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Refinishing these Fuchs.... brushed and powder.... GASP!

So I have these 16x7/9 Fuchs off of this barn find targa. 2 of them had very bad curbing, and 3 of them had some bad staining on the annodizing where it appears someone has cleaned them with an unfriendly product.

I own a powder coating shop, so we are going to refinish them my way. No polishing, no annodizing, etc. Plans are to strip them down to zero first. Then they will go on a lathe to do a heavily brushed finish on the lips. We will then mask the brushed lip off, and sandblast the remainder of the wheel. The blasted portions will then be powder coated black (sheen doesn't matter). Then the masking will be removed and the entire wheel will be coated with a flat clear. Should be a decent looking finish. Not factory, but a cool look. Kinda RSR I guess, but without the exposed petals.









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