Polyurethane wheel paint -Satin Black - available in a spray can - exceptionally tough and looks fantastic, very original look.

.......Trust me there is no other way

[javadog]

I suggest that you don't have the wheels chromed, not that you could do that yourself.

JR

[89911]

Originally Posted by AUS911SC3

John,

Trust me dont waste your time doing it yourself, you'll go insane propoerly removing the anodize - this is how you do it

If your wheels have signifigant stone chips, (particulalry front opposite drivers side) which is normal-

1) Get the outers lathed
2) Get get them polished
3) Get them readonised

If you want to stay with the original look use VHT Polyurethane wheel paint -Satin Black - available in a spray can - exceptionally tough and looks fantastic, very original look.

.......Trust me there is no other way

There IS other ways. If you want to throw a boatload of money and have someone else do them,(other then Al Reed who is reasonable), you can do them yourselves with some time, effort, and $20 worth of supplies.



These where done by yours truely. Polishing Fuchs or Fuch refinishing has to be one of the most often asked posts here. I do understand that the search feature can be poor. It seems when they changed the BBS system a few years ago, it never was as good as before. With the right keywords, you should be about to pull up many, many, post. Good luck.

[khamul02]

Can you tell us more about how you finished the caps. I like the dark inlay look.

BTW:

All about Fuchs:

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[pete917]

Here's mine. Did it myself.