Pulling back the years off stock 2ltr fuchs?, Tips? |
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Pulling back the years off stock 2ltr fuchs?, Tips? |
computers4kids |
Mar 19 2010, 07:41 AM
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Love these little cars! Group: Members Posts: 2,443 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Port Townsend, WA Member No.: 4,253 Region Association: None |
In the past I've restored fuchs but have always removed the anodizing and polished the wheels.
I have a set of fuchs that are in beautiful condition but their discolored with grime etc from 35 years. Do you have any tips for getting the wheels back to the original anodized look by just removing the layers of grime etc? Steel wool? 2000 grit wet and dry? Media blast with ? |
ME733 |
Mar 31 2010, 09:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 842 Joined: 25-June 08 From: Atlanta Ga. Member No.: 9,209 Region Association: South East States |
...........There is no easy or fast way to clean up your wheels, assuming you do it yourself....I just went through the process last fall. here,s what i used....LOTS of scotch brite pads and MAG WHEEL CLEANER, washing/scrubbing with Laundry soap., flushing with lots of water....repeat process/or vary techniques until done. It took me almost 3 full -8 hour days to get the road crud, paint (yep the d-ass previous owner painted them, i used paint stripper for this...), wheel weights and glue, as well as a little polishing to get them back to original finish. Bitch of a job but they look great! and cost probably 20 bucks for ALL the materials used. The scotch brite pads and mag wheel cleaner were very effective on the baked on crud on the back side....................murray
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